What have you ever ‘borrowed’ from the workplace and never given back?

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Hopelessness.

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Years ago I worked on a campaign with a famous musician that I was a huge fan of. I was a midlevel art director at the time, went on the shooting and the guy was really approachable and nice so I told him how much of a fan I was, we chatted a lot and he told me to email his manager my address so he could send me some merch and I gave him the agency address because my apartment wasn’t really reliable to get stuff.

A couple weeks later a huge box shows up at the agency and it was a SIGNED FENDER and a few posters and tshirts, however the box didn’t have my name on it, and the CCO on a major asshole move hanged up the guitar on his office saying it was a gift to the agency.

Now I had a very similar cheap squier that I had with me at the agency because sometimes I’d go practice with my band right around the corner.

So I got a fender decal online, removed the squier one, faked the autograph and got the fender home .

I didn’t steal it actually, it was originally mine. I’m only saying this now because everyone from back them are now working elsewhere and the CCO retired from advertising.

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I love your pirate style correction!!! 👏

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A junior copywriter

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Wacom tablet, laptop stand, office chair, external monitor.

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I don’t think they ever ask for wacoms back. i have 4. It’s a gallery of intuos3 evolution. The new one is super slick.

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Depression

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1 bottle of Lysol spray from my previous job when the pandemic just started and the shelves were bare.

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Dongle.

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An oculus quest 2

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Laptop haha.

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As much as I possibly can.

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A senior designer

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My timesheets.

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Laptop

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HOW

Nice office chair

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A lifetime of crushed hopes?

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Lanyards 😆

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Book

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Not much other than random office supplies like scissors, packing tape, printer paper, highlighters.

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I didn't borrow, I stole a laser printer and every office supply you can think of. My rationale was that it was the bonus I never got.

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Chargers for every laptop I’ve gotten.

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I am not ok.

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I confess that I confessed to confessing about confessing.

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Client killed 8 months of work just a few days before the shoot. Feeling completely crushed.

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