Mumbai is most forgetful city in India, says Uber’s lost-and-found report

Mumbai: Uber has released an interesting snapshot of the items its customers most commonly forget in cabs. The Uber Lost of Found Index India 2022 also lists the most forgetful ‘cities’ in India, and times of the day, days of the week, and times of the year when Uber riders tend to be most forgetful.

Mumbai topped the list of the most ‘forgetful’ cities in India for the second time in a row, the report said. It was followed by Delhi and Lucknow. It said the most ‘forgetful’ time of day for Indians was 1 pm to 3 pm.

Over the past year, the five most commonly forgotten items were phones/cameras, laptops, backpacks, wallets and speakers, the report said.

Apart from the usual, Indians also left behind some unique and unusuals items in Uber taxis. These included ghewar (an Indian sweet dish), flutes, Aadhaar cards, dumbbells, a bike handle, cricket bats, spike guards and college certificates, to name a few.

The report also had insights on which items are forgotten the most on certain days. For example, people are most likely to forget their clothes on Saturdays, laptops on Wednesdays, and headphones/speakers on Mondays and Fridays.

Backed by rider insights and vast data, Uber’s Lost and Found Index aims to educate customers on how they can recover items left behind in cabs.

Commenting on the Index, Nitish Bhushan, director, central operations, said, “We get that losing an item can be stressful, but when you Uber, you always have the option to trace so that you can attempt retrieving your belongings. This annual survey is a fun and informative way of reminding our riders how easy it is to raise a retrieval request for a lost item in-app.”