Shit on Debra's desk was a mystery that had been plaguing the office for weeks. Every morning, Debra would come in to find a small mound of feces on her desk. No one knew who was behind the disgusting act, and tensions in the office were running high. Surely, it couldn’t have been a person leaving these piles to dehydrate in the still office atmosphere. The pungent odor alone was enough to make Debra’s head spin, however, she refused to let it get the best of her. She cleaned up the mess every morning with a stoic determination. She would find out who was responsible.

During a slow day toward the end of the year, Debra decided she had had enough. She called a meeting with all of her coworkers and announced that she was going to solve the mystery once and for all. She brought in a list of suspects and announced that she was going to question each and every one of them until she found the culprit.

As she went down the list of suspects, Debra noticed that everyone seemed genuinely shocked and offended by the suggestion that they could be responsible for the feces on her desk. Some even seemed offended that they had been included on the list at all. However, based on Debra’s notes about the suspects diets and lifestyle, she had come to the conclusion logically — at least she thought so.

Her coworkers began to vacate the break room. Debra began to worry that she might never find the culprit. Then, just as she was about to give up hope, a new thought occurred to her. She remembered that the office had a security camera set up in the hallway outside of her office. She raced to the security office and asked to see the footage from the past few weeks. She arrives every morning at 6:30am and leaves last. Whoever it was dropped in after hours.

As she watched the footage, Debra couldn't believe her eyes. There, on the screen, was a small, mischievous-looking creature sneaking into her office every morning and leaving a pile of shit on her desk before disappearing back into the hallway. This wasn’t the usual dump of incomplete TPS reports, it was a personal attack; or so she previously thought.

With the culprit caught red handed, Debra couldn't help but chuckle at the absurdity of the situation. She thanked the security guard and returned to her office, relieved to finally have the mystery solved. From then on, Debra made sure to keep her office door closed at all times to prevent any more surprise visits from her furry perpetrator — the neighborhood trash panda.

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