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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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  • An "anatomically correct" wooden bottle opener and 2 suitcases containing lemonade bottles filled with what was assumed to be urine.  There was also the rather shady VP who resigned rather than face a very embarrassing investigation and we found all his personal mail, bank statements etc.  Presumably to keep it all away from either his wife, his girlfriend, or both.

    The first two were not the same person, one was in a locker of an individual accused of sexual harrassment against men AND women, one was an oddball night manager who went AWOL and left most of his belongings in staff accommodation.

    Having worked in hotels with staff accommodation and in the offshore contracting sector, with 80% of the workforce travelling from various industrial communities in the UK, I have a few tales to tell.  That's before I even start on the other hotel guests...

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  • An "anatomically correct" wooden bottle opener and 2 suitcases containing lemonade bottles filled with what was assumed to be urine.  There was also the rather shady VP who resigned rather than face a very embarrassing investigation and we found all his personal mail, bank statements etc.  Presumably to keep it all away from either his wife, his girlfriend, or both.

    The first two were not the same person, one was in a locker of an individual accused of sexual harrassment against men AND women, one was an oddball night manager who went AWOL and left most of his belongings in staff accommodation.

    Having worked in hotels with staff accommodation and in the offshore contracting sector, with 80% of the workforce travelling from various industrial communities in the UK, I have a few tales to tell.  That's before I even start on the other hotel guests...

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