A single full bag of barnacles in a seat. Literal. Among the most curious things that have appeared in the Tenerife tram next to a wheelchair that made the workers think “How would this person get home?” The anecdote of the man who lost the same hearing aid twice and recovered it is not far behind.
Or the old lady who He left his cardigan with his ID in his pocket and the month’s pension payment; everything returned with the help of the health center that called her. Without forgetting the young boy who forgot the bag with the money to buy the provisions for his bar; she could be found and returned. These are examples of lost and found items.
From purses to crutches and from bags of food or clothes to toys. In addition to mobile phones, bags of all kinds, various documentation, hearing aids and even dentures. It is the wide spectrum of losses of Tenerife light rail users that appear delivered to sentry boxes or commercial offices, or are delivered to drivers and conductors. The former always make a visual tour of the carriages when their route ends. Those followed usually receive the objects and the third way to find them is the cleaning service.
A child’s notebook, a story with a happy ending
The most recent case is that of the school notebook of a 10-year-old boy who left it at a stop a few days ago and who had a happy ending recovering it and returning it to the young and promising artist. It was not an easy task to find the notebook, “it was not easy because it lacks any identification, but we continued with the search and there have been hundreds of supportive contacts on our social networks. Out of solidarity and because we all form a chain that people usually respect” Sources with many years of experience in Metrotenerife assure this. This reflection became a reality this week with “a lost mobile phone; “The person who found it was waiting for the owner to hand deliver it to him.”
Another medical student “She lost the bag with the computer where she had saved her entire career project: we contacted the faculty and it was returned to her.”
Montse Rodríguez, from the Commercial Department of Metrotenerife, is in charge of customer service (there are no lost objects in the company, customer service assumes this). She, sources say “He is the person who is most involved and works to ensure that their owners can recover lost objects.” In this department, objects are classified and delivered to their owners, after signing a receipt document.
“A world, a reflection of society, of what can happen on the street, but I am left with the fact that people are good,” they conclude in Metrotenerife. They add: “The vast majority of things that are lost are returned, the most important ones and also some small but important ones for people. Like a few years ago the stuffed animal that was lost and was important to a child. The one he slept with every night and found.” The message from the company is that “we are all part of the chain to be able to do good.”
