The Weirdest Things Uber Passengers Left Behind Last Year

It's not surprising that some people who use rideshare accidentally forget their phones, keys, or other common items in the car. However, Uber says that sometimes people leave behind a lot more than the usual items. Uber dropped their eighth annual Lost & Found Index. It's a snapshot of the most surprising and most popular items left behind in Ubers.

Over the past year, people have left behind clothing, luggage, headphones, and wallets. Those items topped the list of the most frequently forgotten belongings.  Other than usual items, riders often left behind some questionable items. Some people forgot their frontal hair toupees, live turtles, trays of meat pie, tubs of surgical implants, and more.

The top three most unique lost items include frontal hair toupees, hot sauce and a breathalyzer, and two containers with spiders in them. Regarding food, the most forgotten items include Leftovers from Pizzeria Portofino, which is in Chicago, Illinois, a whole smoked pork belly, and a cooler with meat.

The rideshare company also looked into the most forgetful cities. According to their list, the most forgetful cities include Miami, Florida, Los Angeles, California, and Atlanta, Georgia.

One trend they saw last year is that the most popular color of lost items was red. Riders around the country lost several healing crystals, including purple Amethysts, green Aventurines, and more.  The top lost car keys were from Mini Cooper owners. January 21st is the most forgetful day of the year, with the most lost items recorded. The most popular hours of the day lost items were reported were 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm. People are most likely to forget luggage on Mondays, headphones on Tuesdays, and wallets on Wednesdays.

The rideshare provider said the best way to retrieve forgotten items is to call your driver. If you've left your phone behind, however, you can access your Uber account from a computer and contact your driver through its app.

You can open the Uber app or log in on a desktop and tap “Activity” on the bottom icon menu. Select the trip on which you lost the item. Scroll down to “Find lost item” in the Help section, and then “Contact driver about a lost item.” Enter your phone number to call the driver. If your driver picks up and confirms that your item has been found, coordinate a mutually convenient time and place to meet for its return to you. If your driver doesn’t pick up, leave a detailed voicemail describing your item and the best way to contact you.

Misusing phrases is something that happens all the time. And there are a few reasons why it's so common. Languages are constantly changing and evolving, so what was right in the past might not be the case anymore. Plus, many of the phrases we hear being misused have become part of our everyday conversations. And we pick them up without knowing the correct meaning or usage.

When we're just having a casual chat, we tend to focus more on getting our point across quickly, rather than following strict grammar rules. But idioms and expressions can be super confusing, even for native speakers. You also have to consider that there are different regions and cultures that have their own ways of interpreting and using phrases. Misusing phrases is normal and a part of how language changes.

People mess up phrases more than you think. Those common sayings somehow get twisted and turned in ways no one ever intended. From funny mix-ups to downright confusing expressions. But what are some of the most common ones we all get wrong from time to time?

Here are some phrases that people mess up all the time, and you might've missed a few of them yourself.