Quote from brutusmaximus:
speaking of fines in Switzerland :
I just got back from the Hallenbad where my son had accidentally left his swim trunks when he had his lesson on Tuesday. We asked at the front desk if they had found them and, luckily, they had them but they charged us 2 CHF. It just struck me as funny. I've never heard of charging someone for picking something up from lost and found. Just glad it was only 2 CHF!
actually I have another story along those lines : a friend of mine left his 250.00 CHF putter during a round at one of the golf greens , he was even a member of this GC and he knew where he had left the club.
The friendly lady in the pro-shop told him that he had to rent a golf cart for 60 CHF to retrieve his putter., It would have taken him 10min max by foot to accomplish this goal.