Colleague has thrown everything away that was on my desk

It doesn't matter what was on your desk - He's thrown away your personal information without consent, more than likely not discarded it as per GDPR, regardless of the situation. - It was your stuff and he had no right to do that.

What's more- Comments he has written about another colleagues chest is sexual harassment, sexist, inappropriate behaviour in the work place, and discrimination.

You said he's nasty - You also need to report him for bullying and intimidating behaviour.

You have a right to feel safe in the work place and to not feel harassed by a male colleague. You need to get a Union, ACAS, and HR involved before he does something dangerous.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

It was very bad/thoughtless of him to do that but if it was a hot-desk or something simlar where someone else could use it, I would recommed avoiding leaving stuff for any significant length of time if practical. It is not secure and you have no control over who looks at it or handles it. If it is notes you find useful make it digital and put write and/or password protection on the files, then no-one is going to destroy the information. Written notes on a desk are the most insecure way of storing data.

My officemates would go nuclear if one of us messed with the others' desk top papers.

There'd be actual fists thrown by the 2 working class guys.

Your colleague did an unkind and thoughtless thing. I draw NO parallel to the (female) manager who asked her office cleaner to dispose everything on her usually messy desk once a year. It was a “new beginning” event. You cannot undo what was done, begin afresh 😀

When I was working we had a clear desk policy, everything locked in draws at the end of the day.

At last!!! I was beginning to think nobody would ever bring up the existence of such policies in other offices that aren’t the one the OP works in!! Hurray 🥳🥳🍾🍾

If you read the thread…… OP was off sick before Christmas.

When I was working we had a clear desk policy, everything locked in draws at the end of the day. Having said that my Dh has form for throwing out stuff without asking and I know how annoying it is, it still wasn't yr colleagues stuff to throw away

It's perfectly acceptable in lots of work places.

Yeah, I can see that.

You can comfort yourself that Albert Einstein's desk was something of a muddle

Twat.

I always picture really uptight prissy women when I read comments like that, they'd hate my laid back approach to most things 😁

I agree, been wondering if it was bored teenagers parroting parents and teachers.

Posters on here get less and less like actual real life humans every day

Hoarding 😂

Did you see the photo that the OP included in this thread? If that is akin to 'hoarding' or having 'hoarding tendencies' then I really despair for the rest of us!!!

It is the desk that the OP sits at when working in the office. There were other desks that this gobshite colleague could have sat at but chose to throw out the OP's stuff and sit at her desk instead.

@WinkyTinky - can you tell me if all of the other colleagues that have desks are male? I wonder if this isn't some sort of power trip that this particular colleague is on if you happen to be the only woman in the office. You mentioned that he didn't throw out the betting slips and other bits and bobs that are on a desk of someone who sits beside you. Could you enquire as to whether the workplace is bringing in a 'clean desk' policy as this other desk is very cluttered.

Could you perhaps play the long game here and whenever this person gets up from their desk, you clean up after them and throw out/shred any documents that are left on their desk? Collect mugs up from the desks (even if there is some left in theirs) and start playing hardball with this bloke? He clearly has zero boundaries so don't worry about crossing any.

Can't believe some of the comments on here 😂 no he definitely should NOT of binned your stuff. Put it into a desk drawer if it was annoying him that much!

You wait til you read down and see the posts that suggests Op's a hoarder in the making! 🤣

Ridiculous. Not wanting someone you barely know to throw your things away does not make you a hoarder!

Do you have hoarding tendencies? If so, please get some help sooner rather than later. Attachment to 'stuff' can take over your life.

You don’t have to make it a nice atmosphere for him you know. He deserves to sit in discomfort and know that if he’s an asshole he should expect to turn up and have someone say ‘any nice times over the break Dave? Oh I forgot your idea of fun is binning all the kids new toys.’ Catch up with the other person, go for coffee with them. Fuck him off, you do not have to make nice chat with him.

Burn everything he owns. Add a little from his machinery COSHH cupboard for nice flames 😇

It's HER desk!!!!!!
She was off sick and he used HER desk!!!
It's NOT a shared desk....

Can't you lot read?

This is really laughable...how do you all manage in your jobs if you can't read and comprehend what the OP has said!

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Notes possibly made during breaks....
Important notes to remind the OP what was happening that day or what needed to be done when she got home?
Notes made whilst on the phone to a friend (during a break)
Jesus Christ, god forbid no one is allowed a life by some of you MN people.
It really is unbelievable!

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I really do wish people would understand this!

Well said!