India Emerges as the Most Forgetful Country in APAC: Uber Lost and Found Index
Written byCoinciding with the upcoming Mercury Retrograde, the time of the year generally believed to spur bouts of forgetfulness, Uber releases the second installment of its annual Lost and Found Index. The Index features findings about the most fascinating forgotten items, the most forgetful cities, as well as the days of the week and times of the year Uber riders tend to report items as lost.
Over the past year, phones and bags top the list of items left the most in Ubers across India, together with umbrellas, bottles and jewelry rounding up the top ten. But riders aren’t just leaving the usuals– everything from wedding gifts, gold jewelry, child tent house and cat harness have also been reported lost
When it comes to the most forgetful countries in the region, India tops the Index, followed closely by Australia and the Philippines. Riders in India are most likely to lose their stuff on a Saturday or Sunday, especially around the post-lunch lull from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.
We’ve all been there: that moment of panic when you first realize you’ve misplaced an important, or even sentimental, personal item. If you’re one of those people who forgot something in an Uber, look no further than this video, which outlines the simple steps you can take the next time you think you’ve left something behind.
10 Most Frequently Forgotten Items in Ubers – India
- Phone
- Bag
- Wallet
- Keys/key cards/lock
- Clothing
- ID/License/Passport
- Eyewear
- Bottle
- Umbrella
- Jewellery
Most Unique Items Forgotten in Ubers in India
- Cricket batting pads
- Gold Bracelet
- Photo Frame of rider’s grandmother
- LCD TV
- Child Tricycle
- Child tent house
- Golda chingri (fish)
- Mosquito net
- Poker set
- Cat harness
Most Forgetful cities in India:
- Bangalore
- New Delhi
- Mumbai
- Hyderabad
- Kolkata
- Chennai
- Pune
- Jaipur
- Chandigarh
- Ahmedabad
Most Common Days of the Week to Report Items as Lost
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Monday
- Friday
Most popular times of day to lose items:
- People are most likely to forget an item between 1:00-4:00PM or during wee hours of the day between 5:00-6:00AM
- While the fewest lost items were reported at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM
Most forgetful days in 2017:
- September 16, 2017
- December 31, 2017
- June 27, 2017
- July 18, 2017
- November 25, 2017