Pork Vendor Returns Lost Wallet With 200,000 Thb

[Rimmer]

Pork Vendor Returns Lost Wallet With 200,000 THB

A sour pork vendor found a wallet containing almost 200,000 THB in cash and a cashier’s check, which he returned to the grateful owner. The police will present an Outstanding Citizen certificate to the unusually honest Pattaya vendor.

PATTAYA – April 8, 2013 [PDN]; at 4 p.m., a lost wallet was ceremoniously returned to its owner at at Sophon Cable TV Co., Ltd. Pattaya, Chonburi province. The man who found the wallet was identified as Mr. Thaveesak Phanwilai, age 43, whose occupation is making sour pork to deliver all over Pattaya. He has a shop named Khamlah.

Mr. Thaveesak found the lost wallet at the Nong Yai railway intersection. After he picked up the wallet, he brought it back to his home and opened to see inside the wallet with his wife. They discovered the wallet contained more than 90,000 THB in cash, and a cashier’s check for 106,000 THB.

Mr. Thaveesak immediately thought to return the wallet to its owner, and coordinated with Sophon Cable TV Co., Ltd. for help in announcing to locate the owner of wallet.
Full story:http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2013/04/09/pork-vendor-returns-lost-wallet-with-200000-thb/

--PATTAYA DAILY NEWS 2014-04-09

[Xonax]

The last honest family in Thailand? At least longer and longer between you hear about these stories.

[Suradit69]

The last honest family in Thailand? At least longer and longer between you hear about these stories.

Just amazing that you've managed to come up with this conclusion based on the frequency of newspaper or TV reports of people returning bags of cash.

[technologybytes]

I dropped my wallet containing about 18,000 baht once whilst washing my hands in a public toilet. I was half way up the road when a Thai man in his late 20's came running after me with my wallet in his hand. He wouldn't take a tip for giving it back either.

There are good and bad, honest and dishonest in any society. In my opinion, most Thai people are decent and basically honest.

[Fullstop]

And good karma is probably going to pay him back with a boost to his business. Good luck to him.

[Wat dee]

The last honest family in Thailand? At least longer and longer between you hear about these stories.

When is the last time you heard similar story from your country of origin??

[how241]

And good karma is probably going to pay him back with a boost to his business. Good luck to him.

+1

[spud67]

Well done Mr. Thaveesak

[fakename]

I wonder how many farangs would have given it back, especially to a Thai.

[BradinAsia]

The last honest family in Thailand? At least longer and longer between you hear about these stories.

What a totally unreasonable and biased sentiment.

But, maybe a sour outlook like this could save a lot of money not having to buy vinegar...

[Chua]

I dropped my wallet containing about 18,000 baht once whilst washing my hands in a public toilet. I was half way up the road when a Thai man in his late 20's came running after me with my wallet in his hand. He wouldn't take a tip for giving it back either.

There are good and bad, honest and dishonest in any society. In my opinion, most Thai people are decent and basically honest.

This is so true.

Many people find it easy to always be negative, sarcastic and cynical. Yet the fact is that numerous good deeds happen all around us, every day, and go completely unreported. Its only because of the *media* that we are made aware of bad/negative news.

You will find you are a much more grounded, reality-based, and happy person when you pay attention to the real world you know through DIRECT experience only, and disregard here-say (I heard from a friend or a friend of friend), online gossip, broadcast or web "news" (sensationalism gossip sponsored by corporations), or any other second/third hand "sources".

[Phronesis]

All I can say on this one is that the owner of the wallet was DAMN lucky it wasn't handed into the police...

[mikebell]

Good job he didn't hand it in to the police!

[BoonToong]

The last honest family in Thailand? At least longer and longer between you hear about these stories.

Not my observation and certainly not my experience. Just a couple of weeks ago I dropped 200 Bht at a BTS station and a lady gave it back to me. Not a lot, I know, but a very honest action. My perception is that Thai people, generally, are this way.

[LisuLover]

I left my hand luggage on the back seat of a meter taxi as I got out at Survanabhumi once. Bangkok Airways kindly rang my mobile phone, which was in the lost bag, as a result the taxi driver brought the bag back to me about 40 minutes later and I tipped him 500 Baht. Fantastic I thought, sadly on closer inspection, my reading glasses were gone. However, I was delighted to get my passport back and have learnt my lesson (until the next time I do it).

[djvolak]

And good karma is probably going to pay him back with a boost to his business. Good luck to him.

+1

And 1 here too

[Yahooka]

"A sour pork vendor".........lucky it wasn`t one of the "sweet pork vendors",they usually never return items they find !!

Kudos for the honest sour pork vendor,though..........I seriously hope he and his family will prosper .

Edited April 9, 2013 by Yahooka

[ronrat]

A mototaxi rider found my wallet last year in Soi 8 Pattaya and I got it all back the next with 10000 baht in cash and my credit card etc. ll he accepted was a small toy koala for his newborn granddaughter and a few baby clothes I had brought over to donate to charity. And a coke.

[belg]

good man, maybe little stupid

but good he did not go to police... or they might have found the cashier check

and the rest gone up in smoke( s )