"Every occupation has good as well as bad people" says cabbie as 70,000 baht in valuables returned to Indian tourist

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"Every occupation has good as well as bad people" says cabbie as 70,000 baht in valuables returned to Indian tourist

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- An honest cabbie did his bit to try to restore the image of taxi drivers when he returned a handbag to an Indian tourist yesterday.

 

The tourist had left the cream colored bag containing 50,000 baht in Thai money, more than 23,000 rupees and other valuables including a gold necklace, reported Sanook.

 

Driver Panumart Jaranchon found the bag on the back console after he had brought an Indian lady called Preza and her husband Abhishek Kamawat, 35, to the Amari Watergate Hotel in Pratunam from Pattaya on Wednesday.

 

The couple were traced from the lady's credit card after Panumart contacted 1644 at the FM91 radio station.

 

Panumart said he always tried to do good things and, though this incident was being publicized, he tried not to shout about it.

 

In a week dominated by the attack on a Brazilian model by a taxi driver rapist he said: "Every occupation has good and bad people. When I hear about drivers doing bad things I feel terrible".

 

He was given 5,000 baht as a reward for his honesty.

 

Source: Sanook

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-04-28

[CelticBhoy]

They didn't waste much time setting this one up  . . .  

[starky]

Ah good, the reputation of cabbies has been restored in less than 48 hours of the multiple rapist being apprehended.  Good one Thai cabbies your the best. 

[PatOngo]

This must be the offset story for the fatal BKK - Tak - Pattaya story. Myself, I always enjoy BKK to Pattaya via Chiang Rai!

But never in a taxi!

[starky]

1 minute ago, PatOngo said:

This must be the offset story for the fatal BKK - Tak - Pattaya story. Myself, I always enjoy BKK to Pattaya via Chiang Rai!

But never in a taxi!

I thought it would be the offset for the model that got raped. Have to concoct another feel good cabbie story then just in case. 

[BigBadGeordie]

28 minutes ago, starky said:

Ah good, the reputation of cabbies has been restored in less than 48 hours of the multiple rapist being apprehended.  Good one Thai cabbies your the best. 

Excellent, I love a drop of sarcasm with my morning coffee.

[rkidlad]

Yes, every occupation does have good and bad people. In my occupation I had to provide a criminal check from home and from here. I've never committed any crimes so my criminal check came back clean. If it had been reported that I had committed a crime, I wouldn't have got the job.

 

This is why we do criminal checks. To lower the chances of having truly bad people in jobs. Especially jobs where you work for the public. Remind me again - what checks were done on the double rapist?

 

But 70,00 Baht returned - let's all forget this silly nonsense of bad taxi drivers until it happens again. 

[Rob13]

Like clockwork....innit. 

[Bluespunk]

That was quick. 

[Thechook]

Right on cue.  Story about taxi driver who is serial rapist and rapes Brazilian passenger and then the feel good story to make it better.  Happens every single time.

[Andrew Dwyer]

My faith has been restored !!

 

Taxiiii [emoji112]

 

[ratcatcher]

I would call you lot a bunch of cynics, but when it comes to stories about Thai taxi drivers, my god, you have every reason to be.

[Misterwhisper]

And just as many TV users predicted after yesterday's news about the raping taxi driver... there it is, the usual good samaritan taxi driver story. Amazing how foreseeable it always is.

[colinneil]

The taxi driver contacted a radio station, not the correct authorities.

Just another attention seeker.

[Wallander4]

Might think they have these stories ready to publish knowing how bad these cabbies really are 

[PremiumLane]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

"Every occupation has good as well as bad people"

Don't tell that to a lot of the TVF crowd 

[steven100]

rape one day  ....   woo ....  better do the good cabbie story 

[Naam]

3 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:

They didn't waste much time setting this one up  . . .  

not much time was wasted till Thai bashing started

[Naam]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

The taxi driver contacted a radio station, not the correct authorities.

Just another attention seeker.

contacting a radio station was more efficient than contacting any authority.

[saakura]

10 minutes ago, Naam said:

contacting a radio station was more efficient than contacting any authority.

Besides, this particular radio station (Jor Sor 100 or Traffic FM station) specialises in this and this is where anybody in thailand will contact first in such cases. Most taxis also tune to it for any updates.

[Naam]

13 minutes ago, saakura said:

25 minutes ago, Naam said:

contacting a radio station was more efficient than contacting any authority.

Besides, this particular radio station (Jor Sor 100 or Traffic FM station) specialises in this and this is where anybody in thailand will contact first in such cases. Most taxis also tune to it for any updates.

let's not disturb the Thai bashers' ignorance with facts  

[elgordo38]

4 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:

They didn't waste much time setting this one up  . . .  

You take em when and where you can get em. Its nice to root through a basket of rotten apples and come up with a good one. 

[Prbkk]

52 minutes ago, Naam said:

not much time was wasted till Thai bashing started

That's true but in the case of taxi drivers there is a compelling case for cynicism. In my experience the majority of drivers are ok....but we tend to remember those that are not, maybe one in ten or so. 

Back before meters , negotiating a fare for every single trip was a complete pain...but at least once it was done there was never any confusion, deceit or attempts at ripoffs. 

[PatOngo]

3 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

I would call you lot a bunch of cynics, but when it comes to stories about Thai taxi drivers, my god, you have every reason to be.

Who?.......Me?

[dcnx]

Right on cue.

[elgordo38]

19 minutes ago, Prbkk said:

That's true but in the case of taxi drivers there is a compelling case for cynicism. In my experience the majority of drivers are ok....but we tend to remember those that are not, maybe one in ten or so. 

Back before meters , negotiating a fare for every single trip was a complete pain...but at least once it was done there was never any confusion, deceit or attempts at ripoffs. 

You reflect back on better times but that's progress???

[sahibji]

i would like to know who gave the well deserved reward of 5K baht

[uptheos]

Is it that time of the month again already?

[Naam]

if the story was different, i.e. no cabbie coming up the resident misanthropes would be salivating "yeah right! yada-yada an Indian with cash and a gold chain. yakety-yak whom is he trying to bé-éss bla-bla?"

 

[rkidlad]

2 hours ago, PremiumLane said:

Don't tell that to a lot of the TVF crowd 

Yes, this sentiment is fine when criminal checks have been done. There's only so much you can do to check that someone is fit to be in a job. If their record and history is clean, and they then go out committing crimes after, then you can say "there are good and bad people in every occupation'.

 

What is not acceptable is not checking or ignoring someone's criminal history. Especially a two time rapist who is then entrusted to safely drive around a young woman on her own. Most readers are indignant towards the attitudes of those responsible.