“…Mr. Schacter is not alone. Many business travelers simply write off the loss and move on. The evidence piles up in lost-and-found closets at hotels, airports and train stations, where everything from phone chargers to wigs, dentures, cosmetics and clothes are left….” NY Times 4.3.07
I can definitely understand that. I’ll never forget going to the lost and found at Namba to try and find my lost teiki and just seeing the racks and racks of lost items. I’m sure it was againt policy, but the staff could have done well to sell the stuff after the claim period had ended. Some things I can understand forgetting, or not being worth going back for, but dentures?
On another note, had a meeting with my group this afternoon re: our presentations for TPD. The work is going well and although I’m looking forward to the three day weekend from work, I have a *ton* of school work to get done. I’m ecstatic though because as a part of a new trend analysis I’m going to be able to re-visit the issue of Glamping, Flashpacking and Jetrosexuals. It will be interesting to see what else the class comes up with.
That’s definitely my favourite class of the semester. There are a lot of similarities with Marketing, but marketing is so heavily hospitality focused that it’s nice to balance it with the tourism focus. Projects to finish out the semester:
- Marketing Plan: Luxury Organic Restaurant
- Research Design Presentation: Options for a backpacker ‘enclave’ in NYC
- Product Development: PGAV/Gettysburg and the Trend Analysis.
Yeah, it’s going to be a busy April!
7 responses so far ↓
1 Ute // Apr 6, 2007 at 04:53
Honestly, would you like to put your dentures back into your mouth after they’d lain in the dirt of a train, subway, or whatever (and do you want to know what this dirt consists of?!)? Me not!
2 Christine // Apr 6, 2007 at 08:25
Well, maybe the person who left the dentures couldn’t remember where they left them!
Although, I wouldn’t want to put them in my mouth after not knowing where they had been or if someone had tried them on. Ugh. 
3 Syl blogontravel.com // Apr 6, 2007 at 12:09
hello, i was just passing by trying to understand why you did a trackback on my blog?
4 Cari // Apr 6, 2007 at 15:44
True, I wouldn’t want to wear the dentures later, but don’t you think you would have missed them in the first place?
5 Ute // Apr 6, 2007 at 16:13
Depends on the degree of dementia, I’d say. *nasty grin*
I just remembered my granddad, who found my brother’s old brace, put it into his mouth ONTO his dentures and then called my dad (= his son): “Günter, there’s something wrong with my dentures!” I think he wouldn’t really have noticed his dentures missing – at least not at once.
6 Cari // Apr 6, 2007 at 23:22
@ Syl: I was making a link to the T-List post but the formatting went all crazy so I took the post down. I’d first read it on your site. The trackback will be back up when I fix the formatting.
@Ute: True, very true. Guess that just didn’t occur to me when I read this. It’s funny the things you think of in hindsight!
7 Ute // Apr 8, 2007 at 15:24
And it’s funny which kind of discussions evolves at blogs …