| How many times have you been travelling to work in | | | | him. Perhaps try a lead, or train your dog to follow |
| a Taxi and left your gloves behind? Or been on a | | | | you. It could save its life if he is unclaimed and sent |
| night out and left a wallet which has slipped from | | | | to the local animal rescue centre. |
| your back pocket? Never? Then you could be one of | | | | 3. A Harp - Everyone's been there: on the way to |
| the lucky few who have escaped the most | | | | the opera house, got your smart dinner suit on, been |
| aggravating of experiences to befall anyone on a | | | | working on your recital to play in front of the King of |
| busy commute or whistle stop night out. These | | | | Spain for months, practicing your handshake for |
| things happen but there are some things you can do | | | | afterwards, step out of the cab, get to the stage, |
| to save yourself from this nightmare. One such thing | | | | left your harp. Yes someone left a harp behind. As |
| is to read this list to make you think about how bad | | | | instruments go, it is one of the larger ones. Often |
| it could be. | | | | incredibly expensive or even antique and a beloved |
| Of course the most common thing left in the back of | | | | possession for its owner, so for it to be left behind is |
| cabs these days is mobile phones. Most frustrating as | | | | shocking. Maybe try playing it to the cabby. |
| you can lose contact with people you are meeting | | | | 2. A Baby - Three words: Scarred for life. |
| that day, lose contacts which you may well never | | | | 1. 100,000 pounds worth of diamonds - Who carries |
| get back, lose an often very expensive piece of | | | | this amount of diamonds in a taxi? Someone who |
| hardware and even the personal information and | | | | missed the last security van to the bank vault? |
| diaries contained within the device. But what are 5 | | | | Perhaps someone closing down their jewellery |
| things you don't want to leave in the back of a taxi? | | | | business and carting their wares back to their own |
| 5. Laptops - Now these days, laptops can be pretty | | | | safe? Or someone a bit sinister, who got them in a |
| small and flat but to forget to pick one up when | | | | sinister way and planned to use them in a super |
| leaving a taxi, especially if you are on your way to | | | | sinister way? Maybe use a team of ninjas to protect |
| work is horrendous. Laptops and PDA's account for a | | | | them next time. |
| large proportion of things found orphaned on the | | | | Whatever someone's reasons for leaving things |
| back seats. Perhaps an alarm system is needed, or | | | | behind in a Belfast Taxi, hopefully this list with either |
| some sort of handcuff for repeat offenders. | | | | make them feel better for not being quite as |
| 4. A Dog - Man's best friend he may be, but once | | | | careless as some, or make them think about ways in |
| you have left your pooch in the back of a taxi you | | | | which they can be more careful in future. |
| will need a lot of marrowbone jelly to make it up to | | | | |