The Lost & Found

I apparently lost my good round hairbrush at the Y last week so the day I noticed I asked at the front desk if they could check the Lost & Found for it. A look of shock crossed the receptionist's face as she informed me that they throw hairbrushes away because to put them into the bin with the rest of the stuff would be unhealthy. I almost mentioned the theory of Ziploc bags.

I've seen the unclaimed stuff they try to sell at $1.00/pop. I get itchy just looking at it. Is this place so desperate for cash that they can't just drop all that crap in a Goodwill box?

I hate when I lose stuff. I'm a LIBRARIAN for chrissakes - I am wild with organization! Twice in the same week I left my makeup kit in the locker room and both times I got it back. That was lucky, and so is everyone else, because you need to look at me. Puppy Sweet Cheeks once commented on how orderly my gym bag was, smartly chalking it all up to my professional interests. Little did she know that there's no way I'd get all that shit into the bag if I didn't arrange it just so.

I've picked up all kinds of things over the years and returned them to the desk and I've never kept anything for myself: a gold watch, a pair of pretty leather gloves, a diamond encrusted wedding band (that was left on the treadmill just last week - what dumb chick did that, I wonder?), hairdryers, sneakers, sandals, CD players, Spinney's swim gear (since it was wet, I can only assume it did NOT go in the bin, which, as we all now know, would be unhealthy). So if you have my grey winter ball cap that I lost two years ago I'd like to have that back. Thanks.