Stop in for a cup of coffee

Question:
Where do you guys hide stuff you dont want to lose? ‘Cause i lost it.
The shift linkage from transmission to column is gone! Gm uses a mech linkage to lock the shifter, even though cable shift works. Im at a loss.
Not by design, but I leave it on the floor next to where I took it off. So I trip on it every time I walk anywhere. Then I put it off to the side to be lost forever...