Lost Property
File this under ‘makes you think…’… London City Transport (or TFL) has 2 floors of lost property stores and has at least 15 iPods and hundreds of mobiles handed in every day. Items handed in each day include the most expensive small electronics available such as top of the line mobiles, laptops, Blackberrys and palmtops amongst others. Makes you think?
Also, how many top businessmen or indeed important government officials leave their laptop chock full of trade secret/secret service data on public transport? Does the MI6 have a special transport squad which searches through all the mobiles and laptops they find?
Where do all these go? They go to a huge lost property depot underneath Baker Street Station which holds over 40,000 items. Hopefully these are recycled after not being claimed.
So the next time you stand up to leave a train, underground train or bus it might be worth your while checking your belongings!!! Before they become lost property.