The headphone stand had one job.
HOLD THE HEADPHONES OFF THE DESK
There were reasons to do this: more space, less chance of cord disasters and less damage to the headphones.
Dave always, always left his headphones on his desk. You would walk by his desk and there would be the headphones, the stand and no Dave.
Of course, the headphones were nowhere near the stand and the stand was well, out standing all alone in the corner of the desk waiting for Dave to come back and maybe next time he would remember to put the headphones where they belonged:
Home.