Just a nice story

[overherebc]

Went down to the local corner shop tonight for a couple of cans. Climbed out the car and went inside, A young girl in working kit, looked like a builder or something tapped me on the shoulder and said, you dropped this when you got out the car and handed me me my wallet. She spoke thai but the translation was easy.

I took out 500 baht to give her as thanks and she looked very shy and said no thanks, got on her little motorbike and left.

Nice out here sometimes.

[benalibina]

There is bad and GOOD people to be found everywhere !!

[Eesat]

I have to say I find the Thais general humanity way above anything I've ever experienced anywhere!You know here that if you fall over,not that I do very often mind,nobody will laugh callously at you and someone will always give you a hand up.

Usually more than one person actually,I hate that European schadenfreude that seems endemic now to the entitlement generation.

[NomadJoe]

A few weeks ago I dropped my brand new Ninja 650's greenbook on the road somewhere in Phuket town. A Thai bloke picked it up just before torrential rain swept through, then he called the Kawasaki showroom to get my number, then called me, then met me in the pouring rain in Chalong to give me the book which was neatly wrapped in a couple of plastic bags to keep it dry. It was still in perfect condition. I was over the moon. We chatted for about 20 minutes. The guy was an out of work chef. I gave him my info and swore I would find him a job, but he never contacted me.

And once in the Philippines I left my Visa card in an ATM and a Filipino guy tracked me down all the way down the street as I was just about to discover my missing card at another ATM and returned it to me.

[Eesat]

A few weeks ago I dropped my brand new Ninja 650's greenbook on the road somewhere in Phuket town. A Thai bloke picked it up just before torrential rain swept through, then he called the Kawasaki showroom to get my number, then called me, then met me in the pouring rain in Chalong to give me the book which was neatly wrapped in a couple of plastic bags. I was over the moon. We chatted for about 20 minutes. The guy was an out of work chef. I gave him my info and swore I would find him a job, but he never contacted me.

And once in the Philippines I left my Visa card in an ATM and a Filipino guy tracked me down all the way down the street as I was just about to discover my missing card at another ATM and returned it to me.

Did you honestly not give him a reward for all his trouble,the Thai guy?

[justben]

I had a flat tyre and I was hauling a boat as well so it was a real sticky situation. This place was near nowhere and phone reception was poor. I made contact with some rescue as I had long ago lost the key for the spare tire, but no rescue wanted to go so far.

Eventually some guards from a nearby powerplant who were patroling the area showed up and asked if I needed assistance, which I accepted immediately. Within minutes they called a couple of friends of theirs, then one of them took me somewhere to buy a new [used] tire and bring it back to where the other 3 guys were looking after my boat and vehicle. I initially assumed the friends that they called were called for a job, so I let them go about their business and change my tyre in the blistering heat. I am now sure that this is a paid service.

Tire changed, car's good to go and I grab my wallet and start counting while asking how much do I owe them for this wonderful service. They looked confused and said "nah... we're just happy to help, you could have been stuck here overnight easily."

I felt terribly embarrassed that I assumed I'm paying for a service and let them get on with it so I went on insisting on giving them some money. But now they would not accept.

I'm still embarrassed.

[Long tang]

My friends visited from Korea and on the way back to mine one of them left her handbag in the taxi with a largish wad of cash, passports, credit cards, everything in. We'd all but given up on it, had gone through the process of canceling the cards and were just about to cancel the passport when we got a call from reception, the guy was downstairs with the bag! The amazing thing was that he hadnt dropped us outside the condo block, he'd dropped us at the 7/11 nearby and had spent a good deal of time asking around and describing us at a few of the other condos in the vicinity before he found us. He looked almost as releaved as we were!

What a hero.

[boosta]

I've had at least eight taxi drivers chase me down at great inconvenience to return my property, several refused any reward.

Happens all the time.

Never once back home.

[tuky]

I was on a Citilink flight from Palembang to Batam last week and I found a purse in the seat pocket in front of me.

I handed it in to the hostie who gave it back to the owner who was sitting a few seats in front of me.

The owner was one half of a grandma grandpa couple.

They didn't offer me a reward.

[kikoman]

I also left my card in an ATM, a young Thai male chased me down and handed it back to me and left, I did not offer him a reward because it all happened so fast.

It was nice hearing good stories about Thailand, for a change, thanks OP.

Cheers:

[Chittychangchang]

I lost my card in a ATM in Phetchabun after a 12 hour drive mostly due to tiredness and forgetting my card.

Next day returned and asked a police man about my situation saying i had no money, how do i get my card back etc

The police man pulled out his wallet and tried to give me 200bht.

I thanked him for his generosity but declined.

True story!

CCC

[tuky]

I left my laptop case including laptop and personal effects in the boot of a taxi in Adelaide a few months ago. Luckily I was on a business trip so I had kept the receipt with the drivers number on it.

I called the taxi company and about 30 minutes later the taxi dropped all my stuff off at the hotel.

I was expecting to pay a "taxi fare" for his trip back to the hotel but all he wanted was a thank you.

That was a nice ending.

[martynsnowmans]

I've had at least eight taxi drivers chase me down at great inconvenience to return my property, several refused any reward.

Happens all the time.

Never once back home.

your mother should stop letting you go out to play alone , should take a grown up with you ......

[tuky]

Nice follow up marty

[Jasun]

My sister had her purse handed back to her at JJ market and she gave the person a 100 baht reward. 15 minutes later we saw the same nice person handing back someone else's purse.

[TheSpade]

My sister had her purse handed back to her at JJ market and she gave the person a 100 baht reward. 15 minutes later we saw the same nice person handing back someone else's purse.

So she was stealing purses then handing them back for a reward??

[NomadJoe]

A few weeks ago I dropped my brand new Ninja 650's greenbook on the road somewhere in Phuket town. A Thai bloke picked it up just before torrential rain swept through, then he called the Kawasaki showroom to get my number, then called me, then met me in the pouring rain in Chalong to give me the book which was neatly wrapped in a couple of plastic bags. I was over the moon. We chatted for about 20 minutes. The guy was an out of work chef. I gave him my info and swore I would find him a job, but he never contacted me.

And once in the Philippines I left my Visa card in an ATM and a Filipino guy tracked me down all the way down the street as I was just about to discover my missing card at another ATM and returned it to me.

Did you honestly not give him a reward for all his trouble,the Thai guy?

I honestly felt like that would be insulting to him. It would be to me if someone tried to pay me for something like that. But seperate to that, Thai's believe they make merit with things like that. But if they expect and get money then they make no merit.

[lovelaos]

An overweight farang in a singha vest dropped a large amount of money in a bank in Nong Khai and my Mrs went over pointed it out to him. He didn't even say thank you

[barrybankruad]

A couple of years ago my wife inadvertently left her bag in a local bank. She did not realise she had done this until a woman came running after her with the bag. She had gone at least 200 yards from the bank. Inside the bag was a fair quantity of gold that had been left with my wife for 'safe keeping 555'. The woman who returned the bag (together with the gold) came from the next village and was known to my wife. About six months later this woman got married. At that time we kept pigs so instead of the usual envelope with a couple of hundred baht, we presented the bride with a large boar. Much appreciated it was too. Can't remember exactly how much gold, but it was several tens of thousand baht worth.

[Jasun]

My sister had her purse handed back to her at JJ market and she gave the person a 100 baht reward. 15 minutes later we saw the same nice person handing back someone else's purse.

So she was stealing purses then handing them back for a reward??

I think so. It seemed too much of a coincidence. Although there was a lot more in the purse than 100 baht.

[boosta]

Wow, way to make a living without acquiring (much) bad karma.

In fact you're teaching people to be more careful with their belongings, providing a valuable service.

Like white-hat hacking. . .

[boosta]

I honestly felt like that would be insulting to him. It would be to me if someone tried to pay me for something like that. But seperate to that, Thai's believe they make merit with things like that. But if they expect and get money then they make no merit.

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Should offer anyway, large enough that it's not an insult, corresponding to his effort and the value of the favor.

You don't know maybe he's in a bad spot financially and would swallow his pride and take it.

I know I'm not in a position to refuse anything offered to me these days, wouldn't be responsible given hungry mouths to feed.