Sophomore Stories Part X "The Barrel Of Cans"

Feeling rather frisky on our last night in Ellsworth Hall, James and I were on a mission to get thrown out of the dorm or at least try our best.

In our lobby were two critical items to make this possible. The first was a flat-top trash can. The type where you can push in a door on either side of the trash can and is about 4 feet tall.
The second item was a 50 gallon round trash can filled to the brim with aluminum cans meant for recycling.

First, I dragged the flat-top trash can so that it sat directly in front of an elevator door, about 3 feet away. Next, James and I got the barrel of cans and set it on top of the flat-top trash can which was about 3 feet away from the elevator door. Then, we gently tilted the barrel of cans so that it leaned against the elevator door. Finally, we pressed both the up and down buttons so that the elevator would stop and its door would open and a 50 gallon barrel of cans would come pouring in.

After we pressed the buttons, we scampered back to our hallway door and peeked through as we held it open just wide enough for our faces. The first two times, the wrong elevator door opened (there were 3 elevators) but the third time was indeed a charm as the door with the cans counting on it for support was rolled away.
Expletives were heard just before the fantastic noise of hundreds of aluminum cans spilling into the elevator.
We couldn't control our laughter as we sheltered ourselves in our room, waiting for someone to come by and yell at us.

About 10 minutes later, a knock on the door. James pretended to be asleep but it was no use. They knew we did it. Our punishment was to pick up the remaining cans. It was SO worth it.