There is "putting things back where they belong so you they don't clutter and you know where they are next time you need them" and "put things out of the way in a random place so that they are effectively lost".
Then there is me looking for something for half an hour or more then finally finding it exactly where it was supposed to be.
> "put things out of the way in a random place so that they are effectively lost".
Ah, the 'housekeeper strategy.'
The BEST thing about the $600 a month we spend having weekly housekeeping is that it brutally forces us to put shit at least SORT OF "away" in a frenzy every Sunday night. Because if we don't, the housekeepers will stuff it into the a random drawer or cupboard, or throw it away, or otherwise stack it in a random place. So at least if WE do it, we'll have an idea where we would have put it when we're looking for it.
This isn't the wrong choice by the way -- I mean, they couldn't clean if they had to respect the random spot where they find each little item.
Then there is me looking for something for half an hour or more then finally finding it exactly where it was supposed to be.