We’ve all been there — after a stressful day at work or at the end of a night out, that sinking feeling when you know you’ve left something behind on your Uber trip. Don’t worry, you’re not alone —  thousands of claims were made by Aussies losing items last year.

Uber’s Lost & Found index for 2019 gives us a small (but very interesting) insight into Aussie’s lives. Spare a thought for the person that left their friend in behind on an Uber ride and then claimed them as lost!

Other unique items that Uber riders lost over the past year included some bacon, two wedding gowns and a wedding ring, fake teeth and several mouth retainers, a pork roast and a shopping trolley.

Saturday was the most popular day of the week to lose items and 26 June saw the most incidents in a single day — Aussie’s clearly can’t cope with the cold weather.

Check out the top 10 most common items left in Uber rides below:

  1. Phone / camera
  2. Wallet / purse
  3. Keys
  4. Backpack / bag / folders / box / luggage
  5. Clothing
  6. Glasses
  7. Headphones / speaker
  8. Jewellery / watch / make-up
  9. Vape / e-cig
  10. Passport

If you ever forget something on an Uber trip, getting your items back is easy. You can reach out directly to your Uber driver-partner through the apps menu.

Simply go to Help and report an issue with your last trip — one of the options is the loss of an item. Enter your phone number and the app will connect you directly with the driver-partner to organise the retrieval of your item.

For safety purposes, Uber uses number randomisation software so that riders and driver-partners don’t see each other’s personal phone number.

These simple steps are outlined in this video, which you can refer to next time you think you’ve left something behind.