"Have you seen my..."

We have a new character to add to the list of usual suspects: Lost and Found guy.

This guy has come up to the circulation desk a few times to ask me if anyone has turned in a black glove. Just one. I checked our small Lost and Found (literally like 5 items) with a glance and told him I didn't see a black glove. He then asked if I could open the classroom in the lobby of the library, full of new expensive computer equipment, just for him. I, of course, cannot do that, so I told him that security would have to. I called security to open the classroom so that he could look to see if he left his single glove in there.

About 30 minutes later, Circ. Ass. was at the desk with me. Lost and Found guy approaches and asks her to check our Lost and Found for a single black skiing glove. I wanted to say, "No, in the last 30 minutes while you were rummaging through that classroom, no one brought your precious glove in." Circ. Ass. informed him that she saw no glove.

About 4 days later, the same guy comes lumbering up to the circulation desk early in the morning. He greeted me with: "Has anyone turned in a flash drive? It's a Sandisk 4GB black thumb drive." I think to myself, wow, this guy could lose anything. A glove that would presumably be on his hand and a thumb drive with potentially 4GB of homework on it? He's not your typical irresponsible 20-something college student, either. I would guess him to be about 45. I check the Lost and Found again for his thumb drive, producing nothing. He asks if he can look in the classroom in the lobby. Again, I tell him I don't have a key for the lobby classrooms and that security would have to unlock it. This time he decides against calling security and shuffles toward the elevator to check the 3rd floor's computer lab. He returns to the circulation desk shortly thereafter to request for security to be called afterall.

The Boss: "Do you want me to call security and have them open the classroom?" (meanwhile noticing that there is a class in progress in the room)

Lost and Found Guy: "No, I just need you to ask if they've seen my thumb drive."

The Boss: "That isn't exactly how it works. Security is the lost and found for the entire campus. They're not going to dig through their stuff while I'm on the phone describing it. You would have to go over to their office."

Lost and Found Guy: "Oh, nevermind."

Lost and Found Guy proceeds to walk off to the classroom in the lobby of the library and take his seat--the very classroom he pestered me to open. So he was 10 minutes late to class looking for a flash drive that very may well have been in that room?

- The Boss