A couple months ago I noticed that the cleaning crew was throwing away things from my desk here at work. Nothing really important, but little things like extra napkins from lunch, a water bottle or cup, some extra pretzels that I hadn't finished.
But I didn't want any of those things thrown away. I keep extra napkins because I regularly forget to pick some up. So when I sit down to eat lunch and realize I didn't grab any napkins, I have a couple extra there at my desk. I reuse water bottles and cups for a week at a time, at least. I don't want to be wasteful. I love pretzels. I don't think you understand. If there was a way I could marry a bag of pretzels, I would. And it would happen so fast, you would be mad at me for not inviting you to the wedding. But I didn't invite anyone. It just sort of happened - after lunch yesterday.
It's the principle of the matter. I don't want them just throwing away whatever they think is trash. What if it actually is important? To remedy the situation, I put a couple of sticky notes on the side of my computer monitor saying, "Cleaning Crew: Please DO NOT throw away anything on the desk." That solved the problem, so I threw away the sticky notes. That was all Oct-Nov.
I left a water bottle on my desk last night to fill up and reuse today. It was gone when I arrived this morning. I just don't understand. I'm trying to recycle and be responsible and everything, and they keep foiling my efforts! Alas, the sticky notes are being re-written as we speak.
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