<p>So DS just called. Lost his wallet with CA driver license and meal card etc. in it. I reminded that at freshman orientation you were supposed to put the campus security in your phone for just such emergencies. Of course, meanwhile I am thinking that without ID he can't get on Amtrak to go to roommates for Thanksgiving. Figuring out if I can fedex passport etc. Minutes later he called. Some good soul had turned his wallet into campus security. So, thank you to all the parents who raised kids who actually turn things in. Crisis averted...this time.</p>
<p>ebeeeee
that's great. says something about the colleger culture at your S's school. (I wish I could remember which one)</p>
<p>Big sigh of relief for you!</p>
<p>DS, my 12th grader, is pretty responsible, but I swear DD would lose her head if it wasn't attached. We'll never lose her (she's only 9th grade) because she leaves a trail of items wherever she goes, just like Gretel. This includes CASH, which she leaves everywhere in the house. I'm sorely tempted to pick it up and put it in MY wallet. Last week she said someone stole $30 out of her jeans during gym. My questions: Why weren't your jeans locked in your locker? And WHY do you need $30 at school? But I really suspect the money fell out on the floor while she was changing and she just didn't see it.</p>
<p>ebeeeee, Wew, I am happy for you both!</p>
<p>Lafalum, My son did something similar. His shirt was lost for 2days after he changed for gym. He said that he stuffed it into his backpack when I asked why it was not locked up. I suspect that he had no idea as to what he did with his shirt b/c it turned up 2 days later in the same locker room. It was an important shirt to him b/c he paid for it (a designer shirt that I would never purchase for him without it being a birthday, or a special reason). Fortunately he had another shirt at school!</p>
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I'm sorely tempted to pick it up and put it in MY wallet.
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I always did just that with money that I found left around the house. And the kids ended up paying me to do laundry, whether they knew it or not -- because what I found in the pockets of their jeans went right into mine.</p>
<p>On the other hand, whenever my kids needed more money, they thought nothing of going into my purse and taking what they wanted from MY wallet. So I don't think there was a net gain in my personal wealth... just a lot of recycling of loose bills and change through various pockets in our house.</p>
<p>Anything I find in the pockets I consider a tip for doing the laundry....finders keepers.</p>
<p>4 times a week on Reed LJ someone posts about keys/ipod/cellphone/backpack that they lost or someone found.
I swear everyone there has ADD.</p>
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Anything I find in the pockets I consider a tip for doing the laundry....finders keepers.
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Sounds like me. During the summer especially, I am always finding money in the washer or dryer after a load of khakis has been washed. I tease my DH and DD about the benefits (cash) of doing laundry. DD immediately jumps up and says, "I forgot to take my tips out of my pocket!" </p>
<p>I am so glad to hear someone who was honest turned in your son's wallet, ebeeeee. I have recently been reminded there are still a lot of good people in this world. I hope your family and your son have a fabulous Thanksgiving and I'm sorry you don't get to spend it together. How nice that he's been invited to the roommate's family home.</p>
<p>The "dormwire" forum at my son's school has a whole board just for lost-and-found! It is a sort of anthro/sociology journal in itself and very endearing to see how hard they all work to reconnect each other with their lost "stuff" of all kinds...</p>
<p>DD lost her wallet a while back. After a few days she got an email from the local US Bank branch manager telling her it was with the manager of a restaurant in the same strip mall. Kudos to these managers who went out of their way to relieve her panic. So far I have detected only the normal teenage level of ADD in her, probably the same level I had, er, have.</p>
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And the kids ended up paying me to do laundry, whether they knew it or not -- because what I found in the pockets of their jeans went right into mine.
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<p>This is most effective when you announce on laundry day, "I found $15 in the dryer today! Keep it coming, guys!" </p>
<p>Son2 rebelled against this system pointing out that if jeans are on the floor of his room they are NOT to be washed because they haven't been cleaned out yet. Jeans in the hamper are good to go. Now I refuse to go into his bedroom at all (you wouldn't either), and just hand him a couple of baskets on laundry day.</p>
<p>(Why don't our kids do their own laundry? I want to minimize loads. So, they give me sorted baskets, I run it through the machines, then the get the baskets of clean clothes back to "fold" and put away. "Why should I fold my underwear? I'm just going to put it back on in a few days anyway.")</p>