After discovering their driver stole their AirPods, passenger tracks him down and confronts the thief in public, forcing him to return the AirPods: ‘He awkwardly handed them to me’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Oct 25, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

Uber and Lyft drivers must always find lost goods in the back of their cars at the end of the day. Most of the time, the lost times are probably not that interesting, like a bottle of water or a hair tie. But every now and then, surely they find a really valuable item, especially to the person who left it there.

A decent person would find the lost time and attempt to return it to the owner, but as we all know, there are not a lot of decent people out there, like the driver in the story below. When his passenger forgot their AirPods in the back of his car, he blatantly lied to them that he didn't find them and kept the AirPods to himself.

However, he forgot that Find My exists, and that the passenger could see anywhere her AirPods were going. Refusing to let the driver get away with his theft, the passenger tracked his movements until they had the opportunity to confront him in person.

And confront him they did…

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  • The confrontation moment was highly satisfying for the passenger, who even managed to retrieve their AirPods.

    Scroll down to read how they pulled that off.

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    Customer Ordering Taxi via Online Apps
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    Tracked down and confronted Lyft driver that stole my AirPods

    was visiting some friends in another city, and I dropped my AirPods in the back of a Lyft leaving a bar.
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    Realized the next morning, sent the guy a lost item report. He claims he doesn't have them.
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    I go back home and forget about it. Until, about a day later, I see in Find My that they were being charged and actively used.
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    I see them moving all around the city as a driver would. Now, I'm not usually a spiteful person, but that was brazen theft.
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    Unlucky for him, I had some free time, and 2 weekends later, I tracked him down in a car with those same friends.
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    Find My led us to a Chuck E Cheese, and we found his car in the lot.
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    I explained the situation to the security guard and showed him a picture of the Lyft driver.
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    The security guard led us right to him, and I asked him "are you [name]," to which he nervously responded yes.
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    I just bluntly said "you stole my AirPods." His family had to all leave the Chuck E Cheese to his car parked in the lot, and I got to watch him awkwardly put them back in the case and hand them to me.
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    I felt bad, but come on, doing that is insane.
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    Person Putting Airpods in a Case
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    Joy_Rad Good for you! I hope he learns his lesson. But, Chuck E. Cheese has a security guard?
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    OP Obvious_Shallot_9614 A result of the joys of dealing with Bostonians I imagine
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    Otherwise Surround99 Chuckie Cheese security guard is the catalyst for justice
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    OP Obvious_Shallot_9614 my goat
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    Z4-Driver Where did you get a picture of the driver from?
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    OP Obvious_Shallot_9614 His Lyft account, I could see his profile in my past rides
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    Big Tex380 That's straight up JUSTICE and I am here for it. Bravo!
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    Kooky Truth 1085 I couldn't imagine wanting to steal something that was inside someone else's ears.
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    SignificantClub5012 Good for you. don't feel bad. He's not stealing bread to feed his family. Some people are Sorry, others are just Sorry they got caught. Loser
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    Compulawyer Nice job. I personally would have made him pay for a new pair after verifying he stole them. I'd never use a pair of earbuds after they had been used by a stranger. I also would have reported it to the police right there and later to Lyft.
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    Emperors_Finest The shame in front of his family was a good lesson.
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    pocorey Nothing petty about that, imo. You just got back what was rightfully yours
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