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Bengali Cabbie Returns $21000+ to Owners

Sakujo

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8455897.stm

Aww this cheered me up. :smile:

Reply 1

NoHands

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A bit like the guy with the violin in london.

Reply 2

a_t

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If it was me I'd have kept it

Reply 3

CombineHarvester

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This always happens. I remember reading two other stories previously where Bengali NY cab drivers returned money, suitcases, necklaces etc. back to their owner and rejecting a reward for it. I think it's because something like over 95% of NY taxis have Bengali/Indian/Pakistani drivers.

Edit: the $500k diamond rings driver was better.

Reply 4

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

silly silly man

Ohhh, that cheered me up. :h:

Reply 6

Who2004uk

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I'd like to make this point:

Why 'Bengali' cabbie? I've seen people been shot down for posting anything negative which includes mentioning peoples race, religion etc.

Surely just, 'Cabbie' would suffice?

Reply 7

xSkyFire

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Mr Asadujjaman was offered a reward, but he turned it down saying that as a devout Muslim he could not accept it.

I guess he thought Allah was watching him, who said religion was bad?

Reply 8

CombineHarvester

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Who2004uk

I'd like to make this point:

Why 'Bengali' cabbie? I've seen people been shot down for posting anything negative which includes mentioning peoples race, religion etc.

Surely just, 'Cabbie' would suffice?

It was in the title of the BBC article. I don't know why they put it tbh, maybe because there's few Bengalis in New York?

Reply 9

Sakujo

OP

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Who2004uk

I'd like to make this point:

Why 'Bengali' cabbie? I've seen people been shot down for posting anything negative which includes mentioning peoples race, religion etc.

Surely just, 'Cabbie' would suffice?

Because lots of newspapers print negative titles with the race in question so why not positive.

Reply 10

Sakujo

OP

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CombineHarvester

Edit: the $500k diamond rings driver was better.

This guy travelled a fair bit as well.

wow

good on him!

Who2004uk

I'd like to make this point:

Why 'Bengali' cabbie? I've seen people been shot down for posting anything negative which includes mentioning peoples race, religion etc.

Surely just, 'Cabbie' would suffice?

That's a fair point tbh, if inclusion of race has negative connotations, then the TSR generalisation posse come out of nowhere to cry about it for the good proportion of the thread, but if it's positive, then it's all good :h:

Reply 13

CombineHarvester

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Sakujo

This guy travelled a fair bit as well.

Yes that's true but $500,000 :eek:

Reply 14

Wesssty

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I'd have bought 1000's of tonnes of polystyrene, put it in a box a couple hundered metres high, leave a dollar at the bottom, then drop it off at their house. (With a magic heavy-duty cab, of course)

Reply 15

Corrosive Blossom

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xSkyFire

Mr Asadujjaman was offered a reward, but he turned it down saying that as a devout Muslim he could not accept it.

I guess he thought Allah was watching him, who said religion was bad?