Any of you that know me also know I’m a massive fan of @MCRMetrolink - it’s a great service, frequent trams, well maintained with staff who are friendly and helpful and keep customers safe 1/4
They have been superb airing the COVID-19 crisis, emphausis on safety with clear advice on hand hygiene, distancing and more recently a big push on face coverings. Today they suppased themselves. 2/4
I’d worked late on Thursday (giving a lecture via MS Teams) so left Crumpsall about 8pm ish, and was working on another lecture on my home MacBook , got off at Altrincham, unfolded by bike, snapped on my briefcase and peddled off.
Leaving my laptop on the tram
Leaving my laptop on the tram

Didn’t realise till the next morning when I went to get my laptop out of
on the
- not there! Rang @drrebeccaleon not left at home so realised what I must have done. Sent a DM to @MCRMetrolink who replied with a number - I rang and they couldn’t have been more helpful


But no Laptop, they said they’d speak to the other depots and contact me if it turned up.
3hrs later I got a text saying call us, rang and a driver had found it and handed it in. So caught the
to the Old Trafford depot and the lovely staff handed it back. Nothing short of a miracle - I am eternally grateful! Thank you @MCRMetrolink!
