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Clare

Hi all, part of my morning has been spent clearing out the office where I am currently based in anticipation of a pending office move and I have been sitting at a desk where various individuals have come and departed, leaving behind an array of personal and work items.  I'm sure many other colleagues have done the same or had to clear out the workspace for individuals who have been escorted from the workplace or perhaps threw their toys out of the pram and refused to return.  And this got me thinking ...  the items I have come across today have not been particularly noteworthy - a broken necklace, memory sticks, pain relief, software disks, sunglasses - however one item caught my eye: a pair of chop sticks although I can't work out why they would be in an office ...


So, if you have been tasked with a similar clear out please do share your experiences of what prompted the clear out, any unusual items found and perhaps if (and how) you reunited them with their owner?  :-)

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  • At a previous employer I was given the office of a manager who had left the business rather abruptly due to personal reasons.  I decided I would have a clear out and rearrange the seating / desks etc and throw out any accumlated rubbish like one does. Whilst clearing out one of the filing drawers I came across a beautifully wrapped present with a label on it with something along the lines of "to my darling wife" etc etc.


    I managed to get of hold of the manager in question by ringing him and explained I had found this present and would he like to come in and get it or for me to post it to him and he responded no - it had been a present for his wife who had left him for another man and that is why he left the business. He told me that I could have the present with his blessing and hoped I would enjoy it!  Unwrapping I found a huge bottle of Miss Dior perfume and a voucher for a very expensive dress shop in our town!  I really did think twice about keeping it (especially as I really liked the dress shop) but I decided that this was not a good idea so rang him back and said whilst I would like to keep both would he be ok if I donated to the company's Christmas raffle if he really did not want them back.  He again reiterated that he did not want them and to do with what I please and I duly donated for the raffle a few weeks later.  Sadly I did not win either in the raffle!!!!  A lost opportunit there

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  • At a previous employer I was given the office of a manager who had left the business rather abruptly due to personal reasons.  I decided I would have a clear out and rearrange the seating / desks etc and throw out any accumlated rubbish like one does. Whilst clearing out one of the filing drawers I came across a beautifully wrapped present with a label on it with something along the lines of "to my darling wife" etc etc.


    I managed to get of hold of the manager in question by ringing him and explained I had found this present and would he like to come in and get it or for me to post it to him and he responded no - it had been a present for his wife who had left him for another man and that is why he left the business. He told me that I could have the present with his blessing and hoped I would enjoy it!  Unwrapping I found a huge bottle of Miss Dior perfume and a voucher for a very expensive dress shop in our town!  I really did think twice about keeping it (especially as I really liked the dress shop) but I decided that this was not a good idea so rang him back and said whilst I would like to keep both would he be ok if I donated to the company's Christmas raffle if he really did not want them back.  He again reiterated that he did not want them and to do with what I please and I duly donated for the raffle a few weeks later.  Sadly I did not win either in the raffle!!!!  A lost opportunit there

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