amarka Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 hi guys... whats all the fuss about.... i mean the average UK taxi driver would have done the same .. would he not..... or the average ami taxi driver.... cant just be the thais that are honest.... amarka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampagneSuper Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 padthaiguy whined: Definitly a farce. TAT publicity stunt.I read in yesterdays Post the TAT is preparing a ceromony for this "honest" taxi driver. They are gonna milk this one.... "They are gonna milk this one" - oh the irony padhypocritguy, oh the irony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkofdavid2 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I wish the best for that Taxi driver and his family. However, that aside, we should also think... should people be praised and rewarded for not stealing? Or, should "not stealing" be a basic attitude of any civilized human being? Point to ponder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackspratt Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 jackspratt quoted........ " Unfortunately tud is no longer with us....."................................................................ Care to elaborate WHY tud is no longer with us. I always enjoy threads from 'tud' I have no idea why tud has moved on. However, you will notice that he is banned, and that some (?all, I haven't checked) of his looney threads have been pulled. Perhaps you could start a new thread "Where is Tud?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAWP Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Questions and threads about moderation will get you banned, see the rules. Back to topic... Nice to see that the money was returned. While I have meet the absolute worst cab drivers in BKK, I have also meet a LOT of really decent and nice drivers. It's just the bad experiences (as few as they are) that stick around in the mind for fast recalling when someone has a story to share. But as someone pointed out, when there has to be a huge PR event over returned money, one gets worried... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozsamurai Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 It is customary in Japan that any money returned to its owner is minus 10% finders fee. Even the police will enforce this. So where is the cabbies reward?, nah, he's only Thai.....works both ways. You always bag Thai people, and yet when the rules favor us, we are more than willing to not apply them.... makes you wonder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAWP Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 We have 10% finders fee in the west too, but it's tradition not a law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 There was story in The Daily News today about a security guard who found a wallet on the street and handed it in. It had 30,000 baht cash and some credit cards. They traced the owner to a hotel in Hua Hin,( if I remember correctly), the wallet belonged to a Canadian on a business trip who had gone for a break in Hua Hin, he reckoned the wallet fell out of his pocket whilst riding a motorbike. He expressed gratitude and relief and gave the security guard 3,000 baht as a reward. 30,000 baht is 4 or 5 months salary for a security guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 There was story in The Daily News today about a security guard who found a wallet on the street and handed it in. It had 30,000 baht cash and some credit cards. They traced the owner to a hotel in Hua Hin,( if I remember correctly), the wallet belonged to a Canadian on a business trip who had gone for a break in Hua Hin, he reckoned the wallet fell out of his pocket whilst riding a motorbike.He expressed gratitude and relief and gave the security guard 3,000 baht as a reward. 30,000 baht is 4 or 5 months salary for a security guard. japan - check canada - check okay, which other nationalities were murdered or raped in thailand recenty? lets get some more feel-good stories out on the newswires hoping they will be picked-up by media in those countries..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 There was story in The Daily News today about a security guard who found a wallet on the street and handed it in. It had 30,000 baht cash and some credit cards. They traced the owner to a hotel in Hua Hin,( if I remember correctly), the wallet belonged to a Canadian on a business trip who had gone for a break in Hua Hin, he reckoned the wallet fell out of his pocket whilst riding a motorbike.He expressed gratitude and relief and gave the security guard 3,000 baht as a reward. 30,000 baht is 4 or 5 months salary for a security guard. japan - check canada - check okay, which other nationalities were murdered or raped in thailand recenty? lets get some more feel-good stories out on the newswires hoping they will be picked-up by media in those countries..... I'm not sure many Canadians or Japanese read Thai newspapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozsamurai Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 [\quote] japan - check canada - check okay, which other nationalities were murdered or raped in thailand recenty? lets get some more feel-good stories out on the newswires hoping they will be picked-up by media in those countries..... Thats what the world needs more of really, antagonistic, bitter people, it helps us all so much more to come to an understanding!! Good to see you doing your part!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Clifton Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 (edited) There was story in The Daily News today about a security guard who found a wallet on the street and handed it in. It had 30,000 baht cash and some credit cards. They traced the owner to a hotel in Hua Hin,( if I remember correctly), the wallet belonged to a Canadian on a business trip who had gone for a break in Hua Hin, he reckoned the wallet fell out of his pocket whilst riding a motorbike.He expressed gratitude and relief and gave the security guard 3,000 baht as a reward. 30,000 baht is 4 or 5 months salary for a security guard. japan - check canada - check okay, which other nationalities were murdered or raped in thailand recenty? lets get some more feel-good stories out on the newswires hoping they will be picked-up by media in those countries..... I'm not sure many Canadians or Japanese read Thai newspapers. Not as many as when these fabricated and planted stories make it around the world and reach the Weird News section of your hometown's local paper, the very reason why they were created in the first place. Thailand's answer to fighting crime doesn't lie within the police force but with it's imaginary heroes. Edited May 4, 2008 by Tony Clifton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackspratt Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Not as many as when these fabricated and planted stories make it around the world and reach the Weird News section of your hometown's local paper, the very reason why they were created in the first place. Thailand's answer to fighting crime doesn't lie within the police force but with it's imaginary heroes. So does this mean the starting point, when reading any story in a Thai newspaper, is that it is/maybe "fabricated and planted"? Are we to apply the same standard when reading what a villain and crook Thaksin is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Good to see you doing your part!! okay now that have seen me, its time to put your head back up your ar$e.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitele Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Let me see....Are we to believe a Jap left 1/2 million behind, anywhere, let alone in a taxi? Hmmmmmm, No Frickin' way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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