Coworker secretly uses desk mate's mechanical keyboard and breaks it, refuses to pay for a new one: 'I'm wondering if I overreacted'

Accidents happen, but they are not always easy to deal with in the aftermath. This is where you learn who your real friends are. If your friendship is easily jeopardized by a simple mistake, then it probably wasn't a genuine friendship to begin with. Real friends let things slide when they need to. This is true with coworkers as well. The way you treat your coworkers is incredibly important to your happiness in the workplace. It's best to commit to things going as smoothly as possible if you can help it. 

That's not what happened in this situation. In this story, after something went wrong, neither of these coworkers knew how to handle it. It started with a transgression that should have been avoided in the first place. You should never use someone's belongings without asking them first. This is never a good idea, even with people you are friends with. If they're your coworker, this is even more true. But that's what one coworker did when he helped himself to a test drive of his coworker's personal keyboard. 

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