Things you always lose/forget

[Miss Blue]

My debit card. I hate carrying a purse in to a store so I slip my debit card into my jeans or jacket pocket before I leave the car.

I bet I replace that card at least 3 times a year..I usually find the "lost" one weeks later in the washer or dryer or in a pocket in my closet.

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by maus

I misplace my car/house key set a lot, so I put a very long, bright lanyard attached to my keys. Now I usually find the keys more quickly.

The lanyard is a very good start, and if you simply put a hook near your door--on which to hang the lanyard when you enter the house--then you would be unlikely to ever misplace your keys again!

Here's an amusing (I think...) anecdote regarding lanyards on important keys. At work, there was one key for the ladies' restroom, and it seemed that many women would either leave the key sitting on the sink when they departed from that room, or would place it in their purse and walk away with it--with the effect that nobody else could use the ladies' restroom until we were able to locate a janitor and have him open the door for the squirming women who needed to use the toilet. It actually got to the point where this chain of events would take place several times each day.

So, one of the women got the idea of attaching a fairly long lanyard to that restroom key. With a very brightly-colored, very noticeable lanyard, surely the problem would end, right?
Wrong!

While that lanyard did reduce the number of lockouts to some extent, they still took place with ridiculous regularity, so that same woman began adding doo-dads, dingle-dangles, and various charms to the lanyard in order to make it..."impossible"...to forget to return the key.
Again, her efforts were not 100% effective, despite the fact that the lanyard had grown to at least two feet in length, with a variety of objects dangling from it.

In essence, some people are perpetually distracted, and virtually nothing will remind them of what they need to do.

[xPlorer48]

I used to always lose my keys. We have two trucks so now both sets are on a lanyard along with house keys. They always are placed on the desk along with my purse. I know exactly where they are, either around my neck or on the desk. Or, lol, in the keyhole.

My glasses, otoh, are always getting misplaced. I need bifocals but hate them so have regular lenses. I need glasses for distance, not reading. I take them off for the computer or any close work. Then, they get lost so I have to look all over the house retracing my steps trying to find them without them on. I have no extra pair as I donate them in the drop box at my bank. My sunglasses do not help in the house. I guess I need to get a lanyard for the glasses.

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by jade408

I am always loosing my care keys these days.

You have clearly identified your problem, and the problem is that your keys are loose!

If you simply tighten whatever is holding them--so that the keys are no longer loose--you will be much less likely to lose the keys for...your care...or your car...or your house...or your office.