WANTED: Cleaner

Who: Colxfile
When: 2 days after he started cleaning up the mining section
Where:He doesn't really know
"2 Days!", he thought to himself as he yanked another mining laser
from beneath a rogue asteroid, "2 flippin' days I've been doing this!
It's a dogs life. Well, someone must do it I suppose..."
Colxfile had been working for a total of 30 hours so far sorting out
what had been formerly the Blue Dwarf's mining section, but was now
only a fraction better looking than a warzone. A brief supply check
informed him that there were some 32 pneumatic drills, 10
mining/welding lasers and deck of cards missing. Of those missing,
Colxfile had found only the nine of clubs, 3 penny cents and Monopoly
Community Chest card which said "Go back to Mimas".
The days he'd spent working here weren't a complete loss as Colxfile
was concerned: He was probably fitter than he would ever be, he had
learnt a lot about mining equipment and had discovered that the
mining department's only pack of cards has 51 cards missing. But
apart from that, he was wishing he'd never joined up. Then again,
when he thought about it, a part of his mind would tell him what a
loser he would be if he backed out now and went back home to his 1G
bedroom in a flat overlooking Old Trafford cricket pitch. True, he
had a lot of roots there, but many times in his life, he had cut
himself loose from his past and started a new chapter. This was
chapter 3 in his life, and it had only just begun.
"How much longer is this going to take?" Colxfile thought to himslef
as he took a breather. He stared into a large expanse of area almost
ten times his height.
He entertained the brief notion that he'd only been accepted as
mining officer to clean up the mess and would be sacked when the
place was spotless. A grin appeared. That would never happen. Would
it?