Honesty prevails: Motorcycle taxi rider returns lost 100,000 baht cash found on road to owner in Nonthaburi

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Photo via KhaoSod

 

by Petch Petpailin

A motorcycle taxi rider in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok found 100,000 baht in cash on the road and returned it to its owner. The provincial governor is preparing the reward for the rider’s good deed.

 

KhaoSod reporters interviewed the motorcycle taxi rider, 48 year old Akkadate “Toey” Jittayasothorn, today about the incident that occurred at noon on Thursday, April 27.

 

Toey revealed that he and three friends were sitting at their motorcycle taxi shelter in front of the Government Lottery Office and spotted a stack of money falling from a brown envelope that a woman on a motorcycle taxi was carrying.

 

Toey rushed to pick up the money and immediately alerted the taxi rider to stop. The rider, who heard Toey’s shout, stopped not far from where the money was found. He then returned the money to the woman who was in shock and received the money back with trembling hands.

To express her gratitude, the woman gave Toey and his friends 100 baht each. Toey said he refused the money at first but his friend urged him to take it as the woman was willing to offer.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/honesty-prevails-motorcycle-taxi-rider-returns-lost-100000-baht-cash-found-on-road-to-owner-in-nonthaburi

 

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[BangkokReady]

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Honesty prevails: Motorcycle taxi rider returns lost 100,000 baht cash found on road to owner in Nonthaburi

I guess "Motorcycle taxi driver stops woman and hands her the money she just dropped" doesn't sound as good.

[delgarcon]

I wonder who the brown envelope was for.

[PETERTHEEATER]

3 hours ago, delgarcon said:

I wonder who the brown envelope was for.

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Er,......the Governor is preparing a reward......l

 

[Snugs08]

She should of at least doled out 10% maybe more as a reward, instead of a hundred baht each.   I remember finding a wallet as a kid in the street, it had like 50 quid in it, a lot in them days, my dad walked me round the estate to where he thought the guy lived based on some ID at the time, it was the guy's, he gave m 30p as a reward. Nothing was said about it, but I think looking back the guy deserved a slap for the insult and I think that what my dad was thinking..

 

 

Edited May 3, 2023 by Snugs08

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

To express her gratitude, the woman gave Toey and his friends 100 baht each

Thrifty as ever...