Where'd It Go?

When one leaves work at the end of the day, they expect things to be as they left them when they return the next day. Since humans are forgetful by nature and in an office environment, frequently forget to return small items when borrowing them for an urgent issue, we can understand when a pen goes missing, some post-it notes, and we can even understand if a stapler goes missing.

This morning a co-worker returned after a week-long absence to find something missing. From all accounts, his writing materials were still where he left them, his stapler didn’t grow legs nor did anything else of the sort disappear during his vacancy. None of the typical items borrowed in a rush and not returned were missing, nope, the item was one that is not expected to disappear no matter how long the absence is. The item that my co-worker found absent was his mouse. I am not a computer genius or anything but I don’t think computers require more than one mouse to operate. I guess we can chalk this up to one of life’s great mysteries.