Santa costume, gold dentures the weirdest things people leave in Ubers

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For the past eight years, Uber has been keeping track of its most forgetful riders and the results have been incredible.

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The world’s biggest rideshare platform released its Lost & Found Index, compiling the year’s most common — and most bizarre — items left behind by absentminded passengers.

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It shouldn’t be surprising that phones, bags and vapes were the most commonly forgotten items left in vehicles.

But given that Halloween weekend 2023 and New Year’s Day 2024 were the two most “forgetful” days this past year, gold dentures and an abandoned Santa costume seem almost normal to leave behind.

According to Uber, Montreal was the most forgetful city in Canada, followed by Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Kingston, Vancouver, Hamilton, Toronto, Regina, Edmonton and the Niagara Region.

But it was a rider Calgary who left a Santa costume behind.

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Toronto, however, had the most unique items on the Top 10 list of forgotten things, including the aforementioned gold dentures, a Segway and “my girlfriend’s designer heels.”

In Edmonton, a deep fryer and a Japanese chef’s knife were left unattended, while someone in Vancouver forgot their fishing rod.

Two amethyst crystals were forgotten in Ottawa and a pair of Crocs with a “Proud to Serve” charm were left behind in a car in London, Ont.

Arguably, the weirdest item forgotten was a green arm cast in Winnipeg.

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The most commonly forgotten items Toronto riders left behind were articles of clothing, a backpack or bag, headphones, jewelry, a wallet or purse, phones, laptops, vapes, watches and groceries, according to the report.

Uber Canada advises riders who have left something behind to get in touch with the driver by calling them or contacting them through the app. It’s a $20 fee to get your item returned, which goes entirely to the driver for the inconvenience of bringing back said item.

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