He missed a step before and some after:

Do everything humanly possible with the thing, learn exactly how it works, become subject matter expert, then put it somewhere.

Have someone randomly ask about the thing, knowledge dump, excited to show the person the thing, forget where you put it.

Be at home a few weeks later, find the thing, be sad you couldn't find it earlier, put it in a new pile, for sure you'll remember where it is this time!