Honest Thailand: Cabby returns 100,000 baht to lady who left it on the back seat

[webfact]

Honest Thailand: Cabby returns 100,000 baht to lady who left it on the back seat

 

Picture:  Daily News

 

A Bangkok cabby thought of only one thing when he found 100,000 baht on the back seat of his taxi.

 

I must find the owner and make sure she gets all of it back as soon as possible. 

 

Suphot Phaethaisong, 68, thought the best way to do this would be to go to the Kukot, Pathum Thani, police. 

 

They soon contacted Thareerat Narapho, 42, who came to the station for the return of her cash. 

 

Picture:  Daily News

 

She said that she was taking the cab from a mini-mart to Ran Intra with her daughter. The money was cash she had given to her daughter for further study after her graduation. She so much wanted to do a foreign language course abroad.

 

Her daughter had asked her to look after it for her but she had left it in the cab by mistake. 

 

As soon as the cab drove off she realised but soon thereafter the police were in touch with her. She said it was heartwarming that there were still so many honest people in Thai society. 

 

Suphot said the money was not his so why should he keep it. The lady had probably worked very hard to save such a sum. 

 

He was pictured with Thareerat along with Kukot station chief Pol Col Eknirut Wansiriphak.

 

He was also pictured by Daily News pointing at his taxi. 

 

Picture:  Daily News

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[colinneil]

Here we go again, wonder how much TAT paid her to come up with this tired old load of BS.

[faraday]

1 minute ago, colinneil said:

Here we go again, wonder how much TAT paid her to come up with this tired old load of BS.

Yup, & the 100k found in the BigC hongnam - or wherever it was, just a few days ago.

 

All sounds too good to be true.

 

Honest cabbie indeed...????

[steven100]

what an absolute load of BS this is.  Do they really think folks will believe this lie   ?   

[kotsak]

Ah.. here we go again, and I was wondering what is missing from the daily news for the past 3-4 months...

 

[spiekerjozef]

What's it with these Thai's leaving brown envelopes behind in a taxi..

[bluesofa]

30 minutes ago, faraday said:

Yup, & the 100k found in the BigC hongnam - or wherever it was, just a few days ago.

 

All sounds too good to be true.

 

Honest cabbie indeed...????

I missed the Big C story.

If it was found in the toilets, surely a case of money laundering?

[bluesofa]

22 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

What's it with these Thai's leaving brown envelopes behind in a taxi..

Desperate to go to the toilet for a pony & trap, but too late.

They always say 'a small deposit secures an item'

[Dmaxdan]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He was also pictured by Daily News pointing at his taxi. 

Thanks mate, I always wondered what one looks like.  

[checkered flag]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Here we go again, wonder how much TAT paid her to come up with this tired old load of BS.

No need for the regular negativity until you know the facts. I have found most Thais very honest, much more so than those from the isles.

[bluesofa]

4 minutes ago, checkered flag said:

No need for the regular negativity until you know the facts. I have found most Thais very honest, much more so than those from the isles.

Honest and extremely forgetful, especially when carrying large sums of cash in a taxi.

 

[utalkin2me]

I do not like these stories because they are never fully transparent with reality.

 

Almost every time in these cases the do gooder is probably thinking "this person is going to call into the station any minute, if I don't give it back they could figure it all out". 

 

If there was a case where a cabby somehow knew, 100% there was no connection whatsoever to himself, then I think it would be a good, genuine story. But that never happens. 

 

The reality is the motivation for these stories is strictly self preservation.  

[mr_lob]

4 hours ago, checkered flag said:

No need for the regular negativity until you know the facts. I have found most Thais very honest, much more so than those from the isles.

You clearly haven't had the pleasure of lending one money yet.

[rasmus5150]

How come the Boys in Brown never forgets any of their envelopes?

They are handling more envelopes than Thai Post on a daily basis....

[shackleton]

Well that's ruined the big come back 

Was all organised for when  when the first Tourists arrive back in Thailand

A honest taxi driver finds wallet or purse  with lots of money in and returns to over whelmed crying with joy happy tourist 

[jaiyen]

So an unknown passenger leaves the taxi but the police are able to find her straight away !   How ? Can only think that there must have been some paperwork with the money with her details on it. The police wouldn't find her in 20 years if they had to think for themselves

[Mavideol]

9 hours ago, kotsak said:

Ah.. here we go again, and I was wondering what is missing from the daily news for the past 3-4 months...

 

you beat me to it.... after all it appears that things are getting to normal (new & old) again

[ratcatcher]

9 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I missed the Big C story.

If it was found in the toilets, surely a case of money laundering?

They were obviously      flush with cash.

[Grumpy one]

To any honest taxi drivers out there, I misplaced a bag of cash this morning.

Please return it to me  

[StayinThailand2much]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Honest Thailand: Cabby returns 100,000 baht to lady who left it on the back seat

With so many regular news items along these lines, I'd be surprised to meet any taxi passenger in Thailand who doesn't carry, at least, 100,000 baht in cash on their trip. Surprisingly, once they sit in the taxi, they seem to feel the urge to forget and abandon their wallets...

Edited July 3, 2020 by StayinThailand2much

[StayinThailand2much]

20 hours ago, faraday said:

Yup, & the 100k found in the BigC hongnam - or wherever it was, just a few days ago.

 

All sounds too good to be true.

 

Honest cabbie indeed...????

Watch out for a similar story as soon as next week!

Edited July 3, 2020 by StayinThailand2much

[StayinThailand2much]

10 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

To any honest taxi drivers out there, I misplaced a bag of cash this morning.

Please return it to me  

Me too!! Just lost my wallet (see pic) with 500,000 baht in it (in 20- and 50-baht banknotes). Now waiting for the call from the honest Thai cabbie or cop within the hour...

 

Edited July 3, 2020 by StayinThailand2much

[bodga]

10 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

To any honest taxi drivers out there, I misplaced a bag of cash this morning.

Please return it to me  

Coins  dont count

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

As soon as the cab drove off she realised but soon thereafter the police were in touch with her.

So how did they know who she was?

[daphnia88]

Seriously, they're still doing this? 

Was a nice breath of fresh air to never be rejected a taxi ride since the pandemic broke out. And to have every taxi driver not be an <deleted> and not talk too much. 

What's the point of playing this theater of "look at us, we're good people"?

[jak2002003]

Hmmmm.....

 

So no details of how the police found the lady passenger. 

 

Wonder if they used sniffer dogs, DNA samples and forensic scientists? 

 

 

[checkered flag]

I try to stay positive but posters here make it difficult. I am in Thailand by choice and no one made me come here. I don't understand why such negative people stay in Thailand. I know it's much easier to find something negative to say than something positive. I was raised to believe that if you can't find something good to say to be quiet. You can always move on but your constant whining will never improve your situation. 

I bet you never smile at anything either. Very sad for you.

[sanuk711]

Yer.................the old joke.." Did someone leave 100,000 Baht tied up with elastic bands in my taxi....?

 

I have just found the elastic bands..........

[Prairieboy]

A feel-good taxi driver story was long overdue!  Thanks!

[Grumpy one]

On 7/3/2020 at 9:49 AM, checkered flag said:

No need for the regular negativity until you know the facts. I have found most Thais very honest, much more so than those from the isles.

I take it you don't have any in-laws