>Peter you've always been a big advocate of talking things out and negotiating before taking action, right?
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>If you feel that one of your co-worker has wronged you, why not take the issue to you boss or someone else in charge? This way you're on record and thing should be investigated in the "open". You won't have to resort to being a "scum-bucket" and go through someone's personal things.

Sure, that's a preferred method and most of the times it works well. Most of the times...

Having said that, in this particular "what if" case, I'm no longer easilly distressed by what co-workers say about or do to me. I simply quit (round off) the job (the contract). If they don't appreciate me, then so be it. I no longer investigate in irrational quarrels with 'Superiors'. It's an uneven battle that can't hardly be won with arguments alone.