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to be pissed off she switched our identical mouse mats

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Cheeseandlobster · 27/09/2021 21:07

I sit next to a lovely lady at work. Janice. She is really knowledgeable and has mentored me and a few others. We are not friends as such but as colleagues we get on really well.

I have rsi and she has carpal tunnel so we both have mouse mats with a gel support cushion. Last week mine started leaking. The gel is the stickiest substance known to mankind and just seems to spread everywhere. As a result the bottom row of my keyboard is so sticky the whole thing might need replacing, my photo of ds has had to be binned as have some of my documents. Its OK I thought. This stuff happens and I binned the mat.

Until today. I found yet another fucking sticky patch on my desk and 2 of my colleagues said "Oh has Janice confessed yet?" It turns out it was Janice's mouse mat that had leaked and she switched it with mine. She watched me bin my photo of ds and struggle with a now difficult to use keyboard and said nothing.

I know it's a relatively small issue but I just feel this is a bit off and I think Janice should have binned hers and ordered herself a new one rather than contaminate my desk with impenetrable sticky shit. Aibu to be peeved and to look at Janice in a slightly different light now

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crumblebug · 27/09/2021 21:08

Oh yes that's not nice at all!

Wrenna · 27/09/2021 21:09

I hate a sneak. Yanbu.

pelosi · 27/09/2021 21:09

YANBU. She’s not lovely, she’s a bitch.

Swap it back and tell her you’ve huven her one back to her. Bitch!

Lightswitch123 · 27/09/2021 21:10

Agreed, that's not nice.

CoffeeRunner · 27/09/2021 21:10

YANBU! That's a shitty thing to do.

DarkDarkNight · 27/09/2021 21:10

No that’s cheeky and lazy and I would be pissed off.

TopTabby · 27/09/2021 21:10

Oh I'd be looking for a sneaky way to get my own back there! Wink

MissMaple82 · 27/09/2021 21:11

Janice is a dick

lannistunut · 27/09/2021 21:11

That's really not nice. I would actually be tempted to confront, just say someone told you and you'd like to ask about it.

I wouldn't do a single thing for her not strictly required from now on. You have to be civil, but you do not have to be warm.

Honeyroar · 27/09/2021 21:13

I wouldn’t be impressed either. In fact I’d be pretty disgusted. I’d not be impressed that the others knew either and didn’t say anything. I think I’d probably tell her that I was upset that my personal items and documents had been ruined because of her actions. I’d even consider speaking to someone senior about it. 😡

Laila747 · 27/09/2021 21:14

Squeeze the gel out of her (your) one all over her chair….

Stick bitch, stick! Grin

pelosi · 27/09/2021 21:16

Stick bitch, stick! grin

🤣

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Cheeseandlobster · 27/09/2021 21:17

The worst thing about it is I sent her a WhatsApp saying I wasn't impressed and her response was literally "🤣🤣🤣🤣 Who told on me?"

It's so out of character I am gobsmacked. Though maybe this IS her character

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KupoNutCoffee · 27/09/2021 21:21

Its one thing to take someone else's mouse mat, after you've thrown away your own...quite another to swap something you know is broken...

There is always one in the office... with the dodgy chair, keyboard, mouse, headset... that rather than just admit theirs is broken, they swap it for someone else's so they don't bother having to deal with it....

Then 1/2/3 weeks later when the new equipment arrives, they then surreptitiously swap your ex-mouse/keyboard back so they have the brand new one.

And as there are normally 2/3 dodgy chairs getting replaced at once, they declare they simply must have a new one...

Swap your keyboard for her non-sticky one... and go find the dodgy office chair, or change her chair settings. Or if you have dual screens...change the PC settings so they are the wrong way round, or just move the taskbar if she leaves it unlocked. petty

PlonkyWillyWonky · 27/09/2021 21:37

I'd be so angry that my DS photo was ruined because of her stupid actions

Thehop · 27/09/2021 21:39

Put a few drops of potted in her coffee. She’ll be shifting through the eye of a needle for hours, the cow.

I mean don’t, obviously, this is awful. Sorry 🙈

Thehop · 27/09/2021 21:39

Optrex not potted

FurzeMinister · 27/09/2021 21:40

That's awful, and YANBU to be pissed off. It's interesting though that she didn't see the need to do it in secret, as all your other colleagues seem to know. So presumably she thinks it's OK or even funny.

Caterinasballerinas · 27/09/2021 21:44

Drawing pins in the gel part of her working mat on a Friday night with something she prizes left nearby. Then oh they must all be faulty

liddlelambsydivey · 27/09/2021 21:46

Yeah, I agree that you should swap out your keyboards. That's not okay, and she is not nice! Swiping your mousepad would've been rude, but leaving a leaking one at your desk? That's horrible. Nice people don't do that.

RosiePosieDozy · 27/09/2021 21:51

Ugh she's nasty. As if she's trying to laugh it off. I'd be distancing myself from her if I was you. It might be a small thing but these sort of things show someone's true colours.

woodhill · 27/09/2021 21:51

Not nice of her, can HR get you a new one and can you label it

Honeyroar · 27/09/2021 21:55

You should have replied “I don’t think it’s funny” to her message. I wouldn’t be playing other tricks on her, however tempting, or it will become the norm to keep doing stupid things to colleagues.

Peanutsandchilli · 27/09/2021 21:58

Swap your keyboard with hers.

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Cheeseandlobster · 27/09/2021 21:58

It's just bizarre because I would have said out of everyone at work, she was one of the kindest. But that was not kind and she didn't even apologise after she had been rumbled. The offending mat is long gone now so that's not an option. And I don't want to be petty just to get one up on her. So I will silently seethe. There isn't much more I can do. I have said my piece. She isn't sorry. That's the end of it I guess. I just wanted to see of I was being humourless over this and over reacting at how annoyed I was. I told the other colleagues immediately that, actually it was a pretty shit thing to do and yes I was pissed off. I am sure it will get back to Janice and I hope it does

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