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An individual accidentally dropped their earbud onto the subway tracks at Times Square. They approached a man in the token booth, who informed them that they were the 16th person to lose something that day. The man called someone and asked the individual to come back in 30 minutes. When the individual returned, their earbud was retrieved.

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Dear Diary: I dropped my left earbud onto the subway platform at Times Square. It bounced twice, and then fell onto the tracks. I didn’t want to buy a replacement if I didn’t have to, so I went to the man in the token booth upstairs. I’m mortified to even tell you this, I said, but my earbud is on the uptown Q track. You are the 16th person today, he said, dialing his phone. Come back in a half-hour. When I did, there it was. — Ian McKnight