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Old 07-28-2004, 12:35 PM   #1
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AKK....he touched my PP

I had my passporter out on the counter at work and one of my co-workers picked it up and started looking through it. I felt so POSSESSIVE....Give if back, give it back, give it back!!!!

He did think it was pretty cool...He is going in a year or so...I recommended that he buy one.
but...don't touch mine!!!

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Old 07-28-2004, 12:40 PM   #2
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I'm the same way!
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Old 07-28-2004, 01:06 PM   #3
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I'm the same way with all my planning materials! You're not alone!

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Old 07-28-2004, 01:10 PM   #4
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Why do coworkers think that thing at work become community property?
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Old 07-28-2004, 01:15 PM   #5
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"keep your paws off, Mister!"
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Old 07-28-2004, 11:04 PM   #6
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I do not bring ANY of my planning stuff into work or lend it out....I did it one time and never saw it again!

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LOL.. a friend of mine asked to see my PP before she went on her trip.. she spent about 1/2 hour skimming through then asked to borrow it for a weekend.. I said NO with some flimsy excuse of having to do look up something & needing the book for the #.. I pointed her toward the Waldenbooks & told her she'd do so much better buying her own!!
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HeHe...

Fortunately, my office is my car and my passporter isn't in a place for people to get to it. I'd hate to have to explain to the boss why someone's arm got "accidently" broken reaching for it...

I let "friends" look at it, under direct supervision. I'll let them borrow my Burnbaum's all they want, and I'll be glad to give them an order form or the web address so they can order their own PassPorter...

I guess I'm in the minority, I ask before I touch something that belongs to someone else...
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My family is terrified to even touch my PP. Once when we were first engaged my fiancee drove half way to work, noticed my PP on the floor of his truck and drove all the way back home. He said he was scared something would happen to it. Obsess over your PP much?

I think your coworker must have been experiencing temporary insanity!
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Well I'm just green with all you WDW fans have a PP. I want the DL PP so I can be just like you
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I know exactly how you feel! I don't even like DH to get into my PP. I'm afraid he's goint to lose something, etc.
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That's horrible. How dare someone else touch your passporter. I would have been going crazy!!
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DH wouldn't even open the new one we got for the November trip until I was home for fear I would chew his arm off LOL He knows better than to mess with home
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Re: AKK....he touched my PP

My daughter has to stand over my shoulder and look at it. My husband just has read it to him! Safer for everyone!! If someone sees it and I have my hands on it...I display it to them...but no..no..no...never touch! Then I give them one of those little notes from the passporter telling them where to get one!
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Re: AKK....he touched my PP

Let's just review a few of these quotes, mmmkay?

"AKK....he touched my PP"

"My family is terrified to even touch my PP."

"...my fiancee drove half way to work, noticed my PP on the floor of his truck..."


Here comes my personal favorite:

"Well I'm just green with all you WDW fans have a PP."

"I don't even like DH to get into my PP."


I just hope to heck nobody ever stumbles upon this website that doesn't know exactly what PP you're all talking about.

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