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?

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I often keep found objects.

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Unless they are personal IDs or credit cards. I lose stuff too at times. I lost a nice camera last year. It's the way the universe redistributes a few things here and there. Note, if somebody posts an ad saying they lost that particular item, then I'd give it back. But I'm not going to go out of my way to find the owner, otherwise.