Dumpster Diving

Our "all in one printer" broke at work one Wednesday morning. This machine is like our control center and you can pretty much assume, if its not in working condition, the office does NOT run smoothly. We had to quickly buy a new one and because of this all the unused ink cartridges had to be exchanged to accommodate the new one. I gathered all of them into a plastic "Stop N'Shop" bag and placed them under my desk to remind myself to bring them to Staples in the morning for the exchange. Unfortunately, I had to run out so quickly that day and left them there. I wasn't too worried though because I thought I'll just do it the following day.
So the next morning, I sit down at my desk. I reach my hand under to grab the bag so I can put it in a better place to remind myself not to leave it again. Alas, its not there! I scanned my eyes across the office area in hopes someone moved it and I may spot it elsewhere. I realized within about 3 minutes, the cleaning crew had come the night before. There is also a garbage can under my desk. Gosh Darn it! I must've placed the bag of ink next to the garbage bag and the cleaning guys mistook it for waste. We have a big green dumpster at the side of the parking lot downstairs. I knew what I had to do. By far the craziest thing I've ever done for a job. I begrudgingly grabbed two latex gloves, all the while grumbling to myself, and went downstairs on a mission. I half climbed into the dumpster and opened the enormous bags of garbage that were in there to find my "treasure." it took me about 10 minutes but I finally found it. I only truly felt it was a real treasure after looking down at the return receipt. $140. Well worth it, wouldn't you say?