Tat Cites 18-year-old For Her Honesty

[Mid]

TAT CITES 18-year-old FOR HER HONESTY

Store girl return Bt100K to tourist

WHEN 18-year-old Thidarat Ratsamee reported for work on Oct. 2 as store clerk at Top Supermarket in Chaweng , she thought it would just be another day.

It turned out to be out of the ordinary when toward the end of her shift she found a black wallet with around Bt100,000 in cash and three credit cards in it.

Although it was a huge sum, close to a year’s earnings for her, it never occured to her, she later told Samui Express, to pocket the money. Yet no one else saw her pick up the wallet.

Thidarat promptly reporter her find to her manager. They looked inside the wallet for any identification of the owner, who turned out to be Raffet Hariokru, a 33-year-old tourist from Turkey.

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samuiexpress.net

Edited October 27, 2007 by Mid

[taxexile]

a credit to her parents and the store.

hope she gets a generous reward from the turk.

[Totster]

Although it was a huge sum, close to a year’s earnings for her, it never occured to her, she later told Samui Express, to pocket the money. Yet no one else saw her pick up the wallet.

Close to a year's earnings ?? Closer to two years I'd say...

Totster

[PoorSucker]

a credit to her parents and the store.

hope she gets a generous reward from the turk.

She only got 3000 baht

[Mid]

^

who from ? , the Turk ?

well that won't go far toward reinforcing the crime don't pay adage ....................

[Kiiniow]

a credit to her parents and the store.

hope she gets a generous reward from the turk.

She only got 3000 baht

and since when is a reward obligatory for simply doing the right thing?

[madjbs]

I wonder what a tourist was going to buy in tops that was worth 100,000 baht?

[brizzle]

a credit to her parents and the store.

hope she gets a generous reward from the turk.

She only got 3000 baht

and since when is a reward obligatory for simply doing the right thing?

Certainly not obligatory but maybe a reward is nice when so so many people in this life "simply do not do the right thing" ??

If you lost 100K cash in Thailand or anywhere for that matter would you hold out much hope of getting it back?

Her parents should be very proud...I would be.

[lazeeboy]

a credit to her parents and the store.

hope she gets a generous reward from the turk.

She only got 3000 baht

and since when is a reward obligatory for simply doing the right thing?

Certainly not obligatory but maybe a reward is nice when so so many people in this life "simply do not do the right thing" ??

If you lost 100K cash in Thailand or anywhere for that matter would you hold out much hope of getting it back?

Her parents should be very proud...I would be.

some people arn't looking for a reward ,just happy to do the right thing ,good luck to this girl in her future .

[Naam]

a credit to her parents and the store.

hope she gets a generous reward from the turk.

She only got 3000 baht

and since when is a reward obligatory for simply doing the right thing?

in some countries rewards between 5 and 10% are obligatory by law and i think it would have been the right thing to do and reward the honest girl with 10k.

edited for addendum:

in my home country Germany the obligatory rewards regulated by law are:

10% for value up to €UR 2,000

5% for value exceeding €UR 2,000

Edited October 27, 2007 by Naam

[Mid]

i think it would have been the right thing to do and reward the honest girl with 10k.

my thoughts also .

[SamuiJens]

i think it would have been the right thing to do and reward the honest girl with 10k.

my thoughts also .

Yeah, If she hadn't been honest, he would be OUT 100K ...so 10K is fair!!!

[Chayaphum]

i think it would have been the right thing to do and reward the honest girl with 10k.

my thoughts also .

khii niau ! (stingier man, cheap charly) if she get only 3k,

why somebody walk around with 100'000bt in the pocket, ting tong

som nam na

(i think the next time the lady d'ont give back such a pocket like these)

Chayaphum

10% for the finder.....OK?

[Prakanong]

i think it would have been the right thing to do and reward the honest girl with 10k.

my thoughts also .

I think that is a fair and reasonable amount too

[britmaveric]

Better question is why is somone carrying around 100K???

Personally I would have gave her 5-10K.

[SamuiJens]

Then give it to her, instead of writing what YOU "would do".

Edited October 27, 2007 by SamuiJens

[britmaveric]

Then give it to her, instead of writing what YOU "would do".

If same situation had happened to me.... mind you not that big of a muppet to be carrying that sort of dosh around in the first place.

[PoorSucker]

Anyone looking for a new girlfriend, go quickly to Tops.

Now you know that she's honest.

[Rooo]

Then give it to her, instead of writing what YOU "would do".

If same situation had happened to me.... mind you not that big of a muppet to be carrying that sort of dosh around in the first place.

No Brit, you would keep it under the bike seat

[SamuiJens]

Then give it to her, instead of writing what YOU "would do".

If same situation had happened to me.... to be carrying that sort of "dosh" around in the first place.

dosh?

[choppychugger]

Must of been a big wallet........

[game4shame]

Better question is why is somone carrying around 100K???

that's what I was thinking.

[SamuiJens]

Could be drug money? and the girl only gets 3K!

[Chayaphum]

Could be drug money? and the girl only gets 3K!

...just speculations

Could be...yes, and maybe he just go to Chaweng and look for a laundry-shop for washing that 100k

but then he loose the wallet and some honest lady gave him back lucky guy!

Now he have a second chance to go cleaning the money.

But maybe he just take out this money from the ATM around the corner a few minutes before....

and he still has the receipts from that transactions with him for confirm that is legal money 55555

(i know, money from a ATM-account doesn't mean that is legal money, but normally)

thank's to every honest (thai)people in LOS dschai dee maak maak

Chayaphum

PS: TOPS don't sell Rolex watches as show on the picture

[Khun Jean]

Sometimes carrying 100k in your wallet is safer then putting it in the hotel safe.

It is around 2000 euro. Not that much when you go on a holiday.

Edited October 29, 2007 by Khun Jean

[game4shame]

Sometimes carrying 100k in your wallet is safer then putting it in the hotel safe.

It is around 2000 euro. Not that much when you go on a holiday.

I've never understood why some people risk carrying all their holiday money in cash.

[Chayaphum]

Sometimes carrying 100k in your wallet is safer then putting it in the hotel safe. It is around 2000 euro. Not that much when you go on a holiday.

I've never understood why some people risk carrying all their holiday money in cash.

me too we are in the year 2550 (2007) the Flintstone-time is over,

we can have credit-cards, traveler-checks, ATM-cards from the homebank and so one...

everything has more security than a lot of cash on the body (specially during the nighttime).

Can somebody tell me, what size a wallet has that contains 100k baht ???

I think this wallet would be about 5cm thick (folded) or not? maybe more......

or 10cm thick if he have everything in 500bt banknotes

People like this, you can see from 20m away if they have a wallet with that size in their pocket....

Chayaphum

[britmaveric]

Have to assume wallet was in a purse and yes 100 bills is quite a wad.

[SamuiJens]

NOT many guys carry purses, that I've seen, and no purse was mentioned, if I'm not mistaken

[britmaveric]

NOT many guys carry purses, that I've seen, and no purse was mentioned, if I'm not mistaken

Our middle eastern brethren do!!! (called man bags)

Edited October 29, 2007 by britmaveric