What could someone learn about you from cleaning out your office trash each day?

Basically I’m a pig that likes low fat micro popcorn. But very good at recycling.

That I’m an Emergen-C and greens fiend, I use Kleenex and specialized dental floss like a maniac, I get a grande, nonfat latte once a day, I won’t tolerate a leaky pen, I eat Whole Foods takeout – a lot, I compulsively use 5 paper napkins with lunch, and I have a major sweet tooth.

I break everything I touch, I rarely reuse pipette tips, and I compulsively clean everything with kim wipes.

brilliant tags!

That I have a lot of irons in the fire, I have papers related to a lot of programs. I give a lot of homework. That I have a fear of dehydration, stockpiling diet pepsi and water. And I’m always prepared with Kleenex and an emergency kit.

That I have a bad habit of doodling on every paper I ever get, I eat a lot of apples, I get bloody noses often (dry air in the dorm and library), and crusts on sandwiches are YUCKY.

Not very much as far as personal information. I shred almost everything that has any identifiable markings on it (relating to me). However, they would see a lot of coffee cups, some microwave popcorn bags, a few Netflix envelope covers, and maybe a few miniscule signs of actual office or work material.

I am not a good proofreader. You’ll find multiple copies of one document, all with one or two changes at a time. But it’s not my trash, it’s my recycling bin.

In the trash you’d see I get a starbucks every day.

That I really enjoy snacking on peanut M&M’‘s while drinking Diet Pepsi.

They’d see coffee grounds, empty salad containers, and a ton of work related notes. They would think I am pretty boring because I throw out all the “good stuff” in the community trash where they wouldn’t see it!!

that my coworker EATS A LOT

Someone would think that I use tobacco, but that is my co-worker who comes in my cube and spits it in my trashcan. Yuck.

Not a lot. A bunch of Clif bars, which I eat almost daily. A little bit of floss. In the recycling: occasional mail. Again, not very much. Most of my work is electronic, not paper.

Since my “office” is a table in the department’s conference/lunch room, they would probably conclude that I am glutton who eats six lunches, three yogurts, five cups of coffee and four diet sodas every day!

(They would be wrong – I only eat three lunches.)

Since my ‘office’ is at home: I smoke like a fiend.

That I haven’t been throwing anything away at the office for a long time.

Well, it depends on the day they showed up. We have to put our trash in the hall for it to get picked up. I tend to forget to do that until my trashcan is overflowing.

If they came on the right day, they’d see lunch wrappers and paper bags from various lunch stands and four or five starbucks cups. Occasionally they might find broken glass or paperclips, or envelopes that can’t be recycled. But those would be quite rare. If they were really smart, they’d figure out that I don’t do much but eat and fluther!