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this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2026
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At one of my early IT jobs, admittedly not a school, one of the PMs ordered (IIRC) four Xserves.
When I started there, they had sat untouched for several years. When I left there about four years later, the boxes were still unopened.
That was well over a decade ago and I would not be surprised to learn they were still there.
A recent job literally had a cabinet filled with keyence microscope lenses. Each one probably between 500-3000 dollars. Someone bought them, then left and they were given to someone else, I "inherited" them, then I left and I assume someone else was given them. There was probably atleast 50 of them of various focus lengths, magnification, mounting etc. None of them compatible with any microscope I saw while while working there... Corporate waste is on a whole different level in my experience.