Is this really an odd thing to do??

[IceRebel]

This morning me and my friend were walking past a school, and there was a spiderman sunhat on the road next to the pavement. I picked up the hat and placed it on a fence post nearby so it could be seen more easily.

Now I always do this, with hats, gloves, cuddly toys and clothes that I come across, which given I live near several schools is pretty regularly. I thought by placing it somewhere like a fence or a low wall, I was helping the parents if they came to look for it.

However, my friend pulled a face and said it was an odd thing to do, she has children, and I do not, so I wondered if other parents thought it an odd thing to do? Should I have just left it on the road?

Not odd at all! Is a nice helpful gesture and I always do it too.

Nah it's not odd. I thought it was the 'done' thing?

it is what i was raised to do, keep it out the dirt, stop anyone walking on it.

No, I do this too, I don't see how it's odd. In my mind, it means I've put it at a height where people who may be looking for lost hat/glove etc cannot miss it.

I thought this was the done thing too - often do it myself and aged been grateful when others have done it with things we have dropped

Oh gosh i'm so glad it's not just me, the face she pulled had me convinced I was doing something outrageous. :( I thought, since i'm not a parent, it might be wrong in some way.

I agree, not odd, I do it too. Stops it getting driven over, kicked etc.

However, I sometimes wonder whether, if someone is looking for something they've dropped, if they will only look on the ground and not higher up?

Totally the right thing to do. How did she think all those single gloves on railings ended up their? Glove fairies?

I never actually do this myself but I don't find it a odd thing to do. I have seen other parents realise it's their child's hat etc and go back to get them

Ah Sopboxqueen the glove fairies, you mean to tell me they don't exist? :o

As long as you're not really tall and putting it out of reach of most people then it's a perfectly normal thing to do.
It means it won't get trodden on or kicked into the road.

Not odd at all, I would do it too.

I wish I was really tall, but some of the year six children are actually taller than me. Well I tell myself they must be year 6, it's depressing enough that primary school children are taller than me, even more so if they're only year 4 :)

No not an odd thing to do at all. On our way to school someone has put a lost shoe on a wall, its been there for weeks! It looks almost new as well, can't believe nobody has retraced their steps to find it. Poor lonely shoe.

Not odd at all, we do it!

It's an unspoken rule, innit?

sensible not odd

This is exactly how I found DD's hat the other day, tucked into a poster on a lamppost at the end of our street by a kindly person like yourself. Don't know who they are to thank them so thank you for doing the same thing!

Apparently not However, the way my friend reacted you'd think i'd kicked a cat. :( Ah well hopefully the little person manages to get their hat back, i'll have to check later if it's still there.

Aww i'm glad you found your daughter's hat, and I didn't do it for the thanks, I just hate the thought of a little person losing their things, but your thanks is still very much appreciated. :)

I always do it. My mum always did too. DH always tells me off and says that if someone goes back looking for something they've dropped, they'll be looking on the floor and will miss it. I take no notice though - things left on the floor are going to get mucky and kicked about, surely?

We have found things this way so I always do it now. Definitely not odd.

Someone did that with my then baby DD's beloved teddy when she dropped it after falling asleep in her buggy. When I realised I doubled back to retrace our steps, it was a mile away. I passed a bin man on the way, asked him if he'd seen it and he had

Getting the item off the pavement stops it being trampled on.

She's the weirdo, placing lost items somewhere visible is very much the done thng!

Your friend is the odd one. This is totally normal behaviour.