Lost items

[surveyor]

I have a habit of leaving things behind, especially when on holiday it seems.

1. In recent times, a coat in the wardrobe in a cruise ship.(easy to identify the owner..)
2. A jumper on a cruise ship (less easy as I don’t even know where I lost it - beer had been consumed
3. A kindle in the seat pocket on a plane.

All of these are careless and my own fault. However 1 should have been identified on the cabin clean, and 3 also. The owner should be easily identifiable given they know who was in the cabin or seat.

Yet each time I’ve had complete blanks from the lost property team. It seems that lost items are now just pocketed. It’s a sad state of affairs

[StoutBench]

More likely they are just thrown away rather than pocketed in the essence of speed. The service industry are hugely overworked and becoming lost property sorters they just don't have the time.

[hammo19]

I left my phone in the restaurant at Newcastle Airport. When I got to our holiday hotel I emailed the lost property office and it had been handed in. I was able to collect it on my return to the UK. Sometimes people are honest.

[Spare tyre]

Chap I worked with was really bad at this

He just had a list of the big ticket items that he checked

I now use AirTags for things, tells me if I’ve left anything behind

[Short Grain]

Spare tyre said:

Chap I worked with was really bad at this

He just had a list of the big ticket items that he checked

I now use AirTags for things, tells me if I’ve left anything behind

Yep, even have an Air Tag hidden in my car, just in case it gets nicked!

[Keypad]

I saw a laptop left on a bench at the local shopping centre.
A chap informed the security guard, who took one look at it (didn't open it) and simply put it in the bin with the Greggs wrappers, etc.

[Spare tyre]

Keypad said:

I saw a laptop left on a bench at the local shopping centre.
A chap informed the security guard, who took one look at it (didn't open it) and simply put it in the bin with the Greggs wrappers, etc.

I wonder in that case if he was stashing it for later

Terrible either way

[Keypad]

Spare Tyre said, "I wonder in that case if he was stashing it for later".

I did wonder.

[StoutBench]

Keypad said:

Spare Tyre said, "I wonder in that case if he was stashing it for later".

I did wonder.

Why would they stash it in a bin with rubbish when they could just say they are putting it aside for the owner and you would carry on your merry way.

I think that's clutching a bit assuming the worst of people.