Surprising Finds

Last week, I was having a particularly stressful day and my mind was unusually scattered.

I did some errands straight after work and then hopped on a bus to go home. To pass time, I called my mom to kvetch about my day, which ended up distracting me more than it should have. It wasn't until I walked into my apartment that I realized I had left the bag with my recent purchases on the bus. (Of course, this proceeded to make me even more stressed).

The one silver lining in this experience was my discovery of the thoroughness of MTA's Lost and Found website.

There is a very comprehensive form that one can fill out to report a lost item, but I was more excited by what I found:

I suppose that there have been enough instances of forgotten prayer paraphernalia on public transportation to merit its own subcategory. New York City: you're seriously awesome.