Ms DD Posted February 8, 2007 NYC Cabbie Returns Bag Of Diamond Rings From Associated Press February 07, 2007 11:42 AM EST NEW YORK - 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. http://enews.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20070207/45c95cd0_3ca6_1552620070207728245559 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pujah Posted February 8, 2007 Good for him. I would have kept it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Intuition Posted February 8, 2007 LoL Pujaa I always knew you were a tuug. Masha'Allah decent fella. Whats sad is down here Somali cabbies are forever giving away mobile phone they find in their back seats to family member's and "shukani" partners. A known fact...you need a telefoon niin tegselo shukanso lol. Imagine what they would do with a bag full of jewels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-Nomadique- Posted February 8, 2007 ^LOL, Have more faith in our hardworking taxi drivers then that my friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar Posted February 9, 2007 A Soomaali once found in his taksi a wallet full of credit cards and other valuables owned by a Toronto Raptors star player called Alvin Williams. Since he knew the player and ka wada hadleen the game, wuu u celiye. How the player appreciated. Imagine maxing out a credit card owned by a millionaire. This poor Koronto Soomaali lady who went to xajka and also took her set of dahab to Sacuudiya this year to substitute that set, left a bag full of that dahab taksigii ugu horeeye ee raacday. She is still waiting in loo soo celiyo and came back empty-handed, bilaa dahab la'aan, save few bulkaati ee soo gadatay to save her grace. Awalba iimaanlaawe ee ahayd. Maxaa dahab laga soo badalaa, of course, than to flaunt other caashooyin inta joogo, who will in turn force poor jaamacyaal to buy them another set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Som@li Posted February 9, 2007 tagsilayaal badan oo daacad ah baa jirta. Would you believe some pple go to the Hajj to rob pple and make money, each year thousands are cought :eek: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pujah Posted February 9, 2007 Awalba iimaanlaawe ee ahayd. Maxaa dahab laga soo badalaa, of course, than to flaunt other caashooyin inta joogo, who will in turn force poor jaamacyaal to buy them another set. Dahabka waalla badalaa MMA cuz it goes out of style. No need to buy new set when you have dozen other sets you just go and exchange it for different design. I know a lot of people that go to Dubai every year just for that and to go ga ga over the new gold. And of course most of them forget to pay zaka on all these gold they’ve accumulated over the years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar Posted February 11, 2007 Buuja, gabdhihiina yaab ayaa leedihiin runtii. Dahab, kabo iyo boorso, siiba kuwa Galbeedka joogo, goormaa ka neefsan doontiin. Waaba ku qafiifteen. My friend's sister ayaan aad ula yaabi jiray inta joog ee kabo qabi jirtay, and my estimation puts more than 20 pairs of shoes -- she had a whole closet dedicated to kabaheeda. Waxaas waa kadareey nooh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunguri Posted February 11, 2007 Daacadi Ma Hungowdo Im sorry, but this proverb is not applicable on such situations. Well, I for one agree with Puja, that the guy should not return nothing to that lady !! Wallee waa halkii Arraweelo (Wadkeed korisooy waq waq makaa yeedhay ) Hada saaxiibkan Bangaaliga ah ( Wadkii koriyoow waq waq makaa yeedhay ) Kiish Diamond ah ayaa 100$ laga siiyey loooool. Im very much sure, that all of us in this thread would have 2wice or more than a number of days think about returning those diamond rings to the owner !! Anigu runtan sheegayaa waaba iska kululaysan lahaa xoolaha loool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
