Lost but never found

The general thought is if you loose something on the subway you can kiss it good-bye. However, the MTA would like to make you feel better about the possibility of reclaiming whatever it is you may have lost. They now post signs informing straphangers where you can call about your lost belongings decorated with examples of things one may loose on the subway.

An ipod, a wallet, money, a cane, glasses, you know things that are commonly lost and I am sure are actually found on the subway by conductors everyday. Yeah I think it is possible to loose that basketball or that large bomb box if you put it under your seat and blank out. I mean we are human, and the same could apply to that cobra up there……whoa, wait! A SNAKE!!! No that can’t be right, oh no it is…that is definitely a snake. May be it representing a toy snake, I can see a kid loosing one of them.

Hmmm, what is that long nude colored object….oh…is that…no…..omg…it is, I think it really is… it is prosthetic leg? OK, how the hell do you forget YOUR LEG?!?!?! Seriously people, your leg!!! OK, for arguments sake, let’s say you were carrying an extra, how do you forget it?!?!?!? Does that mean someone has actually done it?

And OK let’s say you forget your leg on the train, how do you reclaim it? It has to have some type of identifying number, like a barcode, right? It isn’t like that many legs turn up in lost and found anyway. The MTA could make you try it on to confirm it fits?

Yeah I know that might sound wrong but until you try to communicate with a company like the MTA, you should reserve judgment.