Uber's Annual 'Lost and Found' Index Is Here—and Someone's Missing a Pizza Castle
According to the report, riders also left behind meat, boxes of yams, whisky, and deli cheese last year, among other items.
Each year, Uber releases a “Lost & Found Index” that chronicles things riders have left behind, from the most commonly forgot items (phones, wallets, and keys) to the “most unique” lost items, such as a Game of Thrones wallet, sriracha high socks, and Swarovski binoculars. The company also keeps track of lost food items, too—for example, last year’s index listed a crab steamer and a large popcorn maker as missing. While the 2020 edition didn’t include any unusual appliances and tools, there were definitely a few notable entries, such as a “white, pizza filled castle” and a foot-long beer tap handle with "Hoboken" on it.
In order to cull the list, Uber reviewed lost item inquiries submitted between February 2019 and February 2020, gathering the most common and the most surprising entries. You can find all of the unique food items, as they were reported, that made the cut below, and the full Lost & Found Index on Uber's website.
Food items left behind in Ubers
- A whole chicken
- A white, pizza filled castle
- Taco Bell work hat
- Three Mason jars with carrots, pickles, and jam
- Vinegar and southern cheese dip
- Culinary knife kit
- Magnum of champagne
- A birthday cake
- Bag of wine
- $273.16 worth of groceries
- Silver foot-long beer tap handle with “Hoboken” on it
- Meat
- Jose Cuervo tequila
- A medium strawberry & banana smoothie
- Lemon cake
- Johnnie Walker Blue Label
- A Jack in the Box hat
- Cake pops
- Panera Bread take out
- A Smucker’s Uncrustables peanut butter & strawberry jam sandwich
- Boxes of yams
- Wooden beer mug
- Deli cheese
- Chick-Fil-A bag
- Sunflower butter
- Black Texas Roadhouse waiter apron
- Small brown paper bag from Eataly
- Gallon of ice tea
- A bag with about 14 packs of Nabisco Cameo cookies
- Two boxes of cookie dough
- Metal Boba straw
- Trader Joe’s gift card
- A loaf of bread
- Four bags of sunflower seeds
- Bag of Kilwins chocolates
If anything, it just makes us feel less embarrassed about leaving behind that umbrella.