In New York City, the USA’s most forgetful city, Uber cars are everywhere, and passengers are competing on the app to get the best rides, since sometimes, either the rides are limited, or prices are merely too high.
In those rides, these passengers often leave things behind, and it’s not their fault, especially if they are coming from their office to a gym class, or to coffee appointment with their son. But, Uber never mentioned to you that some of the things they leave in those cars are the weirdest. Would you jolt if these include butterflies and Jesus Christ images?
This is no joke
Yearly, Uber releases a list of the most bizarre items that people leave behind cars. Last year, as Ridesharing Forum reported, there were human hairs, breast milk, and even chainsaws.
That year, collating information in New York City, there were AirPods, vaccine cards, facemasks, Ozempics, LaBuBu plushies, and so much more.
“From AirPods becoming an everyday essential, to vaccine cards and face masks taking over in 2021, Ozempic making its way into backseats in 2025, and viral LaBuBu plushies riding shotgun this year, the Lost & Found Index has become an unexpected time capsule of the past decade,” Uber stated in its release.
Now, on the 10th year anniversary of Uber’s Lost-and-Found Index, the forgotten items inside cars include George Washington Hospital discharge papers, a textured photo with a rhinestoned picture of Jesus, blue raspberry Gushers, a pair of partial teeth in a tissue, 20 pounds of duck sausage, pelvis implants, a child’s prosthetic eye, Donny Osmond group picture, vapes and eCigarettes, LaBuBu dolls, various forms of teeth including gold grills and veneers, and Croc sandals.
The vapes and eCigarettes Ridesharing Forum can forgive, since these are commonly left not just in cars, but to find Jesus Christ pictures, pelvis implants, and LaBuBu dolls is something extraordinary.
Winners every year
Each year, Uber also picks their winner for the oddest item on the list. In 2017, there was lobster. Don’t laugh because there are more.
In 2018, there were divorce papers, salmon head in 2019, a lanyard that says “Virginity Rocks” in 2020,” and a large painting of Kate Middleton in 2021.
Brace yourselves for 2022 with 500 grams of caviar, a toy poodle in 2023, a fake butt in 2024, and a taxidermied rabbit in 2025.
This year, the winner is… a 75-gallon fish tank! Shocked? Disgusted? Finding that you’d also want to intentionally leave items so you be the main character? Talk to the Ridesharing Forum and the community by opening and signing up for your account today. Happy ridesharing!