A few years ago I trained and kind of looked after a girl that worked on reception at a company I worked for. Anyway, eventually she was moved to another department and we stopped working together - she gave me a mug and matching coaster as a thank you present for being such a great person to work with (her words not mine). I was pretty touched by this present and have used the mug and coaster at all workplaces since.
In previous jobs I would leave the mug on my desk and wash it each morning before making myself a cup of tea, mainly because I worked in an office full of cup vultures and wanted to ensure that my mug remained sacred. In my new workplace a cleaning person comes around every few days and places all the mugs and associated dishes on people's desks into the dishwasher. As I am now working in a smaller office I was ok with this and each morning upon arrival at work would retrieve my mug from the kitchen and have a cup of tea.
This week Bevan and I have started on the world's most disgusting healthy eating plan and hence my morning cup of tea is no more, so yesterday morning I did not retrieve my mug at the normal time. Wouldn't you know it, later in the day when I went to have my cup of peppermint tea the mug was gone! Luckily I handle myself well in stressful situations so I remained calm and returned to my desk.
My fellow pod mates got wind of my issue and one of them started a investigation to recover my mug, and it has just now been returned to my side. The mug is now back but is it really the same, someone else has drunk from its smooth ceramic sides, can we be one again?
I am now drinking from another mug which I have for emergencies until I decide what the best course of action is to take...
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