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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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  • Sure, recall from years ago hair curling stories from a friend who once was building the Sullom Voe oil terminal.

    The worst thing I found, in a cupboard, was a cylinder of liquefied ammonia gas, which was leaking its contents as a result of faulty (aged?) valve seals.

     it turned any enclosed space into an ammonia-filled atmosphere, so I chucked it outside, onto the works bowling green.

     it was still hissing out its noxious contents the next morning, so I called the local fire brigade. The first clown I spoke with said 'just leave it where it is' but I thought to myself what happens if any children happen to find it lying there?  So I phoned a Fire Service senior officer I knew, and explained. He was appalled - said that's just like telling us that some where's on fire and being told 'don't worry it will go out eventually! 

     in the end about three fire engines screamed onto the premises and the nasty cylinder was eventually made safe by about a dozen firefighters.- heaved sigh of relief.... 

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  • Sure, recall from years ago hair curling stories from a friend who once was building the Sullom Voe oil terminal.

    The worst thing I found, in a cupboard, was a cylinder of liquefied ammonia gas, which was leaking its contents as a result of faulty (aged?) valve seals.

     it turned any enclosed space into an ammonia-filled atmosphere, so I chucked it outside, onto the works bowling green.

     it was still hissing out its noxious contents the next morning, so I called the local fire brigade. The first clown I spoke with said 'just leave it where it is' but I thought to myself what happens if any children happen to find it lying there?  So I phoned a Fire Service senior officer I knew, and explained. He was appalled - said that's just like telling us that some where's on fire and being told 'don't worry it will go out eventually! 

     in the end about three fire engines screamed onto the premises and the nasty cylinder was eventually made safe by about a dozen firefighters.- heaved sigh of relief.... 

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