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My Coworker Raffled Off My Desk Plant

I brought a plant to make my desk feel calm. My coworker used it as the office raffle prize.

Fictional case Interactive webtoon 8 panels

This is an original fictional interactive webtoon case about work drama. Read the story, inspect the details, pick a side, and see the split.

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Noah places a small ceramic plant on his office desk.
Noah brought one thing from home.

A small desk plant.

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Coworkers compliment Noah's desk plant.
Everyone noticed it.

That did not make it shared.

Noah leaves his desk and plant for a long client call.
Then Noah stepped away.

One long call.

Priya sets up a quick office raffle with Noah's plant on the prize table.
Priya wanted a morale boost.

A five-minute raffle.

Noah returns and sees a teammate holding his plant as a raffle prize.
Noah came back to applause.

For his plant.

Noah and Priya talk beside Noah's empty office desk.
Priya said she would replace it.

Noah wanted the original.

Coworkers split over whether raffling the desk plant was acceptable.
The office picked sides.

Team morale or personal boundary?

Noah looks at his empty desk while Priya offers a replacement pot.
So where do you stand?

One plant. Three takes.

Evidence

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Desk note

Noah told teammates the plant was from home and asked them not to move it from his desk.

Raffle moment

Priya used the plant as the surprise prize while Noah was in a client call.

Replacement offer

Priya offered to buy another plant, but Noah said he wanted the original back.

Pick your side

Should Priya get the plant back, was the raffle worth it, or should the office replace it properly?

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  1. Noah brought one thing from home.
    After a rough project, Noah wanted one calm corner at work.
    Please leave this on my desk.
  2. Everyone noticed it.
    People kept saying the plant made their row feel less cold.
    Your desk has the best energy.
  3. Then Noah stepped away.
    He left the plant exactly where he had asked everyone to keep it.
    I will be back after the call.
  4. Priya wanted a morale boost.
    The team had been tense, and Priya wanted one small win before the afternoon meeting.
    Winner gets the plant!
  5. Noah came back to applause.
    The winner thanked Noah before anyone realized Noah had not agreed to give it away.
    Why does he have my plant?
  6. Priya said she would replace it.
    Priya said she planned to buy Noah another plant. Noah said the point was that it was his.
    Not office inventory.
    I tried to lift the room.
  7. The office picked sides.
    Some coworkers said Priya made the office happier. Others said that only works with items people actually offered.
    Get the plant back.
    The whole team needed that moment.
  8. So where do you stand?
    Noah has to decide whether the plant should come back, the team moment mattered, or a proper replacement fixes it.
    What should happen now?
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