Made to feel like a bit of a twat

[HouseworkAvoider10]

My colleague is leaving his job, finishing tomorrow.
He does charity work, which involves sending stationery out to developing countries.
He has taken most of his stuff home and has also taken my whole tray of stationery to give to this charity abroad. It was on my desk yesterday.
I have been left with 4 small lead pencils and a black pen. Everything else is gone, including the actual stationery tray, my USB stick with stuff on it, all taken by him.
Its quite a lot of stuff, which I have collected over time.
Feel like a bit of a twat for asking for my stationery back when its going to charity, but these are the things I work with every day I will need them again.
He has admitted that he has it and says he will give it back tomorrow. He said its for the charity.
I do need my stuff back.
I think he's a CF.
AIBU?

I wouldn't be surprised if he kept some of it for himself, he sounds dodgy
^this

Who gives a fuck what hr needs it for? It's not his stuff. Thieving shit. Good on your manager. Make sure you get every bit back.

If he doesn't return your stuff, email the charity and ask for it back. I'm sure they'd be interested to know what a dishonest, entitled, twat they have coming to work for them.

Wtaf! Do not feel bad at all! If you want to make a donation you can make one but this wasn’t something this character had any right to stumble off with.

Your colleague is the only twat here. Don’t feel guilty for wanting your own stuff back.

Love that pen, @Hawkmoth

He is weird and/or dodgy. For one thing, sending stationery to developing countries is a massive waste of money. Paper is HEAVY. Presumably it's not all pens and stick-on pompom people and plastic rulers he's sending, there's going to be paper too. Far better to raise funds here to buy stationery there, thus eliminating shipping costs and boosting the local economy.

Secondly, it just sounds like a very strange cover up to me. I would check out the charity - is it registered? What's it called?

So not only a CF, also a moron/drug trafficker.

He's the twat, not you.

Definitely get it back and give him a right bollocking- that’s theft!

He stole it. End of.
Don't let his charity guilt trip work on you. I am sure You would have found something for him had he asked but he didn't and that makes him a thief and c.f... why take a usb? That's not useful to those with no computers or internet?!

Did you get your stationery back?

Waits with baited breath...

Tell him outright to fuck off, the cheeky twat.

Hope you got your things back from the thief.

Tbh the charity thing sounds like bullshit. It’s a cliche perpetuated here that kids in third world countries need Westerners to bring them pens and stationary.

Has he returned the stationery?

Did he bring it back OP?

I think you need a serious chat with him!

Hope he returned your items, it is theft.

I would go nuts at him, no one messes with my stationery!
Has he brought it back?

has he bought it back yet OP????

Why on earth would you feel like a twat when someone has stolen your property 🤔

I would not let him away with this.

Obviously he thinks you are a very soft touch.

I would show him otherwise.

As to the poster who said they'd contact the police. Why not. Soften his cough.

Has he done a runner with your stationery OP?

Is this the bastard?

Penwomble.

WHAT HAPPENED?!?!

So you have stationary and he wants stationary.

It's quite a leap to think that obvious solution is to swipe yours leaving you to
traipse around the shops replacing it all out of your own pocket... unless you're a thief of course!

Did he bring it back?!