so whatever the logic behind the decision was , and it was very probable that it was merely the groupthink of a corporate boardroom , somewhere along the line it had been decided that no garbage would be dumped past nightfall anywhere in the vast empire of marmuck 's , inc. an unfortunate side effect of this decision for stores at northern climes like randolph 's was that night fell very early in winter , which meant that at times the garbage would be piled in the back of the store for five hours before the branch was closed down for the day .