Lost Hat

[kevin_standlee]

As we were finishing the final load of packing of our hotel room into the minivan and getting ready to check out of the Town & Country at Westercon, I said, "Where's my hat?" That's my Jacaru Australian hat, itself the replacement for the one I bought in Australia and wore out. The hat is gone. The window of time during which I could have lost it is small. Lisa and I both remember me wearing it back from dinner last night (we checked with the restaurant anyway; no luck), and I thought I took it back to the hotel room, then came back down to the Dead Dog gathering later without my hat. The hat was not in the room; we checked thoroughly. It was not in the Con Suite. The front desk when I checked out checked with lost and found: no luck. We gave up and left, 45 minutes behind schedule.

Bishop is a pretty long drive, but we did get there a bit after 7 PM. We got a pizza from the Pizza Factory two doors down and tried to take it easy, despite my having computer problems (more about that later). It finally dawned on me where I probably left my hat: in the hotel restaurant where we had breakfast. It wasn't in Lost & Found because it was too soon. I tried calling the T&C, but it's too late at night. I'll call them tomorrow. Hopefully they can mail my hat back to me. I like that hat. I wish we'd figured that out sooner, though.

Comments

[dprisoner.livejournal.com]

I've twice misplaced my Chimay ball-cap. Luckily they were both at BASFA and were picked up by different members each time (DaveG and Mo).

[jcfiala.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a likely thing. Have you written your phone number in the hat? Seems like an easy way to help people to return it to you. (I've no idea if that's practical, given the style of hat.)

I remember one time when we searched a room for a missing room key, only to find it an hour later tucked in a hat brim that one of us was wearing, after we'd given up on finding it. Even more amusingly, it was one of the new cards you use to get into hotel rooms these days, but I was far too used to the old way with physical keys that were an expensive thing to replace.