When I was in school I worked for the General Services department, which included Surplus. Sometimes I'd get assigned to help them go around campus and pick up whatever university assets people had decided were fully depreciated and could be replaced. Lots of junk, but some cool stuff. Mostly furniture and outdated/broken scientific equipment as I recall. I worked the sale from time to time as well, just before they relocated. Basically just sat around and helped people load stuff into their vehicles.
