Whether it’s pens and paper clips, or thousands of dollars in cash, employee theft is, unfortunately, not uncommon. But a Michigan man chose a strange target for his five-finger discount.

What items at work might employees want to steal? For the small-time thief, it’s probably office supplies. For the more ambitious, it’s cash or maybe mechandise that the company produces or sells. Stuff like electronics, expensive clothes or jewelry.

But, as they say, to each their own: Police in Midland, Michigan, have arrested a man for stealing 217 cases of Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix.

The stuff - er, stuffing - went missing from a storage trailer, according to wire service reports.

Police say distributors in the area have access to the trailer, and the suspect worked for a distributor.

So far, authorities have recovered 157 cases of the stuffing.

That leaves 60 cases unaccounted for. We’d hate to see the size of this guy’s turkey last Thanksgiving.

Tags: accusations against employees, employee theft, stolen stuffing