$10000 Gel

I purchased the “Staples” brand gel wristrest the other day, having realized that the one I had been using was several years old and was looking kind of gross. I cracked open the package, eager to use its gelacious goodness. Unfortunately, after about an hour or two of use, my left hand became somewhat stuck to the rest. It had burst and ejected a decent amount of its gelaciousness onto my hand, desk, and keyboard. Fortunately, I had saved the receipt and took it back to Staples. The manager helped me choose a new rest, informing me that the one I had bought had just been recalled, due to its propensity for premature…er…gel dispensement. I took the old and the new to the register, but the cashier had a bit of trouble ringing it out. In their infinite wisdom, the powers that be at Staples management had set the price of the recalled rest to $10000, so that no one would sell any more of them accidentally. I remarked that I would gladly take the $10000 for the old rest…to no avail…