To think a colleague has no right to take something from your desk and throw it in the bin?

[WildflowerChild]

I’m not talking about food/drink.

A total of 14 votes so far and every single one of them are meaningless with no context from the OP.

Inbox me hun

I love 'guess the context' threads:

YWBU to make a shrine to her. I think it was reasonable for her to throw the home made doll away.

How did you even manage to cut her hair without her noticing?

It wasn’t rubbish! For anyone telling me to tidy my desk.

Nothing work confidential.

YABU for not providing any useful information

Boring. Can't stand teases!

Rolex watch - v v unreasonable.

Empty crisp packet - reasonable.

In other words - there is no way to answer this question unless we have some idea what was thrown away.

YANBU. Your boss had no right to throw away all those photos of your dog, although he was not wrong about how much time you waste kissing each one, every time you leave your desk.

Any dentists in here, its like pulling teeth for info.

What was it then. Why wont you give us more info.

Was it a scale model of the Taj Mahal made out of earwax?

Ffs, these threads are ridiculous

How is anybody supposed to give you a proper answer if you don't ask a proper question.

We have a clear desk policy because we have a lot of secret papers . We are expected to throw anything sensitive left lying around at the end of the day in the confidential shredder. Last person in does a sweep. Obviously not someone's family photo. Work stuff.

Ffs op. Spit it out

It doesn’t really matter what it is (I also don’t want to be too identifiable)

But in general does anyone have the right to throw away something of yours they’ve taken from your desk (that’s not rubbish, food, drink, nothing perishable, not offensive, homophobic, racist or sexist)

Ffs op. Spit it out

She can't. Her colleague might throw it away.

Of course they shouldn't. It's your desk and unless it's something offensive, in which case your manager should deal with it, other colleagues should leave your desk alone.

And nothing at all work related.

Why, are you working for MI5?

Used condom?

No, they don't have the right.

What are you going to do about it?

YANBU. It's very impressive that you made a pen holder from a dead rat, but it was starting to smell.

Yes, YABU.

Can you at least tell us a broadly equivalent item so that we have some idea?

Did it literally belong to you personally?

I really don’t think it’s possible to say yes or no without knowing what the item is. Some stuff no they don’t, but other stuff I would say potentially.