Lost and found

[overstim.livejournal.com]

Lost and found posts are pretty common here, and they always irk me.

"I found xxx in a cab, let me know if its yours". Well, if I lost something, and I'm pretty sure it was in a cab, I'd call the cab company, not check LiveJournal. The sense of responsibility and community here is impressive and rare and heartwarming, but also often counterproductive.

So I got to thinking– should we designate some public space as an all-purpose lost and found? Say, if you find anything within a .5 mile radius of Davis Square, you'll drop it off at Diesel, or the Somerville Theatre or something. That way if I lose something, I'd only have to check one place, not every person I know, several school bulletin boards, several LJ communities and several Craigslist pages. Think some local business would be interested in this?

Comments

yeah, this ^

[svilletheatre.livejournal.com]

We've already got enough lost and found from our own customers without mixing in random stuff from the street! :)

We're going to open an umbrella, hat and single-glove store soon.

It's not about paying someone to maintain it, it's just a huge clutter, and it's also a responsibility. Valued items like iPods should be dropped at the police station, IMHO, as someone might actually check there.

~Ian/Somerville Theatre