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  • Thai Businessman: Forever Indebted To SMRT Taxi Driver Who Returned My $235,000

    Thai Businessman: Forever Indebted To SMRT Taxi Driver Who Returned My $235,000

    SMRT SHB1881L taxi uncle returns $235,500.00 to Thai businessman who left them in his taxi. Read what Mr Chukamon Khammat wrote to us which we reproduced every single grateful word that comes from his heart:

    “I boarded this SMRT TAXI SHB1881L at clarke quay about 4am after a drinking seesions with some of my business partners and i am kind of drunk at that point of time. And has told the driver to go to Marina Bay Sand Tower 1 where i am staying currently. I safely reached but i forgotten my laptop bag,i immediately turns sober because that bag contains of CASH S$235,500.00 in it.

    This money is given to me by investors in singapore for a business plans carried out in thailand. And i suppose to be remitting it today morning. My worries of my consequence of losing this money lead me to a breakdown and i cried in a totally lost manner in my suites.

    My wife woke up in a shock as she sees me breakdowns.Upon knowing what happen she says gone…surely we need to bear this sum of money and we are dead because SGD $235k converted to thai baht is 6 million over . i suddenly say i think i go down to the taxi lobby to see if the taxi driver will deliver back the bag of mine..and my wife screamed at me saying “dun waste your time,its $235000 and not $23.50 ,if you are the driver will you return back the bag to the owner?” I kept quiet without a word but duno why my feeling tells me that i must go to the lobby to lookout for the taxi . But the problem i facing is actually i dun even remember the taxi number as i am totally drunk just now.

    So my wife seeing the deep shit i have caused she got no choice but to followed me down to the lobby in a mindset that i am obviously wasting my time coming down to the lobby and i should think of alternative ways to raise this sum and we even think of mortgage our house at thailand and even sell off all our assets. But when the lift door open upon reaching lobby i saw a man coming in from the glass door panting and anxious going towards the reception and actually i dun recognise him but i recognise what he is holding onto. Its my laptop bag!

    And i and my wife ran towards him and shouting for him and when he saw me he took a deep breath and says thank god…i found you sir…..at that time about nearly 5.00am we are like making a commotion in the lobby. I asked my wife bring up the bag and i urged the exinct kind hearted driver to wait as i need to buy him a drink and offer my appreciation .But we ended up with a short chat in my suites .the driver did not request for any monetary but only asked if i could give him a ice cold mineral water and my wife immediately get it from the hotel bar fridge.and i offered him $1000.00 cash for appreciation of returning this money .because seriously i ask myself if is me i found this money i dun think i will give back too.

    And furthermore i get to know from this driver that he just started driving taxi and was a bankrupt in 2014 ,he starts all over from scratch of what he lost and is repaying his debts , this makes me more surprised because if i were him,i found this big sum of money i can start afresh and repay my debts..but the driver replies of why he comes back searching for me is because,he says he intends to go home after dropping me and he has drove off going towards petrol kiosk before going back home but upon reaching he saw a bag at the passenger seat and he said he immediate open the bag hoping to have my particulars so that he can returned to HOTEL to me.but he said he was shocked when he saw the whole bag cash and first thinking is that oh dear this man will surely goes mad if he lose this bag of cash.and even cost life..so he immediately rush to MBS hoping to get the hotel help by asking mbs staff can trace the cctv footage of the guest just now.

    I am sincerely grateful and other than being thankful i duno what to say to this kind soul.so i hope i can make everyone knows and can learn from this driver kind deeds. And indeed there is still kind soul in this world.i am sure this driver will surely make a comeback after he earns and repays all his debt. Because his heart is Righteous and his failures previously is also a framed up and trusted too much on business partners.sorry if my english isnt so good you guys may help me rephrased the story.thanks.”

    sincerely

    Chukamon Khammat

     

    Source: Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road

  • ComfortDelgro Sacks Cabby For Reckless Driving After Viral Video Shows Him Reversing Into Parked Car

    ComfortDelgro Sacks Cabby For Reckless Driving After Viral Video Shows Him Reversing Into Parked Car

    Taxi operator ComfortDelgro has sacked a taxi driver after a video that showed him reversing into a parked car at a Redhill carpark was circulated online. In a statement to The Straits Times on Tuesday (April 5), ComfortDelgro’s group corporate communications officer Tammy Tan said: “For driving recklessly, we have terminated the hiring agreement of the cabby.”

    Ms Tan added that the incident had occurred at around noon on March 26. The video, which shows a yellow CityCab taxi reversing at considerable speed into a stationary car, was first uploaded by Facebook user Evon Lim on Monday (April 4) evening. It has since chalked up more than 13,000 shares, with local community groups Beh Chia Lor, Road.sg and Singapore Reckless Drivers also posting the video on their respective Facebook pages.

    In the video, the impact of the crash was seen lifting the parked car partially off the ground, badly denting its left door in the process. The taxi then drove off immediately. The cabby’s “hit-and run” actions based on the video were criticised by the majority of social media users, who blasted him for shirking responsibility.

    But Ms Tan clarified that the cabby stopped his taxi further down the road before returning to the scene of the incident to pass his particulars to a shop owner who knew the car’s owner. “That was not captured in the footage,” she said.

    “We are thankful that no one was injured in this incident and are assisting the owner of the parked vehicle with all repairs.”

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Man Attacks Cabby, Ran Away Without Paying Cab Fare

    Man Attacks Cabby, Ran Away Without Paying Cab Fare

    Pls Help Me Spread Around..

    Tis Man Took A Cab Tis Morning.. The Taxi Driver Alr said tat the nets machine is down & only accept cash.. Upon reaching he not satisfied when the driver told him tat to pay by cash..

    So the two girls with him said ok send her to the nearest atm machine he suddenly being so violent.. Traffic turn red light, He smack driver head rest & he went out from the taxi ask the taxi driver to go out from the taxi but unfortunately the driver nvr went out & he broke the side mirror..

    The driver just wind down the window,

    The worst part he punch the driver head & the driver black out for a while.. The driver said he want to call police but this guy ran away wo paying the fare also..

    Taxi Attack 2

    Currently in under police investigation & driver currently at hospital for check up coz his head is spinning badly..

    The case happen at Hotel 81 Lavender around 7.20am.. Thanks for sharing guys..

     

    Source: Nur Roslan

  • Drunk Man Crosses Busy ECP To Hail Taxi

    Drunk Man Crosses Busy ECP To Hail Taxi

    A man was spotted walking in the middle of the expressway near Parc Codominum at around 10.30 pm yesterday (Oct 18).

    According to Stomper Joel, the man had earlier tried to flag a cab but had did not have any success getting one.

    He then decided to try a more drastic approach and walked in the middle of the expressway to get their attention.

    In a phone interview with Stomp, Joel said:

    “The man appeared to be drunk. He couldn’t walk properly.

    “He was just walking across the road and the motorists honked at him but he didn’t care.

    “He even raised his arm out to one of them and the cars had to swerve around him.

    “It’s very dangerous behaviour.”

     

    Source: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg

     

     

  • Taken For A Ride But Taxi Passenger Reacts In Cool, Gracious Manner

    Taken For A Ride But Taxi Passenger Reacts In Cool, Gracious Manner

    A video of a male passenger chastising a taxi driver in a non-confrontational manner for allegedly taking a longer route to earn a bigger fare, has gone viral.

    In the 1  1/2-minute video clip, which was posted by Mr Syed Hyder on his Facebook page on Sunday (Sept 27) afternoon, Mr Hyder is seen filming himself while speaking to the driver.

    It has since chalked up more than 70,000 views and over 1,800 shares.

    The video starts with Mr Hyder calling out the unidentified male driver on taking an unusual route. He had told the driver to take the “fastest way possible” to Bugis but was puzzled over why he had chosen a longer route through the Marina Coastal Expressway instead of the straightforward one via Hill Street.

    The driver can be heard replying “this one is more smooth”. Mr Hyder then urged the driver to be honest and to not do it again, even though he was willing to pay the full fare (which amounted to about $14).

    The 30-year-old, who declined to give his occupation, told The Straits Times that he boarded the taxi near Singapore General Hospital in Outram at around 1pm on Sunday.

    “I was actually quite angry that I was being taken for a ride, but instead of letting it ruin my day I decided to film a video – just for laughs – to show my friends as I was sure they had come across similar situations before,” he said.

    “Honestly, I was shocked that so many people ended up watching the video.”

    The clip was also shared on the Facebook page of citizen news site All Singapore Stuff, which praised Mr Hyder for teaching the driver a lesson in a “gracious and gentlemanly manner”.

    But it also attracted several negative comments from netizens, who criticised Mr Hyder for being an “attention seeker”.

    He clarified that he did not have any ill intentions, and said he chose not to disclose the driver’s name or the taxi company as he did not want to get anyone into trouble.

    He also revealed in a follow-up comment to his original Facebook post that the taxi driver apologised to him when he alighted at his destination.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com