Phuket taxi driver returns wallet to foreign tourist

[webfact]

 

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/

 

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[stoner]

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

 

proficient. 

[Skeptic7]

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

[AhFarangJa]

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

[Dmaxdan]

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

Things are looking up!

[realfunster]

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. 

[RichardColeman]

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

[steven100]

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

[Digitalbanana]

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

[kcpattaya]

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.

[Gottfrid]

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.

[swm59nj]

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

[RT555]

What idiot carries a wallet in 2022?

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

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

I thought Ronaldo wasn't coming?

[brianthainess]

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

[brianthainess]

Was his meter still running ?

[grain]

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. 

[Edwin Cameron]

I really hope he was rewarded adequately..

[PETERTHEEATER]

4 hours ago, RT555 said:

What idiot carries a wallet in 2022?

Er, taxi drivers?

[DJ54]

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