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

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

The reason people don't leave lost iPods where they are is so people won't steal them.

Agree that they should be taken to the police station. One could then post a note here saying that the iPod was found, and that it's at the police station to be picked up.

[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

+1

[rozasharn.livejournal.com]

And with things like hats or gloves, leaving them where they fell means they get trampled in the mud/snow/salt. When you retrace your steps, try looking at things at waist level too; sometimes people just move a glove two feet away and three feet up, where it will remain visible and stay cleaner.

[overstim.livejournal.com]

Okay, new policy! if I find a lost iPod, Ill take it to the police station, and leave in its place a Polaroid of me, rubbing it on my junk :)