What's in your office?

[midjd]

My employer is moving to another building when our lease is up at the end of this year, and I'm probably moving to yet another building (for my new job) sooner than that, so I've been decluttering my office. I've definitely been violating the "don't keep more than you can carry out with you" rule. 

It's amazing the amount of random stuff you accumulate over 8 years... my favorites so far:

- A pink high-heeled shoe tape dispenser
- A box of Alamo Crackers (animal crackers) from my BFF in Texas
- A Little Mermaid Mr. Potato Head 
- A 6" chocolate shoe my ex-boss brought me from Eastern Europe
- A flyer for a frog jumping contest at my hometown 4H fair

People here may not know me well, but they at least know I like shoes and childish things.  

So what's in your office? 

[hoops902]

I have a water bottle and a picture of my kid. That's it besides the typical "office stuff" that belongs to my employer.

[ners]

Multiple stress balls. 

Photo's of my niece and nephews.

Picture of my favorite baseball stadium

A Red Swingline Stapler and A Green Swingline Stapler.

Cheap clock radio

[thyme4change]

My husband takes all kinds of crap to his office. It looks like a toy museum. I am afraid his co workers are going to think he is mentally ill. But, at least that crap is out of my house.

[Deleted]

Really old pictures of my kids and horses (except for the calendar my SIL scraps for me every year, those are up to date!).  I have 4 additional calendars, one for each school, one for boy scouts and one for cub scouts, a bunch of framed certifications and certificates of appreciation that I never even bothered to hang up and a dozen or so egg cartons that I keep forgetting to take home.  That's about it.

[wvugurl26]

A bunch of magnets decorating my cabinets, 20 dry erase markers, snacks, containers for snacks to keep the mice away, plastic silverware, laptop case, hair brush, straws, lint brush, lotion, contact solution, pens, Advil, ear buds, cheap tiara, nail file and hand sanitizer. I think that's all that is mine.

[kittensaver]

Two plants

assorted mugs (I just can't seem to make do with one)

a small pink flying pig wearing sunglasses and the inscription "dwell in possibility" (sitting on my desk)

a small Buddha lion (also on my desk)

two frames photos of DH, one with our ginger kitty when he was tiny

some framed artwork I brought in

a bulletin board I brought in

a 2017 calendar from The Butchart Gardens (my second favorite place on earth, Maui is first)

a small reproduction Majorca pitcher I use to water my plants and occasionally as a flower vase

I could be packed up in half an hour if need be. Hopefully no need for a few years yet.

[flamingo]

Diplomas
A couple pictures decorating my wall
A bunch of family photos scatter around (on my desk, bookshelf, filing cabinet, window sill)
some office supplies on my desk (pen holders, paperclip holder, candy dish)
a few lamps
2 plants
mini-fridge
a cabinet full of food
a drawer of shoes

Yep, I moved right in when I started here back in January 

[Chocolate Lover]

Hmmm... my office is a self contained section in a larger building. I'm the only one here all day. How do I count the kitchen cabinet full of books I haven't read yet?* Is it one thing or a zillion small ones? 




*Mom would bring me piles from the thrift store for a while, I don't even know if I want to read them all but they're out of my house now. 

[chiver78]

I had a lot of stuff when I cleared out from my last job. 14 years is a long time to accumulate crap! 

at this current place, I've got a pair of headphones that I use while there's still other people here. there's also a few non-perishable food items in one drawer. I've slowly been not bringing mugs and such back as I bring them home to run through the dishwasher. that's about it here. 

[Waffle]

I have one drawer with nothing but Christmas decorations in it.

Laptop bag

respected Tea Party members, sugar, straws, snacks, containers for snacks,

toothpaste toothbrush

assorted OTC medicines (just in case)

combs - I really don't know why I have more than one comb in the drawer

lipstick

lotion

stressball

A lighted sign that advertises one of the products our company makes - I bought it at an auction and hung it on my office wall.

My employee of the year plaque - if they ever escort me out of here, I won't care about taking that!

ETA:  I do not have respected Tea Party members in my drawer!! Darn auto correct.

[midjd]

respected Tea Party members

I love the auto-censor   I assume you meant the little bags that tea comes in.  

[Waffle]

Sept 6, 2017 15:16:16 GMT -5 midjd said:

respected Tea Party members

I love the auto-censor   I assume you meant the little bags that tea comes in.  

LOL.   Yes, you are correct.

[NoNamePerson]

I must be the odd ball here. I never had one personal item in my office. I figured if I woke up one day and decided to quit I wouldn't have to retrieve anything. 

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

When I cleaned out my desk at work after my nightmare, I found a box of GS thin mints that I had bought about 6 years earlier.

I also had my trolls....Harry and Harriet, and a dozen giant microbes that one of the biological companies semt me for buying supplies from them.

www.giantmicrobes.com/us/main/diseases

[swamp]

OMG. So much

The weirdest thing is is a metal tee ball bat that was evidence in a trial I did as a prosecutor. It still has the evidence tag on it

[MJ2.0]

Sept 6, 2017 15:15:02 GMT -5 Waffle said:

I have one drawer with nothing but Christmas decorations in it.

Laptop bag

respected Tea Party members, sugar, straws, snacks, containers for snacks,

toothpaste toothbrush

assorted OTC medicines (just in case)

combs - I really don't know why I have more than one comb in the drawer

lipstick

lotion

stressball

A lighted sign that advertises one of the products our company makes - I bought it at an auction and hung it on my office wall.

My employee of the year plaque - if they ever escort me out of here, I won't care about taking that!

ETA:  I do not have respected Tea Party members in my drawer!! Darn auto correct.

LMAO!  Why is tea bags a no-no word?

[MJ2.0]

teabag

[emma1420]

I've got a ton of stuff  But, most of it are photos, posters, and pictures on the walls.  I've also got a huge office, and I've worked for the organization for more than a decade (although I've only been in my current office about 4 years).  If they fire me i'm going to need half a day to clear out all my crap!

[Rukh O'Rorke]

Nothing but loads of papers and books... been meaning to get some art work....pics....plants....but so far nothing...

[Deleted]

What don't I have in my office?  I have valances, a mini-fridge, snacks, a blanket, printer I (mine, not the school's), board games, a place setting of dishes and flatware, bandaids, kleenexes, a marble apple, magazines, books, a cd player . . . The list goes on and on and on.  All of this is personal property.  There are people with desks, comfy chairs, sofas, microwaves, etc.

We are expected to make our rooms "inviting."  It usually takes at least one pick-up load when someone leaves.

[Anne_in_VA]

Tons of things I've accumulated over the 10 years I've worked there.  Quite a few are unique items I've gotten from conference vendor fairs or were sent by vendors.  When I retire, I'll make sure to either pass them along to someone else or throw them away.  I'm not taking that stuff home!

[giramomma]

Picture of DH and I on our wedding day
Lots of my kid things
-DS made a poem about himself in 6th grade which I love
-DD1 made a poem based off of "Roses are Red"
-The peanut's goals for preschool in 2015 (my favorite goal: to express herself appropriately)
-Random kid artwork, my favorite being a polar bear wearing underwear the peanut painted..

Then I have other kid things from my old clients
-Birthday card
-Thank you note
-A birdhouse a kiddo painted for me
-Trinkets from travels from other kiddos

Assorted plastic silverware, food supplies, and a storeware mug to warm up my soup.

Somewhere packed away I also have a vintage R2D2 and a top of Dee Dee (the sister from Dexter's Laboratory)

I have a small pennant that we got at the bookstore of my current school that I wanted to hang up..

[Happy prose]

Sooo much stuff- coffee mugs, water bottle, peanutbutter, popcorn, 3lb dumbells. Exercise band, tee shirt, few pairs of heels, some little knick knacks people gave me, spare (old) ipad, many holiday decorations, greeting cards for when someone's birthday pops up, vases, can opener, all coffee fixins, a few sweaters, extra umbrellas, personal file folders for insurances, retirement accounts, etc., and my count diwn to retirement clock! I think today said 1948. That includes weekends and holidays though. 

[empress of self-improvement]

A Harley-Davisdon coffee mug and a Donald Duck spoon. That's really about it. I just FINALLY got my own desk with drawers today now that the Grumpy Granola Giant is gone so I don't have to sit at his too-tall table. YAY!!! I generally just pack everything I own into my 14 year old LLBean messenger bag and lug it around.

[tskeeter]

Sept 6, 2017 14:11:28 GMT -5 midjd said:

My employer is moving to another building when our lease is up at the end of this year, and I'm probably moving to yet another building (for my new job) sooner than that, so I've been decluttering my office. I've definitely been violating the "don't keep more than you can carry out with you" rule. 

It's amazing the amount of random stuff you accumulate over 8 years... my favorites so far:

- A pink high-heeled shoe tape dispenser
- A box of Alamo Crackers (animal crackers) from my BFF in Texas
- A Little Mermaid Mr. Potato Head 
- A 6" chocolate shoe my ex-boss brought me from Eastern Europe
- A flyer for a frog jumping contest at my hometown 4H fair

People here may not know me well, but they at least know I like shoes and childish things.  

So what's in your office? 

A TV, a recliner, a bookcase, and a desktop.



I'm retired

[tskeeter]

Sept 6, 2017 14:11:28 GMT -5 midjd said:

My employer is moving to another building when our lease is up at the end of this year, and I'm probably moving to yet another building (for my new job) sooner than that, so I've been decluttering my office. I've definitely been violating the "don't keep more than you can carry out with you" rule. 

It's amazing the amount of random stuff you accumulate over 8 years... my favorites so far:

- A pink high-heeled shoe tape dispenser
- A box of Alamo Crackers (animal crackers) from my BFF in Texas
- A Little Mermaid Mr. Potato Head 
- A 6" chocolate shoe my ex-boss brought me from Eastern Europe
- A flyer for a frog jumping contest at my hometown 4H fair

People here may not know me well, but they at least know I like shoes and childish things.  

So what's in your office? 

Or, in the winter office, a high speed quad, two gondolas, 16 Bombardiers, 47 snow guns, and a few other toys. 

[Sharon]

After a few rounds of layoffs and a few "I hate this place" episodes I have greatly reduced what I have at work.

1. 1 box of kleenix
2.  1 Kleenix box with the top cut off that contains lotion, aspirin, tums, chapstick and dental floss.

I bring my lunch most days so I would just need to pick up those 2 boxes, my purse and my lunch pail and I would be outta there.

[msventoux]

I've been there over 10 years. I have a few snacks in one drawer and a spare phone charger. That's it for personal stuff. I have a travel mug for tea I take home every night.

I've never been fired or had to leave a job suddenly, but I've always been weird about taking personal stuff into work. If I'm fired or decide to suddenly quit, I just want to leave...just hand over my keys and go without worrying about packing up.

Same with my vehicle. Proof of insurance, registration, a charger, dog leash and some emergency supplies are all I keep in it. If it's stolen or totaled in an accident I'm out a vehicle and can worry about replacing it, not stress over the stuff in it.

[Cookies Galore]

Random pictures tacked on the wall
Random cat things (mini beanbag toy, paper, nail art stickers)
A plastic Easter egg with a mini Reece's cup in it that my niece covered in cats stickers
A NKOTB lunch box
Race medals
Blerch stress squeezer
Three mugs I haven't touched in years (I carry a travel mug daily)
Glass water bottle
Blanket
Bulky cardigan
Back massage pillow

I've been with my employer eight years and I've moved cubes six times. Stuff travels easy.