Lost Post

Loosing one's keys can be a stressful experiance. The process of trying to find them can be long and involved, and, if unsucsessful eventually leads to trips to the shoe repairing shop to have new keys cut (why this strange juxtaposition of services, I've never been able to figure).

Part of the problem lies in trying to work out where you keys, (or wallet, or pass card etc) might have been handed in by an honest member of the public. Thoughts race, you try random shops near where you were when you thought you lost them, you wonder; 'If it was me, and I found a big bunch of keys, would I go out of my way to take them to the police station, or would I just ignore them.'

A solution to this problem I lay out here; if small lost property is found (This won't work for coats, hats, umbrellas or paddle steamers, as will become evident) the finder should know that the course of action is to post it in the nearest mail box. This is a low involvement activity, it allows the finder to feel good about themselves without going far out of their way. When the mail is next collected the item is taken to the town's main post office. The first avenue for the searching party to inspect is said postal establishment, where, inorder to regain the property, they will have pay the correct postage. This would work well I think because the heavier something is, the less likely one is to loose it.

Catergory suggestions gratefully recieved