Worker liberated after he gatekeeps his office phone charger, refusing to share with thieving coworkers despite their heckling: ‘It is mine, and I’m tired of hunting for it like a shared office pet’

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• There's something sacred about your own personal phone charger. 

  Because our lives are so irrevocably tied to the little rectangular computers living in our pockets, if your phone's charge runs out, it feels like you've unplugged from humanity. While there's something liberating about being unplugged and unreachable, that's not exactly the kind of vibe any hardworking employee wants when they're in the workplace, especially when clients are calling your personal cell, contracts are on the line, and your commission rate depends on your phone's battery percentage. 

  Likewise, this worker's patience was running on empty after months of getting his phone charger stolen from his desk, leading to a workplace altercation that boosted his self-confidence, ensured his phone charger was safe from theft, and set the tone for future coworker altercations. 

  He was never going to be messed with again.

• WIBTA if I stopped bringing my charger to work because everyone keeps taking it?

  
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• Phone chargers only cost, like, $10. 

  As functioning adults in society, you'd think that this phone charger's hot commodity nature in the office would prompt at least one other employee, or perhaps an observant manager, to buy multiple chargers for the office's communal use. Instead, it seems that everyone in the workplace was happier to freeload and take advantage of a guy whom they thought they could walk on, but when they weren't met with the meek nature of a perpetual doormat, the mood in the workplace shifted. 

  Prompted by the rage inspired by petty theft and mild office annoyance, this employee skyrocketed himself to the top of his game in office politicking. 

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• This was the final straw. 

  At first, he felt compelled to share with the colleagues who shared a cubicle corner with him, but after they made it clear that they didn't respect his property, he no longer felt empathetic towards their dwindling phone battery. If they wanted to charge their phones at work, they'd have to get creative or get more resourceful. 

  From now on, his phone charger was his and his only. It may sound petty, but sometimes petty actions deserve petty repurcussions.  

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• Setting boundaries with his coworkers and refusing to get walked on, this worker demonstrates a mild office defiance that will likely follow him for years. Although it seems minute, small acts of well-warranted assertions and putting yourself first in the workplace can create a snowball effect that ultimately improves your job for the better. 

  And in this economy, where employed workers can't be choosy, any improvement at work is a win… Even if it's just over the rightful ownership of a silly phone charger. 

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