it's an external signifier for an internal moral preoccupation with neatness as lived symbol of protestant goodness
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There's something I would refer to as "neatness to a fault" where someone is so focused on appearing neat that it's detrimental to the livability (or in your case, workability) of a space. A great example of this is wanting empty counters in your kitchen so you put every single thing in the cabinets, but now every time you need to find something in a cabinet, you have to take 2/3 of the shit out and put it all back when you're done - you can't just reach in and grab the single thing you need and it's a huge waste of time, especially for someone like me with ADHD. The amount of work required to keep the counters free of clutter is not worth the reward, you are much better off just leaving some things out, getting rid of things you don't need, and/or building more cabinets.
There's a happy medium somewhere, but good luck convincing management. They will of course find someone else to blame if the pickup is missed because the clothes are not out by reception when the courier arrives, hopefully it isn't you.
My parents unplug their toaster and put it away in a cabinet when they're not using it 
I need to do this, the visual clutter does my head in.
It also means there might be months outside toast, but I've probably forgotten to buy bread anyway.