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Once again, the workplace wields its mysterious power. Normally upright citizens turn into serial petty criminals at work. ‘I get through one mug a month minimum,’ says Matt. Luckily he’s not one of those office workers who get attached to their mug. But where do they go? Only rarely is there an explanation. A newly arrived boss I know of once threw away a whole cupboard of old, cracked mugs only to find that they were the jealously guarded personal mugs of his new staff. The thief is rarely caught in full possession. In the mug racket they’re shifted on sharpish. In offices where newspapers or magazines are provided, these can be guaranteed to have evaporated by midday. Otherwise it’s pens. ‘You’ve got a lot of pens,’ somebody said to Zoe one day. She had indeed and most of them weren’t hers. Everyone in an office either has so many pens they don’t know what to do or none at all.

 If it’s not yours, don’t take it.