Lost
Blue Cleveland City employee ID card with photo
Cleveland
Lost
listing
Posted
3 months
ago
Description
I lost my blue, credit-card-sized city employee ID badge yesterday around 3pm. It’s a standard blue plastic badge, laminated, with my photo and the name 'Priya Patel' across the top, plus an ID number ending in 492. There’s a tiny coffee stain on the back and a small nick on the bottom-right corner from a busy day at the West Side Market on West 25th Street here in Cleveland. The badge opens access to municipal offices, so it’s really important I get it back for work; I’m worried about missing shifts. If you have it, drop me a line at [email protected].
Approximate last-seen location
Cleveland
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