Uber Reveals The 2017 Middle East Lost & Found Index

Did you ever leave your deep fryer or wedding ring in your Uber recently? Well someone did.

Just as Mercury falls into Retrograde, we’re taking a look into our Middle East’s Uber Lost & Found Index to see what has been left behind in Ubers over the last year (March ’17 – March ’18) – and it includes everything from shisha, painting or sound system!

What have Middle Easterns forgotten in 2017?

The most frequently forgotten items during Uber trips in the Middle East were phones, wallets and keys (to car and homes), with other forgotten items also largely including glasses, backpacks and jewellery. People in Riyadh, Dubai and Jeddah tend to be the most forgetful and reach out to us via our in-app support feature the most. If you’re planning to take an Uber this weekend, just make sure you do the “possession pat down” before leaving the car, as the index shows you’re most likely to lose something on a Thursday or Friday!

If you wake up this weekend realising you left something behind, go to the help section in the app, click on the last trip you made and tap the ‘report missing item’ button (screenshot). We’ll do our best to reunite you with your shisha (or whatever you need to carry across your city next)!

1/ 5 Most Unique Items Forgotten in Ubers – Middle East

1. Painting
2. Document files
3. Large Standing Speaker
4. Lunch Box
5. Shisha

2/ 10 Most Frequently Forgotten Items in Ubers in the Middle East:

1. Phone
2. Wallet
3. Keys
4. Clothing
5. Glasses
6. Bag
7. Wallet
8. Jewelry

3/ Top 4 Most Forgetful Cities in the Middle East:

1. Riyadh
2. Saudi Eastern Province
3. Dubai
4. Jeddah

4/ Most Common Days of the Week to Report Items as Lost – Middle East

• Thursday
• Friday
• Sunday

10 Most Unique Items Forgotten in Ubers – Global

1. Burger King visor
2. Divorce papers
3. Star Wars Encyclopedia
4. Gold grills with diamonds
5. Originally signed Jessie James Decker CD
6. Letter from my boyfriend who is in jail
7. A 1.3 carat round diamond
8. 2 packets of Dead Sea mud
9. Bag with a Kevin Durant Jersey + a Mario doll
10. Rhinestone mask