the pencil

don't know what the pencil was doing there. the frosted plastic bins each had a designated content and the pencil was definitely not in the correct location. affixed to the side of this bin was a piece of red plastic label tape with white embossed letters - the kind that comes from one of those gun-style label makers. this piece of tape read «ink pens» and that meant this frosted plastic bin with the blue snap-on top was the place for ink pens. not pencils. ink pens only. there is no good explanation for the existence of the pencil in the ink pen bin.