not pictured:
- a fume hood with a definitely safe amount of items in it that is absolutely not interfering with air flow
- the drawer full of stuff from a grad student who defended in the 90's
- things in regular use labeled "DO NOT USE"
- magic amulets and talismans placed on top of machines
- a totally sane amount of centrifuge balance tubes
- binders that exist solely to occasionally fall off the shelf all at once
- "don't touch them they're my emotional support expired reagents"
- "don't touch them we'll use these empty pipette tip boxes for something probably maybe"
- the full sharps container that can't be disposed of because There's Something In There That Shouldn't Be™
- the haz waste that can't be disposed of because it's Too Expensive™
- a lab safety officer who hasn't experienced a positive emotion since 2007