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janellthegreat t1_iy5gxhk wrote

One year I kept charge of my students' elementary's lost and found. A fairly affluent area with only 30% assisted lunches. You have NO idea how rare it is for parents to put their children's name in their coats even when they helpfully have a space like this brand. End of the year over 200 coats, jackets, and hooded had to be donated because there was no way to identify to whom they belonged and no one ever came looking for them.

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sixpackremux OP t1_iy5rmk5 wrote

Wow. At least someone else would get to use the lost items.

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Fightik55 t1_iy6vr3t wrote

To me that sounds like over 200 children lost their lives every year, or at least I would have, had I told my mom that I lost my clothes.

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_OhMyPlatypi_ t1_iy6w92g wrote

Thank you for letting me know my son losing 11 jackets last winter was an accidental act of charity. Makes me feel a little better.

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xavier_zz t1_iy81zgc wrote

>A fairly affluent area with only 30% assisted lunches.

I'm curious why this was relevant.

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janellthegreat t1_iy8ajhs wrote

Might be. Might not be. I guess its my own perception it must be people with money that can afford to loose a coat rather than label it unnecessarily finding itself in my rambling.

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FilthyPondScum t1_iy8xnez wrote

I assume the commenter suspects that if these parents were less wealthy, they would take greater care to prevent their child’s coat from getting lost since replacing it would be more difficult to afford.

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