By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Phuket – A taxi driver in Phuket found a wallet in his taxi before returning it to a foreign owner.

 

Mr. Tom Sukkasem, the head of the taxi driver station at a taxi stall near Central Phuket, called the Phuket Tourist Police 1155 hotline late last week.

 

Tom told police that Mr. Kampanart Chaiyakarn, a taxi driver at the taxi stall, found a wallet inside his taxi which might belong to his latest foreign tourist customer.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2022/07/17/phuket-taxi-driver-returns-wallet-to-foreign-tourist/

 

-- © Copyright The Phuket Express 2022-07-18

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

talk about damage control. this story was posted 4 minutes after the tuk tuk oopsie. 

 

proficient. 

Some tourism's back. Time to start recycling these tired old fake stories. Sad attempt to polish some of the tarnish. 

Caption competition regarding the policeman's comment about percentages please...............

A lost wallet story that didn't turn out to be a scam?

Things are looking up!

Regrettably, as it was a lengthy 300m drive from his taxi rank to the police station, the standard charge of THB 400 was applied to the wallet en route. 

Tourist should have claimed their was 50,000 in it and evened up the scams a little

oh '  Thai people are so honest  ...   !       NOT 

This story is too late as damage control for the Khao San Road lost wallet scam.

Two options:
1 - Most likely: Wallet was empty and had no valuable or useful items.

2 - Phuket cabbies make enough ripping off tourists. Don't need the small change left in a found wallet.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A taxi driver in Phuket found a wallet in his taxi before returning it to a foreign owner.

So, now we all know that a person actually have to find the thing before returning it to the one that has lost it.

Returning lost items has nothing to do with the person being a foreigner or local.  It just has to do with honesty 

What idiot carries a wallet in 2022?

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

oh '  Thai people are so honest  ...   !       NOT 

I thought Ronaldo wasn't coming?

Why does it have to turn into a PR stunt, just give the bloke his wallet back and move on.

Was his meter still running ?

1 hour ago, RT555 said:

What idiot carries a wallet in 2022?

I do, never leave home without my wallet in the right hand back pocket of my jeans, and a clean folded handkerchief in the left hand back pocket of my jeans. 

I really hope he was rewarded adequately..

4 hours ago, RT555 said:

What idiot carries a wallet in 2022?

Er, taxi drivers?

Hope he tipped ( not over) the driver. Looks like a bit of cash on the table.