To think leaving a tidy desk is not too much to ask

[arabesque]

There has been a bit of re-shuffling around in work and a few of us have swapped jobs (happens every couple of years). Before I left my job I tidied up my room, put away any files lying around, emptied all the drawers of personal belongings, polished the desk, gave the keyboard and phone a wipe and bascially left the room empty of any personal belongings or work clutter.
When I moved to my new job the previous incumbent had left the room littered with old files, filing he had never got around to, out of date reports piled high on the window sill, broken umbrellas lying in a corner, loads of old paperwork on the conference table, ancient leave sheets and office memos piled up in the drawers, dirty coffee cups, an empty coffee jar, a torn yoga mat rolled up under the des, and a grubby keyboard and phone.
Having spent time cleaning and tidying my own room I am now obviously expected to clean up after him now.
WIBU to email him and ask him if he could clear up his stuff and I would be happy to keep out of his way for a morning to allow him to do this?

Yeah, tell the lazy bugger to clear it up!

I'd be tempted to put everything in a bin bag and walk it round to his new office. Whether I'd leave the stuff in the bag for him, or empty the contents on his desk would depend on how pissed off I was feeling.

(I know this method means that you're cleaning up after him, but I bet that he wouldn't do a proper job of it and leave things clean if he did come back to shift it all.)

Lazy git!

YANBU. Put it all in a pile and ask him to come and collect it. If he doesn't take it and dump it on his new desk

YANBU.

But I quite like Optimist1's suggestion too.

I like optimist1 suggestion! dirty lazy git

Yanbu, perhaps management should have a policy about leaving room which is not functional.

Please bag it all and tip it out in his new office, and come back and tell,us how happy he is!

I would insist on him coming back and dealing with his unfinished work, because that is what all that lyinq-about-paperwork is - work that he should have dealt with, but didn't. I'd probably also raise it with management that surely it would be a good idea, when swapping jobs, to have a proper handover?