Lister

By Kristian Krog Kæmsgaard
Translation by Rebekka Kirk

’A few years ago, a couple of girls came and asked us if we had found their brains’ Marianne Thomsen says and laughs. ‘They were very intoxicated and apparently they hoped to find them here”.

At the moment Marianne Thomsen is in charge of the office for lost property at Service Centre East and has a lot of stories to tell from the place.

‘Mainly, people hand in bags and mobile phones but I have even witnessed a couple of girls who handed in 1,500 Danish kroner which they had found’ Marianne Thomsen says.

Have to think about it/have to think it over

It is teeming with people at the lost and found office, where they come in the hope of finding things they have lost. Mathilde Jeppesen from Copenhagen has lost both mobile phone and Mastercard but has had no luck recovering them today.

‘I lost my things on Sunday on the way back from soccer. Now I have no other choice than to retrace my steps and see if I can find my stuff’ she says.

According to Marianne Thomsen, the office for lost property is of great value to the festival guests. However, she would have liked it if people would think twice once in a while.

‘Yesterday, I saw three girls put down their bags on the ground before they started dancing around. They would not at all have noticed it if the bags had been taken’ says Marianne Thomsen and explains that wallets and mobiles easily fall out of pockets when people are dancing around like crazy.

Lots of beer

On Monday, the police will take over the remaining lost properties but until then, Marianne Thomsen hopes that as much as possible will be collected.

Marianne Thomsen says ‘We have a database where we register the lost property that have a name on them. But usually, you can also see it in their eyes when people encounter their own things’.

Even though Mathilde Jeppesen did not succeed in finding her lost things today, she is still of good cheer.

‘Of course it is annoying’ she says. ‘But there is still lots of beer.’