The index

A

• Airplane seat pocket · No. 085.
• Airport moving walkway · No. 094.
• Airport terminal map · No. 098.

B

• Ball return · No. 204.
• Barber chair · No. 180.
• Barber pole · No. 168.
• Bathroom scale · No. 060.
• Bible in the nightstand drawer · No. 165.
• Bin of loose bolts · No. 108.
• Binder clip, medium · No. 025.
• Blood pressure machine · No. 103.
• Blue collection mailbox · No. 162.
• Bolted-down TV remote · No. 136.
• Book of forever stamps · No. 133.
• Book return slot · No. 135.
• Box of assorted birthday cards · No. 029.
• Box of paint stir sticks · No. 124.
• Box of powdered detergent · No. 129.
• Break room coffee pot · No. 021.
• Bubble level · No. 128.
• Bubble mailer · No. 145.
• Bulk bin scoop · No. 072.
• Bus stop bench · No. 024.
• Butter pump · No. 185.

C

• Candle that is never lit · No. 035.
• Card catalog · No. 139.
• Cardigan, grey · No. 009. See also: Camouflage, domestic.
• Ceiling fan, on low · No. 010. See also: Commitment, partial.
• Certified mail receipt · No. 153.
• Chair, folding · No. 017. See also: Accommodation, reluctant.
• Change machine · No. 101.
• Changeable price sign · No. 118.
• Checkout belt divider · No. 048.
• Childproof pill bottle · No. 107.
• Coaster, used once · No. 022.
• Coiled garden hose · No. 047.
• Coin counting machine · No. 179.
• Community bulletin board · No. 109.
• Complimentary flatbed cart · No. 210.
• Cotton in a new pill bottle · No. 131.
• Cul-de-sac · No. 007. See also: Progress, the absence of.
• Cupholder · No. 050.

D

• Deli counter number ticket · No. 062.
• Deposit slip · No. 167.
• Dial tone · No. 016. See also: Certainty, discontinued.
• Diner coffee mug · No. 158.
• Disc lock · No. 202.
• Dish of hard candy · No. 100.
• Diving board · No. 161.
• Do-not-disturb door hanger · No. 077.
• Door chain lock · No. 160.
• Doormat · No. 014. See also: Welcome, conditional.
• Drawer, junk · No. 004. See also: Entropy, domestic.

E

• Elevator button panel · No. 040.
• Empty flagpole · No. 039.
• Envelope window · No. 043.
• Exit sign · No. 193.
• Eye test machine · No. 166.

F

• Feels-like temperature · No. 079.
• Flat-rate shipping box · No. 137.
• Folded drug information leaflet · No. 115.
• Folded state road map · No. 122.
• Folder, manila · No. 001. See also: Patience.
• Folding counter · No. 113.
• Forgotten bookmark · No. 159.
• Freshly painted curb · No. 033.
• Fuel pump nozzle · No. 102.

G

• Garage door opener · No. 065.
• Garden gnome · No. 051.
• Gate keypad · No. 206.
• Glove compartment · No. 046.

H

• Half-used bag of charcoal · No. 068.
• Hallway nightlight · No. 019.
• Hand mirror at the end · No. 188.
• Hand towels, decorative · No. 013. See also: Hospitality, theoretical.
• Handrail, escalator · No. 018. See also: Trust, moving at a slightly different speed.
• Hanging file folder tab · No. 082.
• Hold music · No. 002. See also: Eternity, the consumer experience of.
• Hotel blackout curtain · No. 088.
• Hotel key card · No. 073.

J

• Jar of blue liquid · No. 176.
• Jury duty summons · No. 030.

K

• Ketchup bottle, nearly empty · No. 138.
• Key-cutting machine · No. 104.

L

• Laminated diner menu · No. 134.
• Laminated library card · No. 164.
• Lane oil · No. 208.
• Lane rope · No. 198.
• Lanyard from a conference · No. 031.
• Last inch of toothpaste · No. 053.
• Lead apron · No. 203.
• Library due-date stamp · No. 042.
• License photo · No. 190.
• Lifeguard chair · No. 096.
• Lost-and-found basket · No. 121.
• Lottery ticket rack · No. 130.
• Loyalty card fob · No. 069.
• Luggage carousel · No. 081.

M

• Magazine, waiting room · No. 008. See also: Time, the passage of; Golf.
• Marquee letters · No. 189.
• Medicine cabinet mirror · No. 045.
• Microfilm reader · No. 147.
• Mileage log · No. 037.
• Motel bedspread · No. 140.
• Motel key on a plastic fob · No. 148.
• Motion-sensor light in the corridor · No. 214.
• Mylar book jacket · No. 155.

N

• Neck strip · No. 184.
• Night deposit drop · No. 191.
• Now-serving number display · No. 084.
• Nylon cape · No. 172.

O

• Odometer · No. 061.
• Organ donor checkbox · No. 194.
• Out-of-office reply · No. 028.
• Oven mitt · No. 032.
• Overhead light on its arm · No. 207.

P

• Pace clock · No. 205.
• Paint chip cards · No. 112.
• Paint shaker · No. 116.
• Paper bib chain · No. 196.
• Parking validation stamp · No. 044.
• Passbook · No. 195.
• Passport photo backdrop · No. 157.
• Pegboard of outlined tools · No. 071.
• Pen chained to the bank counter · No. 036.
• Pine tree air freshener · No. 054.
• Pink carbon copy · No. 078.
• Plastic ice bucket · No. 144.
• Please-wait-to-be-seated sign · No. 163.
• Pneumatic tube at the drive-through · No. 171.
• Pocket lint · No. 023.
• Post office box key · No. 141.
• Postal counter scale · No. 149.
• Prescription bag in the will-call bin · No. 111.
• Privacy line on the floor · No. 127.
• Produce misting spray · No. 055.
• Public drinking fountain · No. 027.
• Puddle that never dries · No. 083.
• Push lawnmower · No. 058.

R

• Rack of house balls · No. 197.
• Rear-view mirror · No. 057.
• Reception sliding-glass window · No. 097.
• Refrigerator magnet from a dentist · No. 041.
• Rented shoes · No. 201.
• Reshelving cart · No. 143.
• Roll of quarters · No. 183.
• Roll-up door · No. 199.
• Roller grill · No. 106.
• Rolling aisle ladder · No. 132.
• Rolling laundry cart · No. 125.
• Rope-and-post queue · No. 174.
• Rotating pie case · No. 142.
• Row of joined waiting room chairs · No. 093.
• Rubber band around a stack of mail · No. 095.

S

• Safe deposit box wall · No. 187.
• Saltine, unsalted · No. 006. See also: Irony, structural.
• Seat that folds up · No. 177.
• Seatback tray table · No. 091.
• Sedan, beige · No. 011. See also: Anonymity, vehicular.
• Self-checkout bagging area · No. 066.
• Self-serve coffee station · No. 126.
• Shoelace, brown, single · No. 015. See also: Its counterpart, whereabouts unknown.
• Shower curtain · No. 067.
• Sign-here arrow sticker · No. 086.
• Sign-in clipboard · No. 076.
• Single abandoned sock · No. 105.
• Single banana · No. 059.
• Single cotton swab · No. 056.
• Single latex glove · No. 119.
• Smell of chlorine · No. 213.
• Spare key bowl · No. 038.
• Spare roll of toilet paper · No. 070.
• Squeegee in its bucket · No. 110.
• Stack of blank forms · No. 186.
• Stack of kickboards · No. 209.
• Stapler, office · No. 012. See also: Attachment.
• Strike animation · No. 212.
• Study carrel · No. 151.
• Suction straw · No. 200.
• Sugar caddy · No. 154.
• Sun visor · No. 064.
• Supply closet · No. 034.
• Swept hair on the floor · No. 192.
• Swivel counter stool · No. 146.

T

• Tabletop jukebox · No. 150.
• Tape measure · No. 120.
• Temporary paper license · No. 170.
• Theater carpet · No. 173.
• Three-hole punch · No. 099.
• Ticket, parking garage · No. 005. See also: Ransom notes.
• Tiny paper cup of mouthwash · No. 211.
• Tire air machine · No. 114.
• Torn ticket stub · No. 169.
• Tractor-feed paper edge · No. 092.
• Traffic cone, retired · No. 020.
• Travel-size shampoo bottle · No. 063.
• Tub of popcorn · No. 181.

U

• Unbent paperclip · No. 074.

V

• Vacancy sign · No. 152.
• Vault door, open all day · No. 175.
• Vegetable crisper drawer · No. 026.
• Vehicle registration sticker · No. 178.

W

• Waiting room fish tank · No. 080.
• Waiting room tissue box · No. 087.
• Wall of dryer doors · No. 117.
• Wall of license plate samples · No. 182.
• Warranty card, unmailed · No. 089.
• Water cooler · No. 090.
• Water, room-temperature · No. 003. See also: Compromise.
• Weekly pill organizer · No. 123.
• Window air conditioner · No. 075.
• Wobbly shopping cart · No. 052.
• Worn bar of soap · No. 049.
• Wrapped motel soap · No. 156.