Unusual Discoveries In Ride-Share Cars: From Hot Sauce To Live Turtles

We're all forgetful from time-to-time. Wallets, purses, inhalers, cell phones, have all been lost or left behind at some point. It happens. But some of the items left behind in Uber or Lyft is just simply too odd. It had us thinking...WHY??

First, here are the 10 most common items left behind in a ride share vehicle:

Clothing
Luggage
Headphones
Wallet
Jewelry
Phone
Camera
Tablet or book
Laptop
Vape

Again, we can see this happening and not too unusual.

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But wait...here are 10 very odd things left in an Uber in 2024:

Hot sauce and a breathalyzer
Small rat skeleton
Large sticker with a dancing cartoon cat that says ‘SpankyFest’ on it
A live turtle
Pair of panties with sliced ham in them
A WWE championship belt
An engine from a Jeep Liberty
A fake butt
A burrito steamer
A fart sensor (isn't that a nose?)

If you've ever lost anything in a ride share vehicle, keep the ride details in your phone and head to that companies website.

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Here are the trends in lost stuff, according to Uber:

Lost items that peak on certain days:

• People are most likely to forget luggage on Mondays.
• People are most likely to forget headphones on Tuesdays.
• People are most likely to forget wallets on Wednesdays.
• People are most likely to forget jewelry on Thursdays.
• People are most likely to forget phones on Fridays.
• People are most likely to forget vapes on Saturdays.
• People are most likely to forget clothing on Sundays.

Be safe out there and perhaps chain these things on your pants like truckers do. Well, maybe not the fake butt.

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