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A woman waters a collection of houseplants on a table
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The only thing about developing these kinds of attachments is that you can take it hard if they change or are disturbed in some way, particularly if they involve personal property. It is not uncommon for some colleagues to have some questionable ideas on this topic and to annoy everybody else with them.
As a result, it is often wise to have firm boundaries surrounding any belongings that you want to protect. It is possible to take this to a place that is a little too extreme, but more often than not, it is other people who make the first move by overstepping. There is a balance to be struck.
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Would I be wrong if I asked my desk mate to stop 'taking care of' my plants without telling me?
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In this story, an employee had started a collection of houseplants on their desk, which they saw as a small way to make working in an open-plan office more enjoyable. They also happened to share a desk with one of their colleagues.
This coworker also enjoyed their plants, but had begun to take a more hands-on approach to them, which they didn't appreciate. She had begun to move, prune, and repot them without asking permission beforehand. They didn't want their plants to continue to be disturbed, but they also didn't want to fall out with their coworker by telling her to stop.
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A collection of houseplants on a table
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