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The original was posted on /r/talesfromtechsupport by /u/Half_MT on 2025-08-28 01:54:26+00:00.

I worked for a govtech company a number of years ago that tried to market itself like a gaming company would. Ultra slick image and lots of “What’s up fellow kids?” behavior. We moved offices and shortly after said move, tons of boxes were shoved into the network closet.

I needed to get at a few things, and shifted some boxes. A C-level walked by and said, “Oh that stuff shouldn’t have moved with us. Just throw it out.” I wasn’t going to get blamed for throwing out important stuff, so I opened the boxes.

Tech Goodies galore. All functional. I asked the same C-level if we should keep it. He outright yells at me, “I SAID THROW IT OUT!” So I did. Into mine and half the team’s bags. Just some highlights of stuff that was “thrown out.”

-An ASUS gaming laptop, brand new, never on the MDM

-2 Sonos Bluetooth speakers, brand new

-A Google glass headset

-Brand new Beats headphones, still shrink-wrapped.

-14 Raspberry Pi kits

-A 30 piece precision tool kit

-A Blue podcasting microphone

-4 Samsung tablets

Everything was either brand new or only slightly used and easily wiped of data. Myself, IT, and engineering had a field day. I still have the ASUS laptop to run some legacy software and my partner still uses one of the tablets. In all, there was probably about $10,000 worth of stuff in those boxes that we “threw out.” I still get junk from employers, but this was definitely the most memorable.