Well, I believe technically it's lost. You left it somewhere and cannot put your hands on it. It's lost.
Even if someone picks it up, it was "lost" to start with.
I would think, legally, the finder, if they don't turn it in, or do anything to try to find the rightful owner, would be stealing it, but it wasn't stolen to start with.
Im sure you do not mean to come across as argumentative. I know where my item was left (not lost) exactly in my stateroom and I am being told that item is no longer there and that it was NOT turned in to guest services or lost and found, then someone took it as it was removed from the location in which it was left. In my world, when someone takes something that is not theirs and does not try and return it, that is stealing.
It's not a question of "oh no, where on earth on this large ship did I leave my camera?" It's " I was gathering my items from my stateroom, saw it in the cupboard, had to quickly tend to my son, and quickly left the room, while forgetting to grab it out of the cupboard. The item would only be lost if I was unsure of where it was left. It was never lost, it was left behind and the location was reported within minutes of stepping off of the ship. The issue here is that lost and found did not follow protocol as they did not immediately call the ship while still in port. I know someone who works on the Dream. Someone typically is notified while ship is still at port, someone immediately walks up to the room, tag it with the stateroom number and when the cruise returns to dock again, it is transferred to land lost and found department.
Management and security are trying to figure out why lost and found failed to follow protocol.
I am just here to locate the person who has my camera. I am asking for help in locating stateroom attendant and the subsequent families that were in cabin 7084 so that I can pin point the exact time my item was removed from my stateroom.
Oh and
DCL stated if stateroom attendant did not check cupboards and it's not in the room, well that means people who had our room after us would've been the ones who removed my camera from the room and likely still have it because as I was told by lost and found, it would have shown up by now. So isn't that lovely, DCL blaming passengers.
Thanks for your concern.