💝 The Things You’ll End Up Sharing (Whether You Planned To or Not)

When you head out to work abroad, you might think you’ve packed everything you need — clothes, chargers, toiletries, all sorted. What you don’t realise is how quickly your stuff becomes everyone’s stuff.

🩳 1. Clothes

From spare tops on a night out to someone permanently “borrowing” your hoodie, you’ll see your wardrobe spread across half the team by mid-season.

Lost your flip-flops? Someone’s got a pair. Cold at 3am? That guy from two floors up probably has your jumper. No one knows how or when it happened — it just is.

🪥 2. Toiletries

Forget your shampoo once, and suddenly you’re using someone else’s everything for the next two weeks. Showers become communal cupboards. Toothpaste? Communal. Deodorant? Let’s not talk about it.

Thailand and Bali especially will have you fighting humidity — and you’ll be swapping dry shampoo tips with strangers within days.

🍝 3. Food

You’ll eat other people’s leftovers. They’ll eat yours. At some point, someone’s cooking pasta for six with one fork between you all. Sharing becomes survival — especially when you’re skint.

Just don’t touch clearly labelled snacks. That’s the only sacred rule.

🔌 4. Phone Chargers & Adaptors

There’s always one person with the only working international plug. They now have diplomatic immunity and full kitchen privileges. 🔋

You might not know someone’s surname, but you’ll know who has the spare charging cable and where they keep it.

✅ Conclusion

You might show up thinking you’ve packed for everything — but you haven’t packed for everyone else. You’ll share more than you expect, and weirdly, that’s part of what makes a season feel like a proper shared experience.