Operation Fridge: Success!

In December, my office moved to a new location. Today the last group of people at the old building moved here, so on Friday I had to figure out to do with my small fridge. We are not supposed to have fridges at work, but I found one on sale for $35 and couldn't resist. For the past three years, it's been in the art room at the old building. Now it's sitting under my desk, but how it got there is an interesting story.

On Friday, I drove to the old building with two of my coworkers, who volunteered for this exciting mission, though they would claim ignorance if caught. The plan was to sneak it out of the old building (not so difficult) and into the new one (a bit more challenging). The fridge is too big to put into a box, even two boxes (idea #1). It's too big to fit in a small trash bag (idea #2). The larger trash bags didn't work because they were white, and you could see through them (idea #3).

My friend Paula saved the day by giving us some Christmas wrapping paper, which she was planning to throw away. So we took the paper and wrapped up the fridge like a present (idea #4). First, however, we had to drain the fridge after defrosting it. Then we wrapped it, put it on a dolly (hand truck, whatever term you prefer), and took it out to my car. It wouldn't fit in the trunk, so it sat in the backseat.

Once we got to the new building, we took the fridge out of the car, put it on the dolly, and covered it with a desk calendar, catalog, and one of my coworker's jackets. Then we nonchalantly brought it inside. After surveying the scene, we got on the elevator and brought it back to my desk.

Now the fridge is unwrapped and is keeping a drink and some leftovers cool. Yippee, the fridge has arrived!

Alyssa