The Trash icon on my Dock shows the Trash containing files. I tried right-clicking and `Empty Trash`, but it still shows files there.

When I open the Trash folder in Finder, I can see several files still there.

I tried manually emptying the Trash with `rm ~/.Trash/*`, but that doesn't work. In fact, `ls ~/.Trash/` shows the folder being empty!

I tried `Force Quit`ting Finder, but that didn't help either.

I'm sure rebooting would fix the problem, but I'd prefer a solution that didn't require rebooting.

Specs:

* Mac OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion
* MacBook Pro mid-2009