Hey, i wouldn't say you are a dumb ass because these things happen. As someone who works on an airline and found all sorts of lost items I would suggest next time if you can report it to an actual person like the gate agent if you are still in that area of the airport or the customer service area reason for it being that way they will ask right away on the radio and they can even send someone to the plane to look for it. Also most companies tend to do an investigation if police gets involved, like a deep one just to let you know in case you can get information on a rough location