Situation: I am facing a copier, while there is a counter behind me.
Alternative situations: I was trying to make a photocopy of my passport on photocopier in front of me but did not realize threw the new in the recycling bin to my right I am using a copier to make 100 copies of my report but I messed up so I will need to throw them out in trash cans to my right side.
Question: What is nearer to me, the stepstool or the counter?