I work at, I was once called a computer repair shop, though the owners changed the branding

to tech repair shop a few years back when they started seeing more phones and tablets

than actual desktops.

It's not bad work overall.

About half the problems are really simple fixes, rebooting the devices, getting rid of some

buggy software or app, that kind of thing.

The other half we give to Melissa to figure out, as she'd forgotten more than I'd learned

in the two years I've been working there.

Occasionally we get people coming in with lost and found type stuff, computers or phones

that someone left behind or lost.

People come in, sign a form saying they've made a diligent effort to find the original

owner without success, and then we wipe the device for them when we can.

What we don't tell them beforehand is that we usually check the devices before wiping

them.

I'm not trying to be nosey or anything, but our boss also doesn't want the reputation

of laundering stolen phones or damaging property without the owner's permission.

Sometimes we're able to find a way of reaching the owner.

If we do, we return the phone to whoever brought it in and tell them the info we found.

After that, it's on them to do the right thing.

Other times, the device's owner isn't as easy to figure out, and usually those do get

wiped and restored.

Unless of course we find something else strange on it.

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