Lost and Found items left behind...

[Imogene]

I swear, Sunday night, I found a Spatula (you know, for flipping burgers...) in the pile of plushes.

[JLRodgers]

Now I'm a tad bit curious.... but when you get a wallet/cell phone, don't stores look up "home/mom/dad/husband/etc" on the phone to call it -- or even check the wallet for an id - then potentially look it up in a phone book or something?

[Bandit]

I swear, Sunday night, I found a Spatula (you know, for flipping burgers...) in the pile of plushes.

I'm sorry - that brought (unbidden) this Weird Al bit from UHF to mind.

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[Kiwi]

Ive had many credit cards left behind (even though I hand them back to every single customer)

the best part for that is customers who get pissy that I wont hand them back without ID

[Becks]

Let me think...rings, baby items, wallets, walkers, canes...

Nothing *good*.

[bean]

We get a lot of sunglasses and credit cards.

We found a laptop once in a shopping cart.

Thankfully if something isn't claimed in 30 days it's given to any employee who wants it - credit cards excluded.

[Crazeyal]

Wouldn't the Laptop have all SORTS of identifying stuff on it?

[MadMike]

I had a co-worker who "Lost his car"... He had driven across the street for gas, went in, paid, and walked back across the street to the shop I worked at. About an hour later, he looked outside, and started freaking out, saying someone stole his car. Totally freaked out... Our manager came out to see what the fuss was about, and said "Um Bill, isn't that your car across the street at that gas pump?"

Back when my grandma was still working, One of her customers did something like. The customer came into the store, bought a few things, and left without incident. A few minutes later she came running back into the store, yelling "Someone call the police! My car's been stolen!"

The police arrived, and were taking the woman's info, when she got this stupid look on her face, and said, "Oh, I just remembered! I drove my husband's car here!"

The police and the employees were not amused at all.

[crazylegs]

We had someone hand in a hand grenade once to <other location>, *that* was fun!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Today I found this kid's pair of camouflage gloves with all the fingers chewed off at the first knuckle.

No, they were not pink camo. I think I would have to burn them if they were.

[DerangedHermit]

We had someone hand in a hand grenade once to <other location>, *that* was fun!

Does said other location still exist anymore?

[crazylegs]

Does said other location still exist anymore?

Only just, it was a WWII version. According to EOD they have a metal gauze part that stops it from detonating. If it had been, say, 12 months older they would have 'disrupted' it there and then, as it was they could move it to their usual detonation spot.

[dalesys]

Winter, late 60's - my boss was working at Utah State University demolishing Quonset huts. His car had the heater coil under the driver's seat. Driving home to Smithfield (10mi/16km) there were eyeburning fumes coming up from under the seat from a present a work buddy had set on the heater. He pulled into the Smithfield gas station (nobody visible) and left it on the counter.

The object?

A formaldehyde preserved human brain.

Talk about

[XCashier]

-A wallet that we've had for months now. Its got everthing. DL, SS card, Credit cards. Still hasn't been claimed.

Now I'm a tad bit curious.... but when you get a wallet/cell phone, don't stores look up "home/mom/dad/husband/etc" on the phone to call it -- or even check the wallet for an id - then potentially look it up in a phone book or something?

I was wondering that myself. Surely the manager could look up the person's name and address in the phone book or online and call him/her to pick up the wallet?

[MannersMakethMan]

as it was they could move it to their usual detonation spot.

Should I be worried they have a 'usual' detonation spot?