people lose things in the weirdest places.

[angel607]

today was a interesting day at work. did you ever notice some people misplace things in the strangest places. I was at work and my manager asked me to straigheten ladieswear in the front. I found ladies gloves laying on top of the shirts along with a wallet. I opened the wallet because I thought it might be kmart's. I found a lot of $20.00 bills in there with other stuff so I turned it into the service desk. nicole called the custermers name to get her wallet so hopefully whoever lost it was in the store.

[Beangirl]

Oh yeah, all the time at Wal Mart. Cell Phones in the restrooms, Wallets and keys in shopping carts and on registers.I thank God I find them first before some thief does.

[Phil]

I can't understand the things people leave behind either. Shoes, wallets, keys, how do they get home without keys?

In my adult life I have never lost my keys or wallet. I dropped my phone once or twice and couldnt get it back but I always knew where it was. I was on a repair crew and working on a drawbridge and dropped a phone into the Susquehanna river once. lol

Another time a phone fell out of my pocket and landed onto the ground from about 45 feet up. That was the end of that phone too. But I knew what happened both times.

I could see losing a pen or a comb but a wallet, a phone and keys I don't see that. I've probably lost gloves too.

But that's why you find these things in unusual spots in stores is these are people who just set things down for the moment and drift away forgetting about the items until they need them and now they have no idea where they set them down. So our Kmart and Wal-Mart staff find unusually placed items and discuss at lewasite how irresponsible the general public is.

It happens everywhere though. Big value rings or watches left on restroom sinks. They wash their hands and forget about the jewelry.

[angel607]

beangirl it's always good you can find important items before a thief does. I remember shopping at kmart and some lady was so upset her purse and wallet was stolen from the bathroom. she had over $1,000.00 in cash to buy furniture. she was pretty much crying at the service desk and it was horrible a thief stole it.

and phil I agree people should try and be more careful. my purse stays on my shoulder at all times. so far I have never lost a large sum of money. I once set my cell phone down and looked at a toy in a store but found it out the register thank god. I also find purses in the fitting room and phones and keys. once I found car keys just sitting on the bench.

[Classicblast]

I have to be truthful here. I'm less careful than Angel607, Beangirl and Phil. I have forgotten some of the things you're all mentioning. I have to say its to a point, however.

I have not lost increments of 1,000 dollars. I have not lost rings or items worth thousands of dollars. I have misplaced a phone, and possibly amounts around 30 bucks.

Obviously its careless to lose that amount even. The problem is when someone loses a wallet, some people will check it for money and take out the money and throw it somewhere. Now a careful person finds it and there's no money in it. The owner at least wonders if the person who returned it actually took it. And the wallet owner will never know for sure.

Obviously you're getting back your license and credit cards.

Hey I remember a lot of years ago two kids found a wallet with over a grand in it and the owner gave them fifty cents each. That made national news.

Its funny and at the same time it doesn't encourage honesty.

[Phil]

I theft is a problem like you said when someone finds a wallet you never know if they return it full or empty of even if the money was in it when they found it. Most likely the person returning it didn't take the money or they wouldn't return it at all they leave it for someone else to find and return it.

I've had things taken where you don't expect. I've had my locker broken into at work. I don't keep valuable things in there. I keep it a change of clothes and a towel in case I have to shower there. I try not to shower at work but if you get really dirty you have to so a change of outfit a towel a razor and shaving cream a bottle of head and shoulders is all thats in my locker.

I also had the hitch stolen off my truck. For those of you who are unfamiliar with that, There's a hitch that bolts to the frame and is has a square opening. That's permanently bolted to the frame. But the hitch with the ball slides in to the square opening and is held in with a pin. That can be removed by pulling the pin and sliding it out. I've gotten to where I usually just take that out and put it under the seat because that got taken before.

[fartinggurl]

It's happened in restaurants too. At my old job, I found gloves cell phones, purses, and wallets. I even once found a stray sock in the bathroom. On one occasion, right after a customer paid for their food, they forgot their credit card. Luckily I found it before a thief found it. Also what was lucky was that the customer who lost their card was a regular I knew very well. When they came back to pick it up, they told me they were so grateful that I found it in time.

I can also remember something that happened when I was 8, and my parents and I lived at our old house. A woman who worked with my mother came over to our house to work on some paperwork for their job. The next day my mother mentioned that the lady who came over the day before could not find her driver's license, and was worried that it might have fell out of her wallet somewhere or was stolen. Later that day I was riding my bike with a couple neighbor kids I was friends with, and while we were turning around in my driveway, I happened to spot something in the grass beside our driveway near the garage door. It turned out to be the driver's license of my mother's co-worker. The lady was so glad that I found her license, and not a thief.