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02-08-2007, 12:28 PM
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished...
that handsome "reward" for the honest cabbie...   NYC Cabbie Returns Bag of Diamond Rings By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press WriterWed Feb 7, 11:43 PM ET Never 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.
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02-08-2007, 12:44 PM
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Cant say I would have done the same
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02-08-2007, 03:36 PM
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...30cent tip you have diamonds in the case and u give the guy change?
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02-08-2007, 05:12 PM
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Jus last night, as we pulled up on our street, my wife noticed what looked like a wallet and papers on the street. I got out of the car and noticed several credit cards, business cards, money (20, 5, 1), drivers license, and a small address book. I picked them up look up the name and called his cell - it was a gentleman that lives a few blocks from me. He came over and I returned the wallet. He offered $20.00 but we refused to take it. He was extremely happy, considereing that the next day he was going out of town on vacation.
I just figured that if I lost my wallet, I would appreciate if someone returns it!
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02-08-2007, 05:39 PM
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Quote:
 Last time I was in Cancun, I saw several pesos washing up on the shore and then found a wallet floating by as I was snorkeling. It had ID in it, so I compared the beachgoers to the photo and found the owner, who was a Mexican tourist from Guadalajara. He said thank you, but not even a hint of a reward, and I recovered about $3000 pesos that would have been fish food! 
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