Remember when I used to hate taking the bus? Me too. But since then, I watched a documentary about a guy who wanted to lower his carbon footprint to zero, and my employer has an option to get a hugely subsidized community-bus pass, resulting in buses being my primary mode of transportation.
So I was on the bus, and about 10 minutes after I got off for a dentist appointment, I realized I'd left my umbrella on it...
I immediately called the bus office in an attempt to get it back.
This was pretty discouraging. However, my dentist appointment was over just before the bus would be back, so I waited.
And 10 minutes later, there it was in all it's glory.
Until the driver opened the door. I immediately recognized that it was a different bus. They had swapped out the bus three stops after I got off because the card-swipe thing wasn't working. Taking my umbrella with it!
And the driver had changed also, so I couldn't ask the one I had if she'd found it.
I was more encouraged because at least my umbrella probably went to the bus depot and would be found and taken to the lost and found.
How wrong I was... As you probably guessed from the use of "try" in the name of this post.
I went to the office the next day and they did not have it! Now I'm pissed because there was maybe one rider on the bus when I got off (unlikely as they most likely wouldn't have even seen it), so unless they spotted it and stole it, a bus employee stole it.
Which is bullshit. If the drivers are not required to turn everything they find into lost and found then they I should be able to get in contact with the drivers (via dispatch) before they have a chance to keep it!
Now I have to pick between supporting the environment by taking public transportation, and showing my displeasure by cancelling my bus pass. Probably the environment is going to win :(
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