Instead we always find a USB type mini B when needing a micro B, a micro B when needing a type C, and a type C when needing an extended micro B. If you reveal a spare extended micro B whilst rummaging around then it will in additional transpire that the next cable needed will be a mini B, irrespective of any prior expectation you may have held about the device in question.

A randomly occurring old-school full-size type B may be encountered during any cable search, approximately 1% of the time, usually at the same moment your printer jams.

What I really don't understand, however, is why I keep finding DB13W3s in my closet