A Teaching Case in Unattended Custody at One Suburban Street Corner
A research poster from the School of Continuous Improvement follows 143 items hung on a single railing post at a suburban kerb over eighteen months, finding that owners took back 31, second passers paired 26 single gloves with a mate, and the median item had left by day 15. The University closes its staffed lost-property desk, names the railing post at its main entrance the office of record, and releases every unclaimed item to the weather after 15 days.
| Authors | Mirela Hanke , Joost Nwosu , Solveig Adeyemi |
|---|---|
| School | School of Continuous Improvement |
| Output type | Research poster |
| Funding | Indicator Stewardship Seed Fund: Formalising the Handover of a Neighbourhood Tool Library's Loan Ledger ( $71,238) Indicator Stewardship Seed Fund: Signing Off a Share House's Chore Wheel Before the Next Move-Out ( $154,823) |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.tairxj |
| Pages | 1 |
| Cited by | 2 outputs |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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@misc{slop_tairxj,
author = {Mirela Hanke and Joost Nwosu and Solveig Adeyemi},
title = {The Fence Post as Lost-Property Office: A Teaching Case in Unattended Custody at One Suburban Street Corner},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.tairxj},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-to-establish-whether-tairxj/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research poster},
}