Garbage Compactor

Garbage Compactor

n. A usually locked chute down which DEPARTMENTS may toss their garbage whenever the M.O.D. unlocks it and calls a CODE-G.

NOTE:

The compactor is kept locked to minimize SHRINK, which may include the accidental or intentional dumping of viable PRODUCT.

There are stories of rogue NIGHT CREWS (always at some other STORE, of course) who would occasionally trash portions of LOAD rather than take the time to THROW it. Urban legend? You decide.

TRUE STORY: You might never figure out how to start the Garbage Compactor's compacting mechanism unless somebody told you. I sure didn't. When told to empty all the trashcans in the BACKROOM, I stared at that control panel for a long time, pushed and jiggled this and that, and then finally just gave up and had to go ask someone. The secret?

TIP: Push Key to Start. Unusual, but to start the Garbage Compactor, push in the key. That's because it's not just a key, but a key sticking into a button. Pushing in the key thus pushes in the button, and that gets everything going.