"The Trash Compactor Began to Crush the Garbage, But My Dog Threw Himself Into the Machine. What He Pulled Out shattered Me. Chapter 1: The Red Button I’ve been the Superintendent of The Kensington Towers for fifteen years. It’s a high-end building in downtown Chicago. Marble lobby, doormen, tenants who drive cars worth more than my life insurance policy. My job is to make the ugliness go away. When a bulb burns out, I fix it. When a drain clogs, I clear it. When the trash chute fills up, I go t