today I smashed a collogues mug

[StillYummy]

It was a mug in the communal kitchen so didn't have an official owner. I deliberately threw it at he floor twice and put it in the bin. It's crime was the large letters that said "I hate thin people".

Sniggering at "raise awareness..."

By God, I love mumsnet. This is the best thread ever.

that is a weird mug to have
imagine a mug that said "I hate fat people".

Bizarre.

it will be interesting to see if anyone asks where their mug has gone.

'Criminal damage'

Sure you did sweetie..

The mug could have belonged to a thin person who drank out of it in an ironic way.

People take old mugs into work that they don't want in their homes. It's a mug, that's all. If we'd thrown out all of the mugs with rubbish sayings on them at my old office we'd have had none left 😁

If it didn't have an owner YWBU to bin a spare mug.
If it had an owner YWBU to throw something away that doesn't belong to you - it's not your decision what is/isn't offensive & to deal with it as you wish. If you were really that bothered you should have asked around

Or you could have just done what normal people do and roll your eyes and get on with something else.

FWIW. I'm fat. If there was a mug at work saying I hate fat people I would roll my eyes and get on with it. It. Is. A. Mug.

Is it possible to fit 'I hate people that describe themselves as 'yummy'' on a mug?

I think your collegue has started their own thread OP.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2626610-to-think-that-women-who-are-a-size-6-8-10-are-permanently-on-a-diet

It's quite amusing to see how the same people keep the AIBU forum going with their threads and comments. I think it attracts a certain type of poster. OP

Strange

So everyone who didn't like the entirely appropriate use of the term criminal damage:

The question is, at what value of item does it become 'not OK' to smash up someone else's stuff?

So if a mug is fine, how do we feel about a laptop emblazoned with the same slogan? Or a car?

I wouldn't particularly care if it was my mug the OP had smashed if it was accidental but deliberately destroying someone else's stuff is weird and wrong on my book.

And who decides what is an acceptable mug message to smash? What if Yummy had a serious objection to football team or a political party - would that be ok?

The weirdest bit of the thread, other than how crazy OP will have looked to anyone who saw her smashing a mug deliberately, is the comments about it being okay if the mug had no owners.

Surely all offices with a kitchen also provide communal mugs? And there are mugs that are left by other colleagues. Both belong to the company. Deliberately damaging company policy is not a good idea, and if someone was so inclined, this would be criminal damage. It's unlikely anyone cares enough about the mug but they may care that OP lost control to that extent and purposefully damaged company property.

The mug had a bad message, it didn't belong in an office, but plenty of offices have mugs that are in poor taste. Here, someone would mention that it was in poor taste and ask if anyone objected to them removing it - which looks a lot more rational and makes people think twice about slogans on work mugs.

You are an idiot. With ishoos.

This is my mug

Still yummy isn't describing me. I was eating last nights take away for breakfast and it became a saying after one of my house makes called it wrong.

Anyway, I will take on bored what people say about my anger and keep it in check. Thanks for the advice.

I get the mug hate (although I am decidedly not thin, I do think it's shit to slate thin people for being thin) but it's just not ok to smash other people's stuff because you don't like it. You need to buy a nice replacement for whoever ' s property you destroyed.

Mummylin Your mug offends me. You're not the queen of me. I shall smash it if you leave it anywhere other than your home.

No I promise to keep it at my home, I don't want it smashed !

stillyummy what's *wrong^ with you?

Why did you even feel the need to post this on a public forum? Attention seeking? Bored? You know it's wrong to break other people's stuff. I don't believe for one minute you thought everyone here would say' yes love, quite justified.'

I assume you are very young and still rather immature.

I do hope you grow up. Fast. or maybe invest in some therapy.

Very wise Mummylin any lurking republicans might revolt.

Unless you work in a Greek restaurant you have no business smashing the mugs.

This is my mug.

I love that mug.

I want that mug!

I want this mug, but in clear perspex so the people who sidle up to my desk to bother me when I've just got into the office and barely sat down can bloody wait!

Mine