Clark’s 10 ‘never, never not ever’ money rules (5 8 25)

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Anthony Hazzard
May 08, 2025

Have you ever left something in a rideshare? Uber has published a list of interesting lost items. Later in this email, find out what is commonly left behind. 

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🚘️ Uber Publishes List of Interesting Lost Items

We are a forgetful and eccentric nation.

That’s what we learned from the annual Uber Lost & Found Index, which the company published in April.

After leaving his cell phone in an Uber twice in the last year, one Team Clark staff member can feel comfort in knowing that was the most commonly forgotten item (1.7 million times), just ahead of wallets, keys, luggage and headphones.

New York, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. were the five most forgetful cities according to Uber.

Uber ranked its 50 most unique lost items. Although the list is clearly subjective, some of the interesting items included a mannequin head with human hair, 10 live lobsters, divorce papers, a urinal and “a very large portrait of myself in a brown box.”

Uber also singled out Philadelphia Eagles fans, pickleball and pilates participants, Apple product owners and Disney fans for being particularly forgetful in the last year.

The post also includes step-by-step instructions on retrieving lost items and plenty of other categories of interesting lost items.

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