Slovak School Janitor Turns Lost-and-Found Into Hit With Parents Through Witty Captions

A school janitor in Slovakia has turned a routine administrative task into a viral sensation among parents by adding humorous commentary to lost-and-found postings on the school's digital platform. Ondrej Németh, a janitor tasked with photographing and uploading lost and forgotten items — ranging from T-shirts and gym uniforms to sneakers and unidentifiable objects — to the school communication app EduPage, quickly grew bored of the repetitive work. To keep himself entertained, he began adding witty captions to the photos of lost items, transforming the mundane lost-and-found section into a widely enjoyed feature for the school's parent community. One of his postings jokingly referenced even finding the long-lost aviator Amelia Earhart, a humorous nod to a forgotten item's mysterious origins. The creative approach has made the lost-and-found section something parents actively look forward to checking.