cookie6 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Would you have returned the diamonds???http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_fe_st/honest_cabbie&printer=1;_ylt=AvO7c9r_pO3cc.U13L0WqFsuQE4FNever mind diamonds- a New York cabbie was a Texas girl's best friend. The driver returned 31 diamond rings he found in his cab after dropping off the passenger, who had left him with a 30-cent tip on a $10.70 fare."All my life, I tried to be honest," said Osman Chowdhury, a native of Bangladesh. "Today is no different."But the 41-year-old cabbie from Queens did have a message: "I'm proud of what I did so that people know New York taxi drivers are honest."What he did started on Monday evening, when he picked up the woman at a hotel in midtown Manhattan and drove her to an apartment building several blocks away. She gave him $20 to pay the fare and asked for $9 back.Hours later, at about 10 p.m., three other passengers with luggage discovered the woman's suitcase when Chowdhury popped the trunk open for them.Chowdhury first drove to the building where he had dropped off the woman. But he had no idea in which of the many apartments she might be and didn't want to cause a disruption by knocking on doors.He took the suitcase to the Manhattan headquarters of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a drivers' advocacy group to which he belongs. He and the alliance president looked inside and found two display cases with 31 diamond rings inside."I saw flashing, and I said, 'Oh my God! Diamonds!'" Chowdhury recalled. "I was shocked. I was trembling."They also found a small luggage tag with a Texas telephone number they called — the home of the woman's mother in Dallas. Meanwhile, she called the number, too.The woman, who said she was a jeweler, got back the gems on Monday when she arrived at the alliance office around midnight — incredulous at her luck. She offered Chowdhury a reward — a check for $100."I cannot take a penny for being honest," he said, but he reluctantly accepted the money to cover the fares he lost while trying to track her down.He said it never occurred to him to keep the diamonds."I'm not going to take someone else's money or property to make me rich. I don't want it that way," said the soft-spoken cabbie, who was a contractor in Bangladesh until he came to the United States 15 years ago.He does not own a cab but rents one."I enjoy my life. I'm satisfied," said Chowdhury, who is single.He didn't even mind the meager tip."I think some people might be broke," he said. "Or they're distracted."The woman from Dallas asked that her name not be made public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie6 Posted February 8 Author Report Share Posted February 8 a $100 reward...thats bullshit.And she gave him a $.30 tip when she had 31 friggin diamonds in her bag? ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 LMAO...she offered him a check for $100 as a reward... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZE Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 What a cheap bitch. 30 cent tip?And you know if this mofo opened the suitcase BEFORE he brought it to the agency, we wouldn't be reading this story.The whole time I was reading it, I could hear his accent in my head, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 $100?He saved her ass even after this broad left him a lousy $.30 tip.. and she gives him $100.I hope she gets hit by bus... She should have left him at least a grand IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 but he didnt take the $100... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZE Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 but he didnt take the $100..."I cannot take a penny for being honest," he said, but he reluctantly accepted the money to cover the fares he lost while trying to track her down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 This is why Bagladesh is so poor! Fuckers don't know an opportunity when it gets left in their cab trunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 ahhh...would help if i read every word huh? thanx for jumping right on that tho haze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 but he didnt take the $100...oh well then fuck it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 This is why Bagladesh is so poor! Fuckers don't know an opportunity when it gets left in their cab trunk.what is bagladesh??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 oh well then fuck it.nah...i didnt read the whole part...haze pointed it out...my bizzad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 what is bagladesh???Are you seriously giving me grief over one missing n? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Are you seriously giving me grief over one missing n?maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 maybe...MORE COWBELL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.