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

[redheadedmuse.livejournal.com]

Isn't the police station sort of the traditional spot for that kind of thing? If I lost something in a foreign city, it's one of the places I'd check.

[overstim.livejournal.com]

yes, but my point is, based on the posts around here, people arent doing that. Theyre holding on to the objects they find and posting them here.

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Then, if we're going to propose a change to standard operating procedure, maybe we should encourage people to do what is more in line with the general public's operating procedure and drop things off at the police station?

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

wouldnt it make more sense to simply encourage more people to actually do that? i'm willing to bet the police station does a whole lot more lost and found activity than this lj community.