I receive lots of mail from folks who’ve left important items on the bus. Some of the stories end well; most do not. Though Bus Nerd has been extremely fortunate of late, he once lost his PDA on the 545. It never made it to the lost and found. Back when I lived in Houston, I lost a book from my university‘s library on the bus I rode to school. By the time I ‘fessed up, they charged me for all the days it was late (25 cents per) plus the cost of the book. That was one expensive novel–especially for a broke English major who had checked the book out precisely because she couldn’t afford to buy it.

Your turn. Ever left anything on the bus you couldn’t afford (financially or otherwise) to lose?