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I live in Sweden. Lost my wallet during my bike to work time in the morning. Not sure why it fell from my pocket, but it might because of the bumpy road due to

by qxfys 7y ago

I live in Sweden. Lost my wallet during my bike to work time in the morning. Not sure why it fell from my pocket, but it might because of the bumpy road due to some construction. As most of the things inside the wallet can be replaced in a couple of days (bank card, and some ID's), I did not worry that much. But, a nice guy from the neighboring office took the high road by calling the contact point of my office, which ended up in my boss hand. faith in humanity restored. :-)

2rsf 7y ago
my daughter lost her SL card (Stockholm public transport) that had a phone number written on, and on another occasion forget her debit card at the business. Someone called her with her SL card (worth around 100$), and the business kept her card and verified her identity when she called. Clothing items are constantly being lost and left in-place mostly during winter, some might be relatively expensive
checkyoursudo 7y ago
When I lived in Germany, I would sometimes notice items placed up on fences, stone walls, the side of a fountain, etc. Things like keys, or a small child's toy, or a hat, for example. I asked a couple different friends about this, and they said that often when people see something that looks like it was lost, they will place it up somewhere more conspicuous right be where they found it, so that hopefully whomever lost it can more easily find it. I always thought that was a little bit of a nice touch of humanity, even if it doesn't take a lot of extra effort to do.
- pflenker 7y ago
  Another reason why people are doing this is to protect it from getting "even more lost". An item sitting on the road might be picked up by dogs, kicked away by mistake, or get dirty from people stepping on it. Putting it on the nearest fence puts it out of harm's way.
- mring33621 7y ago
  We do this in my Chicago neighborhood. Often it's gloves, mittens or hats, but once a big set of keys sat on my fence for a week.
gsa 7y ago
Similar thing happened to me. I lost my wallet biking in Amsterdam a few months ago. Replacing all cards would have cost a few hundred euros. Plus a guaranteed "please step aside" passing through the passport check at the airport (it's apparently a serious matter to lose your residence permit due to possible fraud). Luckily for me, a kind stranger found the wallet and sent me an email and I had my wallet the next day.

by qxfys 7y ago

2rsf 7y ago

my daughter lost her SL card (Stockholm public transport) that had a phone number written on, and on another occasion forget her debit card at the business. Someone called her with her SL card (worth around 100$), and the business kept her card and verified her identity when she called. Clothing items are constantly being lost and left in-place mostly during winter, some might be relatively expensive

checkyoursudo 7y ago

When I lived in Germany, I would sometimes notice items placed up on fences, stone walls, the side of a fountain, etc. Things like keys, or a small child's toy, or a hat, for example. I asked a couple different friends about this, and they said that often when people see something that looks like it was lost, they will place it up somewhere more conspicuous right be where they found it, so that hopefully whomever lost it can more easily find it. I always thought that was a little bit of a nice touch of humanity, even if it doesn't take a lot of extra effort to do.

pflenker 7y ago
Another reason why people are doing this is to protect it from getting "even more lost". An item sitting on the road might be picked up by dogs, kicked away by mistake, or get dirty from people stepping on it. Putting it on the nearest fence puts it out of harm's way.
mring33621 7y ago
We do this in my Chicago neighborhood. Often it's gloves, mittens or hats, but once a big set of keys sat on my fence for a week.

gsa 7y ago

Similar thing happened to me. I lost my wallet biking in Amsterdam a few months ago. Replacing all cards would have cost a few hundred euros. Plus a guaranteed "please step aside" passing through the passport check at the airport (it's apparently a serious matter to lose your residence permit due to possible fraud). Luckily for me, a kind stranger found the wallet and sent me an email and I had my wallet the next day.