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

[magg1es.livejournal.com]

I like the idea because the closest police station is in Union Square. It would be convenient to have somewhere local to have a lost and found. I think that it would increase the likelihood that people will turn something in instead of keeping it.


... I also hate police stations and will not set foot in one.

Teele Square

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

As of a year ago, there's a substation in Teele Square:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&q=1154+Broadway+St,+Somerville,+MA+02144&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1154+Broadway,+Somerville,+Middlesex,+Massachusetts+02144&ll=42.400453,-71.125445&spn=0.008572,0.026457&z=16