Wednesday, February 07, 2007

NYC Cabbie Returns Bag of Diamond Rings
NEW YORK (AP) -- A taxi driver returned a black bag carrying 31 diamond rings to a passenger who earlier had given him a 30-cent tip on an $11 ride.

Hours after Osman Chowdhury dropped off the passenger, he tracked her down through a flurry of phone calls and returned the bag, which she had left in the taxi's trunk.

The unidentified woman, who said she was a jeweler, offered a $100 reward. Chowdhury accepted the money to cover the fares he lost while tracking her down.

Chowdhury, a native of Bangladesh, told the New York Daily News that he didn't so much as consider keeping the gems.

''I'm a hard worker,'' the soft-spoken cabbie said. ''I enjoy my life. I'm satisfied. I'm not going to take someone else's money or property to make me rich. I don't want it that way.''

''When I find something left in my cab, and I can return it to the owner, I feel very happy. I feel proud,'' he said.


I hope this lady feels like a real asshole...a 30 cent tip on $11? why is tipping so hard for people? Honestly. secondly $100 on a bag with 31 diamond rings in it?
How freakin' cheap can one person be?????

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