A week or so ago I was on my way to stay over at my friends house, on my way there I found a glove at a station. I picked it up and went about my business and entered through the ticket barriers. The moment I was about to transcend down the escalators I hear a man voice out to one of the train staff "Sorry can you let me out again, I've lost my glove..." I quickly looked back and saw him holding the other pair to the one I just picked up!
My heart raised paced. I pondered what to do. Should I keep quite and keep the glove or give it back to him. Initial thought was to keep it but my morals kicked in and as I looked at the lovely grey argyle designed knitted glove my senses came to me and remembered why I started collecting them in the first place; that was because I lost two of my favourite pairs once and could only wish then that someone would have handed them back to me.
So I waited down by the escalators for the man and as soon as he reached me I stopped him and asked "Sorry did you loose a glove?" waving the glove in front of him. "Yeah I did! Ah thank you! Where did you find it?"
"Found it upstairs. I heard you looking for it earlier."
At this point I felt like I should explain myself to how and why I picked it up. I briefly mentioned my story and he just smiled at me perhaps with a little look of puzzlement, well he was just happy to have it back. He boarded his train, we smiled and waved each other goodbye.
I was a little sad that I was one down but was mostly happy to reunite it with the owner and to make things even better at the bottom of the escalators I found a cute white baby mitten! So happy all around.
With all this excitement the first person I thought of telling the story to was JP. So a moment later as I got onto another station I started writing my text message to him and whilst standing next to an office staff room I quickly looked up through the window I noticed inside that there was a button sitting on top of the desk! OMG I thought I have to get that, this was exciting!!
Well I managed to get it :) when the staff came in I tapped on the window whilst he was on his phone and I signalled for the button. Without hesitation he gave it to me! Moments later he came out so I thanked him and he mentioned "It came off my trousers yesterday actually."
"Ah cool, I collect lost buttons. Do you want to keep it then?" "Nah you can have it!"
Fantastic. Another one added in my little jar now full of buttons which is now with JP because I gave it to him a few days ago when we met up in Soho where I invited him to a small film screening of Still.
Oh and he gave me some gloves. Oh and on that day we met I found 8 buttons! Personal best record to date. Funnily enough I was hoping to find eight that day, coming across the last one whilst with him.
