Phones, keys, wallets and purses are amongst the most typical issues Uber riders depart behind on journeys, however think about the wave of panic that follows after forgetting a diamond-encrusted mouth grill or an urn together with your pet’s ashes after a journey.
Those latter items had been amongst the 50 “most unique” belongings passengers reported misplaced whereas taking Uber, in line with the San Francisco-based riderhare firm’s sixth-annual Lost & Found Index.
Some of the items on the checklist appeared have held clear sentimental worth for the individuals who misplaced them. One Uber passenger reported leaving behind a “crochet strawberry my girlfriend made me” that “means a lot to me.” Other misplaced items, akin to “a sh*tty painting of a moose,” seemed to be much less treasured.
Others misplaced costly possessions. A passenger who misplaced a “pear-shaped diamond” supplied a $1,000 finder’s reward. Someone else reported shedding a “very expensive” tube meant for “chugging drinks.” More than 20 riders final 12 months left behind grills encrusted in gold or diamonds in considered one of the rideshare automobiles.
Lost meals was one other theme, with riders leaving behind 40 hen nuggets, three milk teas, 500 grams of caviar and “some tater tots.” It’s unclear if the tater tots had been efficiently returned to the rider who misplaced them, or if the passenger would have wished them.
Five folks misplaced dentures in an Uber, together with somebody who left behind “my grandma’s teeth.”
It’s unclear whether or not all the rightful homeowners had been reunited with their items, which additionally included “my fingernail left on the seat,” a pizza costume, a metallic leg, and “a piece of my broom.”
The rideshare firm additionally famous each day traits, with people extra more likely to depart chargers behind on Mondays, groceries and laptops on Thursdays and money and fanny packs on Fridays.
Nike merchandise had been extra generally misplaced than different manufacturers, adopted by Louis Vuitton and Gucci.
But at the least the Bay Area isn’t Austin, Texas, which Uber named as its most “forgetful” metropolis for the second 12 months in a row. No California metropolis was included in that checklist’s high 10.
The firm has a step-by-step video for riders who have to get well their belongings from an Uber, which apparently included in finally one case final 12 months, a “bucket of slime.”
Ricardo Cano is a San Francisco Chronicle workers author. Email: ricardo.cano@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ByRicardoCano