What honesty! Kuwaiti police cadet latest to praise honest cabby after 53,000 baht returned

[webfact]

What honesty! Kuwaiti police cadet latest to praise honest cabby after 53,000 baht returned

 

 

A Kuwaiti police cadet on holiday in Pattaya was the latest tourist to appreciate the honesty of Thai people - and especially their wonderful taxi drivers.

 

Mr Kwtalazmi Rashed, 19, had taken a cab from Suvarnabhumi to the resort but left his bag behind. So he went to Pattaya police where Pol Sub-Lt Nanthawut Baingam had good news.

 

Cabby Phaen Jitrabiab had already handed it in after finding it in the back when he was having a snooze.

 

The tourist could hardly believe it but such reports are a frequent event in the Land of Smiles.

 

Rashed praised the driver to the skies as he was reunited with his cash and documents.

 

Modest Phaen said everyone wants money but not like that. He added that he had been driving for years.

 

No mention was made of a reward in this report.

 

Source: Siamchon News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-07-24

 

[bluesofa]

I'm sure there's more money being returned to tourists than there are TAT tourists arrivals.

Following the promise to return happiness to the people, taxi drivers are taking it to heart.

Now Thailand's main economy: Returning lost money to tourists (85% of GDP)

 

[mok199]

mabey I have Thailand all wrong !! mabey that rolex I bought on the beach is real !!  mabey all taxi drivers are honourable !!! mabey that gooey stuff on my pizza last night was cheese!!!!  Mabey my thai wife really loves me and its not all about the money !!!!

Edited July 24, 2018 by mok199
speliings

[colinneil]

I wonder how much the Kuwaiti cadet was offered for making up that pathetic nonsense, every second day a taxi driver returns a Big wad of cash to another stupid tourist that left it in his taxi........... Utter BS.

[Darcula]

I already posted this in another thread, but I'll just leave it here....

 

[Get Real]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

the honesty of Thai people - and especially their wonderful taxi drivers.

Really??? Aren´t we going just a little bit far here?

[Jane Dough]

3 hours ago, Get Real said:

Really??? Aren´t we going just a little bit far here?

Looks like someone is finally spotting the sarcasm-o-meter in operation. 

[sammieuk1]

Can't wait for the first person to have a dump in the back of a taxi to see if it to is also returned with such a fanfare.

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Can't wait for the first person to have a dump in the back of a taxi to see if it to is also returned with such a fanfare.

Hmm, 'fanfare' isn't the word that springs to mind for me, although 'fare' does, proceeded by 'double'.

 

[Colabamumbai]

There was a time when people did not leave valuables behind, in strangers cars.

[Redline]

Look, if it is necessary to put honest people in the news, excluding something extraordinary, it is an indication of general dishonesty throughout society.  Just an observational conclusion.  I'm guessing something serious would happen to you, if you were caught stealing in Kuwait.  They used to cut off your hand.

Edited July 24, 2018 by Redline

[observer90210]

Just a humble question if I may.....did the righteous cabbie switch  ON the meter,  for the initial ride ? ?

 

 

Edited July 24, 2018 by observer90210

[tryasimight]

11 hours ago, colinneil said:

I wonder how much the Kuwaiti cadet was offered for making up that pathetic nonsense, every second day a taxi driver returns a Big wad of cash to another stupid tourist that left it in his taxi........... Utter BS.

Your life must be so sad

 Cannot see any good in anything 

Edited July 24, 2018 by tryasimight

[tryasimight]

6 hours ago, Redline said:

Look, if it is necessary to put honest people in the news, excluding something extraordinary, it is an indication of general dishonesty throughout society.  Just an observational conclusion.  I'm guessing something serious would happen to you, if you were caught stealing in Kuwait.  They used to cut off your hand.

Apparently no stealing involved 

[Henrik Andersen]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

The tourist could hardly believe it but such reports are a frequent event in the Land of Smiles

are we now back to the old slogan? 

land of smile 555

Meaby this taxi driver was a nice man turn the money in but he still a taxi mafia without turning the meter on this will never change because they have "friends " in the government and police 

Taxi meter is and will always be my last choice to use 

[balo]

The cheapskates from Kuwait did not offer a reward ? 

 

Edited July 24, 2018 by balo

[notasmartassknowitallfarag]

Would it be very pessimistic and cycnical of me to ask why does a story like this appear on average every couple of weeks. 

 

How do so many tourists take all their stuff from the cab but always forgot the most important thing.....Always thousands in cash. 

[colinneil]

7 hours ago, tryasimight said:

Your life must be so sad

 Cannot see any good in anything 

My life is wonderful, only thing that blights it is seeing the nonsense you post.

[mikebell]

19 hours ago, Get Real said:

and especially their wonderful taxi drivers.

Surely the writer had his tongue firmly in his cheek as he wrote this.  The cabbie was obviously not from Pattaya who are holding the town to ransom.

[Redline]

15 hours ago, tryasimight said:

Apparently no stealing involved 

I guess my point would be that there would be no issues about getting the money back in Kuwait, and that with many other drivers here, the money would not be returned.  In addition, the fact that this is news implies that it is an anomaly 

[Pattaya28]

Regular monthly report.

"Honest cabbie returns large sum of cash".

And I guess he uses his taxi-meter too