Somebody’s working overtime at BBC headquarters, checking in closets, desk drawers, and in between couch cushions.  Why?  Well, the British Broadcasting Corporation has somehow managed to lose some $378,000 (or 240,000 pounds) worth of electronics!

We’re not talking just mobile phones, either.  The firm has lost a staggering 146 laptops, 65 mobile phones and 17 Blackberries between April 2008 and March 2010.  On the positive side, 19 of those items were later recovered.  Of course, that still leaves 209 items still outstanding, but hey, let’s focus on the positives here!

I can understand losing phones; I lose my phone all the time in couch cushions, bedding, and on shelves.  However, losing a laptop?  That’s a much bigger issue.  How do you just walk away from laptop computer?  That seems like the kind of thing you’d miss if you wandered off and left it in a restaurant or coffee house.