Uber on Tuesday released this year's edition of Uber Lost and Found Index, which is a snapshot of the most frequently forgotten items in Uber cabs, the most forgetful cities, as well as the days of the week and times of the year when riders were most forgetful. While Delhi topped the list of most forgetful cities, ending Mumbai’s two-year run at the top, Hyderabad was a new entrant in the top four most forgetful cities for the first time.
According to the cab aggregator, the list of most unique lost items in Uber cabs included TV, western commode, broom, college admit card, induction stove, family collage, and heavy machinery.
Over the last year, objects including phones, bags, wallets and clothing top the list of items left in Ubers across India, followed by utility items such as water bottles, keys, and accessories such as spectacles and jewellery. Indians also forgot unique things such as brooms, college admit cards, and their kid’s strollers. One rider forgot their walking stick, and another forgot nothing short of a big-screen television in their Uber.
Uber's findings further revealed that people are most likely to forget belongings in an Uber on Saturdays and people forgot Android phones three times more than iPhones in the cabs. Interestingly, people tend to forget red-coloured items the most in Uber cabs, the company added.
Evenings made people most forgetful, with most items left behind around 7 pm, according to the 2023 edition of Uber Lost and Found Index.
“We’ve all been there: that moment of panic when you first realize you’ve misplaced an important, or even sentimental, personal item. With Uber, you always have the option to contact support so you can attempt to retrieve your belongings. This annual survey is a fun and informative way of reminding our riders how easy it is to raise a retrieval request for a lost item in-app, and with a busy summer travel season on the anvil, we thought it was a good time for a quick refresher," Nitish Bhushan, Director, Central Operations, Uber, said in a statement.