Uber's Lost & Found Index reveals interesting items accidentally left behind by customers
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Uber's Lost & Found Index reveals interesting items accidentally left behind by customers
Phones and keys were par for the course, an ouija board and wife's weed... not so much
WTF?! It's a fairly common practice to check for one's belongings when getting off public transport, a taxi or an Uber. However, rushing towards an appointment or catching the next flight in time can make people a tad forgetful about the stuff they've brought along. While leaving behind keys, headphones, and wallets can be expected in such situations, Uber has revealed that last year, its customers also forgot other 'unique' items including mice for a pet snake, Guinea pig slippers, and an unwanted hard-boiled egg.
There was a time when using taxis was all the rage and people would often recall instances when a noble cab driver bothered to return their belongings after somehow managing to trace back the owner.
While the occasional habit of forgetting things hasn't changed since the arrival of services like Uber and Lyft, it does have become easier to recover belongings by virtue of how these services operate. Another thing made possible, as demonstrated by Uber's 2020 Lost & Found Index, is the ability to record which items people are most likely to forget, in which cities (US) and at what time of day.
As it turns out, people in 2019 were mostly forgetful about pocketable items like phones, wallets, keys, headphones, IDs, and glasses. However, there were also plenty of weird items left behind, 50 of which have made it to Uber's 'unique' list.
Have you ever forgotten one of these things in your Uber?
These include a specimen cup that someone forgot from their doctor's visit, while another customer probably regretted leaving b