Bangkok taxi driver bucks trend, returns 400,000 baht to passenger

[snoop1130]

 

A Bangkok taxi driver put the breaks on the capital’s bad boy cabbie reputation after he returned nearly 400,000 baht to a Bangladeshi passenger.

 

There’s not a day that goes by without a story breaking of one of Bangkok’s bad boy taxi drivers ripping off customers, refusing to service or turn on meters, brawling with passengers or even masturbating. One Bangkok taxi driver, however, went a long way to redeem others after he discovered a large wad of cash on the back seat and immediately contacted SWP.FM9 radio station to aid in returning the cash to its rightful owner.

 

On Saturday, August 19, the taxi driver, Phonsak Phunni, visited the SWP.FM91 radio station after discovering a long black wallet containing numerous identification cards, credit cards, and 105 US$100 bills, amounting to 10,500 dollars (373,490 baht). The wallet also contained 7,050 Indian rupees (3,000 baht). The wallet was suspected to have been left behind by three foreign male passengers who had travelled from Suvarnabhumi Airport to the Indra Emporium in Pratunam around 1pm that day.

 

Phonsak stated that after dropping off the passengers, he immediately picked up new ones from the same area. One of the new passengers handed him the wallet, leading him to believe it belonged to the three men who had just alighted.

 

“I was shocked and shaking. I didn’t dare to look inside completely.”

 

By Bob Scott

Caption: Image via Khaosod

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/bangkok-taxi-driver-hailed-for-returning-400000-baht-to-bangladeshi-passenger

 

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[SooKee]

Been way overdue, double up with the honest cop too, will they go for the hat-trick? ????

[isaanistical]

12 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

There’s not a day that goes by without a story breaking of one of Bangkok’s bad boy taxi drivers ripping off customers

Rubbish.

And there are more stories of cabbies returning cash than stealing it. They sure are not perfect but this is just unjustified muckraking nonsense.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 minutes ago, isaanistical said:

Rubbish.

And there are more stories of cabbies returning cash than stealing it. They sure are not perfect but this is just unjustified muckraking nonsense.

Well said.

[richard_smith237]

Bucks what trend ??...  

 

There's a news article nearly every week about a Thailand Cabbie returning a foolish tourists bag full of cash...

 

My only question here is... "What news in the last few days did I miss ??... i.e. Taxi driver fighting a tourists where ?" 

 

Oh.... cynical I am indeed !!!... I offend my 'woke-self' sometimes.. 

[richard_smith237]

9 minutes ago, SooKee said:

Been way overdue, double up with the honest cop too, will they go for the hat-trick? ????

What do you reckon for the trifecta ???

 

"Teacher found praising instead of beating a child"...  

 

 

[swm59nj]

There are honest and dishonest people everywhere.  This person happened to be an honest one

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“I was shocked and shaking. I didn’t dare to look inside completely.”

What to do, what to do... 

[Skipalongcassidy]

Fake news... staged act

[sammieuk1]

Looks like the shock of honesty sucked all the air out of them breath in ????

[rwill]

What is it with people leaving large sums of money in a cab?  Seems to be one of these stories every few months.

Edited August 21, 2023 by rwill

[RichardColeman]

In my own opinion, anything in this sort of amount should be handed over to the police for the passenger to collect and prove why they had such a sum of money with them. 

[leither69]

3 hours ago, swm59nj said:

There are honest and dishonest people everywhere.  This person happened to be an honest one

Allegedly 

[747man]

Would ANY of The Phuket Taxi Mafia have Done the Same ?? Errrrr,I Doubt it !!

[chezy86]

Been waiting for this it’s long overdue.

Who carries that amount of cash about even in your own vehicle these days?

Fake as <deleted>

[n00dle]

17 hours ago, SooKee said:

Been way overdue, double up with the honest cop too, will they go for the hat-trick? ????

And done,

[worldexpress]

"put the breaks on" or brakes?

 

The writing quality of these articles is atrocious.