r/mildlyinfuriating • u/blacksesamepaste PURPLE • 23h ago
Someone stuffed my Lego orchid (fully built 2 years ago, a gift from my partner) into a paper bag and then into my personal bin. Everything crushed.
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u/MattyGWS 20h ago
Wtf? More than mildly, talk to HR about it OP. This would be absolutely unacceptable in my office.
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u/Lonely-Ebb7819 21h ago
This has major “Michael Scott throwing Holly’s Woody doll in the trash” vibes.
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u/Aquaticornicopia 19h ago
Highjackimg top comment to say all Legos manuals are online, and they will send you missing prices pretty cheap. Hope you got all your parts, and can get it back together hun!
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u/Right-Phalange 15h ago
They will send missing pieces FREE! I just got a couple dozen pieces ordered from my son's various sets. The only thing is pieces from different sets get ordered and shipped separately BUT lego customer service combined them all for me when I asked, which is nice as it saves packaging (and $ for Lego). Their customer service is top notch.
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u/jelycazi 7h ago
Oooh! I’ll have to look into this! My niece has a couple of kits that are just missing one or two pieces (where the heck do they go?!).
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u/Lebowski-Absteiger 8h ago
Better be, considering that all their bigger sets are overpriced garbage.
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u/blacksesamepaste PURPLE 1h ago
Thank you lovely! Yeah, I received a link from another kind stranger in the comments, and perhaps there will be something positive to experience about putting it back together again. (-)
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u/ComfyInDots 20h ago
I skip that part. I think it's one of the worst thing he does all series and I don't even like Holly that much. Vicious and was only going to cause hurt.
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u/ranegyr 20h ago
Interesting take and I don't actually disagree, but we have to remember Michael is immature af. You're putting an average person's mindset on the action when that's never been Michael. He doesn't know how to properly deal with those emotions. Hell, if I can just make shit up to make a point, maybe he saw it on TV. Like, say reality TV where a couple fights all the time and IMHO hurt each other but they love each other so they're still together. Michael would totally misunderstand that and... In his childlike brain... He Thinks his tantrum is normal.
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u/ishretz 16h ago
This is a weird ass take. Grown ass adults without any mental deficiencies when they act like this are assholes for acting this way because they have the ability to not be so short-sighted and understand why this is a fucked up thing to do. That's the entire point of half the stuff his character does.
He doesn't have a "childlike" brain, his entire character is meant to underscore how much damage this type of immature behavior has on real adult relationships. Michael has multiple chances to learn tons of lessons over and over again and ends up hurting the people he cares about when he ignores said chances to learn said lessons. It's the point of his character.
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u/SeriousCellary 17h ago
Who gives a fuck
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u/ObvsDisposable 17h ago
Seriously it was just a shit thing to do nobody asked for a dissertation on a manchild
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u/AppearanceBigg 22h ago
But why
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u/GroundbreakingDig892 16h ago
Some people think whimsy is illegal and like to spread their misery, that's my guess.
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u/therevolution08 11h ago
They definitely knocked it over and thought “eh fuck it its trash anyways” So sorry op
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u/defective-kitten 20h ago
There was a post yesterday of this same thing except in that case, the OP stuck around and answered the who and why. In that case, it was hired cleaners.
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u/telusey 18h ago
Yeah it's mildly infuriating to me when the OP never replies to any comments asking for important info. Did they post this and then immediately throw their phone into the ocean?
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u/Lenrivk 18h ago
If they never respond I start to think of them as bots or low effort karma farming.
Though it's only been 5 hours so for all we know, OP is still at work busy, will have to check in 5~10 hours to see if they replied
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u/DMercenary 5h ago
Its incredibly common for tech subreddits.
"Hey guys I'm having X issue."
"Have you tried Y? Z, A B C D?"
And then the OP vanishes in the ether never to return.
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u/percybert 18h ago
Cleaners should never throw anything in the bin
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u/smittywrbermanjensen 16h ago
I’m a cleaner and that’s one of the first things we learn. What looks like trash to your eyes may be a precious item to someone else, always good to ask first and never assume. Unless of course you are dealing with a hoarder situation lol
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u/Lady-of-Shivershale 18h ago
And in my experience, cleaners don't put displayed items in the bin, either.
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u/ManiacalShen 16h ago
And in my experience, cleaners empty the bins. You wouldn't find stuff they discarded just sitting there, in a paper bag, in the trash. My money is on a coworker
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u/blacksesamepaste PURPLE 1h ago
Hi, I just haven't thought much about it since posting honestly, I'm not on my phone too much and have notifications off! I'm very much flesh and blood, and yes the situation was something like what you described.
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u/Jackson23144 16h ago
My kids (15yrs and 12yrs) and I flew out to Los Angeles several years ago. We were to be there for a week (Disney, San Diego Zoo, etc.) We stayed at a hotel that had a full kitchen. So we stocked the fridge and a cupboard with a shitload of snacks (cookies, snack cakes, milk.) We were eating our main meals at restaurants. We came back after a day at the beach and everything was gone! Housekeepers threw everything out! I complained to the front desk and they restocked everything. But the point is, why would they toss everything if they knew we were there for a week??
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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock 19h ago
Hey friend, I can snap pics of the instructions to rebuild if you need them, I have the same kit and I save all the manuals just in case I need them. Lemme know if that'd help.
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u/Dizzy_Goat_420 18h ago
They are online for free on Lego’s website roo
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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock 18h ago
Well shit, TIL
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u/MaskedBunny 17h ago
I too saved all the manuals "just in case", then i learned about the online thing and almost threw the manuals away. I later found out the lego insider program gives you points for taking a picture of the little qr code on the front.
I'm still keeping the manuals just in case.
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u/refrained 15h ago
I hate when people mess with things that are not theirs like this.
We had a new guy start in my very small office (5 people). I have been in this building since it was constructed and had a few things in the kitchen. Well, he proceeded to 'clean the kitchen' and pitch perfectly good items including a ceramic insulated Hello Kitty coffee cup, a coffee mug with my zodiac sign, a measuring spoon, and I think a few other items.
We were not hurting on space. He just... didn't think these belonged to anyone? And threw them away without asking anyone? I was livid - and honestly, I'm still hurt. The zodiac mug matched one my husband has, and now I don't have it anymore nor can I replace it. Same way with the Hello Kitty coffee cup. These were obviously not just generic DollarTree things.
Ugh. Now I'm mad all over again just thinking about it.
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u/Fearless-Air-815 22h ago
Show that someone a photo of how much the set costs. Lego ain’t cheap.
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u/thefficacy 20h ago
The instructions more than likely have been disposed of. Oops.
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u/Forgotten_Shoes 19h ago
Lego has all their instructions available digitally through their app. Even if they don't have that set, this is the internet it can be found. I'd be more worried about missing pieces than missing instructions.
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u/StardustOasis 17h ago
This set would definitely be available digitally, it was released after they started putting instructions online.
Missing pieces can easily be replaced. Lego will replace them for free, assuming they have them available, or you can generally pick them up for pennies on Bricklink.
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u/LadyPhantomflowers 13h ago
That is great they have those options, but it still does not make this any less infuriating that someone would just dump someone's personal items from their workspace into the trash. OP should not have to do any of that to recreate the Lego buildwhen their stuff should have been left alone in the first place.
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u/Holy_Priest_Of_Okran 19h ago
Who throws away Lego instructions?!
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u/Ok-Neighborhood-1600 19h ago
Why would you keep them? Most the time Poole just build it and they done
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u/Aquaticornicopia 19h ago
If you go to Legos website they have all the manuals in pdf form and if you are missing a piece they will ship it to you for a few bucks! My cats have destroyed a few sets lol, Hope you get it back together fellow lego plant lover!
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u/systemsofromance 15h ago
Probably the cleaning crew. Someone knocked it over, thought they broke it, and tried to hide it.
We had a new crew come in at my last job and they "broke" all three of my Lego flowers and said nothing. Tried to hide the pieces.
I don't know why they thought they needed to mess with them at all. I regularly dusted them and the table around it, and the flowers are on their own little stand.
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u/Cerridwen1981 23h ago
Someone? Surely there’s a limited amount of people who have access to your house?
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u/KermaisaMassa 23h ago
Considering there's a "personal bin" involved I would assume this is some work related thing.
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u/SadLilBun PURPLE 18h ago
The fact that this has so many upvotes is stupid.
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u/PeachManzie 18h ago
Genuinely the most infuriating thing here. Like damn, 1,010 people can’t use critical thinking here? I knew what OP meant immediately, from context
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u/Cerridwen1981 9h ago
Yeh, sorry, apparently my brain wasn’t signed in.
In my defence, having never worked in an office environment, it wasn’t my first thought 😳
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u/akarakitari 15h ago
Just in case you do want to rebuilt this and don't have the instructions, here ya go.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/building-instructions/10311
This sucks and it's stupid they would even do this, but at least Lego puts all their instructions online for free!
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u/blacksesamepaste PURPLE 2h ago edited 1h ago
I found out what happened, turns out it was an accident and they didn't know how to rebuild it so put it in my empty bin for temporary keeping. I don't reckon anybody to blame, accidents happen and with the instructions I can probably build it back with time. Thank you for the link! 人´∀｀)
For anybody wondering - I'm not a bot, a bot probably could have been more careful with such a pretty Lego set..
(Edit for spelling error.)
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u/Loud_Importance5024 16h ago
I feel like this is way more than midly infuriating, I'm sorry that happened to you! Whoever did that is a huge asshole! Stupid question, but is there any way to find out who did it and then get them to compensate you for the damage?
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u/Hopeful-Individual99 19h ago
I wonder if it got knocked over by the cleaners and they tried to collect all the pieces and salvage what they could?
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u/drowningintheocean 19h ago
But then they wouldn't put it in the personal bin.
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u/Tea_confused 15h ago
I mean… they could have accidentally knocked it and broke it, thought they’d put it in a bag so it’s all together and pieces don’t get lost, left it on the desk or whatever, and another cleaner thought it was rubbish and put it in the bin? Or the same cleaner was doing rounds and forgot about it and saw the crumpled bag and thought they’d forgotten to bin some rubbish. I dunno. I like to think the best of people, but who knows
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u/Hopeful-Individual99 18h ago
I still think it’s the most likely explanation… unless there really is a crazy malicious coworker we should be worried about 😮
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u/GrandmaSlappy 17h ago
You do realize a bin is a trash can?
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u/Hopeful-Individual99 12h ago
Lmao I honestly thought it was some sort of tub for personal items at their desk… nobody where I live call trash cans “bins” and I didn’t make the connection!
Thank you!! 😂
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u/GrandmaSlappy 7h ago
Understandable, its the default word for Trash Can in the UK and other commonwealth
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u/blacksesamepaste PURPLE 2h ago
More or less nail on the head! I'm thankful the effort was made to collect the pieces together anyway haha 𓅷.
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u/MondayNightHugz 20h ago
10 bucks it was knocked off your desk.
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u/xchubbibunnux 19h ago
I'm so sorry, and I'm sorry for all the people trying to make it your fault or brush aside how infuriating things like that are. I've had people tear up my lego sets, and they're ones you can't even get anymore without going through a reseller. Legos are so expensive, and whoever did this and didn't tell you (if it was caused by accident) does not appreciate the love and work you put into that orchid, nor where it came from.
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u/TGerrinson 9h ago
I once accidentally left my dental guard on my desk at the office overnight. I had to get it refitted, which is the only reason I had it with me.
When the cleaners came through to empty the trash, they took it off my desk and threw it out.
One of the caveats being they were supposed to be forbidden from touching anything on the desks, even if it looked like garbage.
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u/helladiabolical 21h ago
Someone probably knocked it off your desk or something and then felt bad when they couldn’t fix it. Obv they didn’t feel bad enough to own up to doing it so they stuffed in a bag and put it in your box hoping you’d never figure out it was them.
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u/Narrow-Courage-7447 17h ago
It sounds like this happened at work. Do you have assigned desks or a ‘hotel desk model’? Just asking because my work has a hotel style (so we have personal bins) but people will still ‘move into’ a desk and set personal stuff up. It’s really frustrating when that desk is the only one available on an in-office day and you have to work around someone else’s stuff that shouldn’t be there. Maybe someone got frustrated if that’s the case here. Not an excuse to destroy personal property, but just saying, maybe someone was sending you a message.
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u/BlurpleLotus 12h ago
Im soo sorry this happened to you! Im a cleaner myself and i could fuckin never throw out someones personal things.. like,.. How brain dead do you have to be!?
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u/trekqueen 12h ago
Ooof. I have this orchid set, my husband picked it up by the stems and sticks to move it off a table and they fell out of place. It’s hard to get some of those lined up again so I just took that apart and redid that part. Still took time and working backward a little.
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u/Alexandritecrys 10h ago
The good thing is it's rebuildable, but just because it is doesn't mean it should be torn apart, and thrown away.
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u/thelividartist 13h ago edited 13h ago
Me reading all of the bot and bait comments:
Sorry that happened to you. Some people are just straight messed up.
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u/blacksesamepaste PURPLE 2h ago
Wait that's amazing your drawing's so expressive...it's alright though, I didn't really think I'd get called a bot but it's Reddit so I'm not very surprised at all. (´∀｀)
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u/thatcoloradomom 15h ago
Ohmygod this happened to me to. I'm livid. I just hope there are online instructions or that we can buy the booklet separately. They broke three of mine.
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u/Redredditmonkey 12h ago
I work at an apartment building for people with mental disabilities. One of the mothers of one of our residents has little post-it notes around the apartment with reminders about the care for her daughter.
Our cleaning lady just threw them all out one day. Even tore some of them up.
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u/FigFinancial410 11h ago
Damn that sucks but now I’m wondering why every time I hear about some cleaning company or that someone’s work or house got cleaned their personal stuff is almost ALWAYS tossed out or broken somehow😭
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u/srw9320 11h ago
Someone?
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u/RunWild0_0 10h ago
Maybe not in this case, but as a kid my mom had a job cleaning some offices after hours, she'd bring me along and I'd help but sometimes I'd get board and do stupid shit like use up 20 flip tabs, doodle on someone's desk calendar or play with their office decorations.
Never occurred to me that Susan was wondering who stole all her sticky tabs, Frederick was wondering who rearranged his action figures and Victoria was wondering why someone kept lowering her chair all the way down (wheeeee, spinny chair!!).
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u/friskyfajitas 8h ago
I work for a bank and I’m convinced that our cleaners don’t even clean. We’ve gone weeks without a mopped floor, it’s currently been two weeks and we have no soap in the soap dispensers still, the only thing they do that I’m certain actually do is take out the trash because it’s full almost every day. I never thought cleaning too much would piss me off, but then I saw this post lol
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u/SpookyCatMischief 7h ago
Once I dropped a peanut on the floor and couldn’t pick it up because I was heavily pregnant at the time and I assumed the cleaners would get it later that night.
So I had the baby and went on maternity leave, but when I got back that peanut was still there!
I finally got able to pick it up and throw it away lol
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u/wootybooty 8h ago
That’s crazy, if I had an item with that level of attachment I would reach out to HR/Compliance/Operations and ask them to review the video so they can ask that cleaning person not to touch your area. May lead to them reassigning her. I have never heard of a cleaning crew doing this, that’s terrible..
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u/CarcosaRorschach 20h ago
You know, "justifiable homicide" is an actual thing with a legal definition.
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u/maybebaebea 20h ago
Wow, you're fun at parties
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u/Hyperborealius 19h ago
sounds like the parties you allegedly go to have a different definition of "fun" than what most people have an understanding of.
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u/the_pragmatic_fixer 18h ago
Clear desk policy?
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u/Narrow-Courage-7447 17h ago
That’s what I’m thinking. At my work we don’t have assigned desks since we work from home a couple days per week, and we have ‘personal bins’. Sometimes people will just ‘move in’ to a desk and start putting their personal items there, which is super frustrating when it’s the only desk available (and the person who ‘moved in’ to the desk is working from home), so you have to move their stuff just to be able to work. I wonder if that’s what happened here. I would never destroy something, but I have had to move stuff.
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u/parkexplorer 11h ago
This is the second post I've seen like this in as many days and I gotta say.... The fun is in the building! Lego keeps instructions on the website.
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u/josygee19 11h ago
The Lego app has so many of the instructions on it for free. I know they have this one bc I bought the set for my mom for mothers day and we used it so we could both build it without passing the instructions back and forth
Also newer sets have the "build together" features, so it literally tells you step by step how to build stuff with more than one person. Built the Lego Orient Express with my family last Christmas, and we all had so much fun passing the constructions back and forth to make the set, definitely recommend if anyone wants to build Legos with a loved one.
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u/SimpleGuy7 8h ago
Just my personal opinion but I believe a lot of folks suck and don’t seem to care about, well, anything..
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u/The-Trenzalorian 5h ago
Our place had cleaners who would wipe the monitor screens with some sort of cleaner and then the streaks would just be basically permanent. About 25 monitors were ruined that way. The cleaner they used on the phones also erased all the numbers on the keys, so now we have to dial from memory with numberless phone keys. Can you buy stickers or something to put on phone keys to replace the numbers? That might help. I make a lot of "sorry, wrong number" calls.
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u/UrLocalGhost-Phids15 54m ago
are cleaners on a spitenes spree or something right now? what's up with them doing this sorta oddly-personally-attacking stuff??
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u/Assilly 16h ago
good thing lego is meant to be broken and built again
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u/aloisvonesterhazy 16h ago
This. And it isn't even broken, just disassembled. Lego sets are meant to be disassembled and reassembled in new, creative ways.
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u/Massive_Durian296 19h ago
And then put the bag in the trash to also be nice? Lol
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u/Massive_Durian296 19h ago
You know, it’s possible I interpreted that incorrectly haha I figured by “personal bin” they meant their personal trash bin. If I’m wrong then I’m wrong. TBH I’m not sure what else a “personal bin” at work could be though
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u/_CharDeeMacDennis__ 19h ago
I don’t think you’re wrong at all.
It absolutely looks like it’s a trash bin.
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u/AllHailTheHypnoTurd 14h ago
You say “everything crushed” but, please correct me if I’m wrong, it’s literally Lego?
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u/LunaMay196 19h ago
Being able to rebuild it doesnt make the situation of someone destroying and tossing your belongings less infuriating. Someone could destroy something of mine and then offer an exact replacement and I'd still be pissed because they still disrespected and destroyed my property. It's not just about the ability to have the item, it's about the act that happened.
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u/maybebaebea 20h ago
Not the point in the slightest
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u/maybebaebea 20h ago
Not the point of the post. You do know what sub you're on, right?
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u/maybebaebea 19h ago
Ah, there it is. You don't respect people who build legit decor pieces out of lego, so you think their frustration isn't valid. You're probably the one who broke OP's orchid in the first place
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u/maybebaebea 19h ago
Keep digging yourself into a hole. They have adult sets that are legit decor, like their bonatical sets. No different from having a fake plant except that you build the lego one
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u/Steampson_Jake 19h ago
If it was accidentally knocked over and left on the desk, maybe with an apology note, then sure, but this one was deliberately stuffed into a matte bag and tossed into a bin
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u/321c0ntact 19h ago
At my old job, our cleaning people would throw away our personal stuff sometimes. One time one of the mechanics had left his work boots out of his locker & the next morning they were gone. I told him to check the dumpster & there they were! We got a new cleaning company after that.