# An honest cabbie **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-honest-cabbie/654480 "2013-04-01T00:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-honest-cabbie/654480/1 "2013-04-01T00:54:17Z")
I just gotta tell this story. About three weeks ago, my wife and I took a taxi to the local train station. I paid the guy about $20 plus a $5 tip. Last night, our doorbell rang and there was a taxi in the driveway and who turned out to be the driver at the door. He asked if it is was I who went to the train station three weeks ago. When I admitted it was, he took out a $20 bill and said that two of these brand new plastic Canadian twenties had stuck together and he was returning the money. I stared at him in disbelief. He said the money didn’t belong to him and he had to return it. On his own time and with his own gas, I might add. When I was able to close my jaws, I told him that such honesty had to be rewarded and he should think of it as a gift. It was his turn to be incredulous, but he said that he felt it did belong to him. We shook hands and wished each other a good evening. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-honest-cabbie/654480/2 "2013-04-01T01:40:45Z")
Well, good on you both! ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-honest-cabbie/654480/3 "2013-04-01T01:46:41Z")
Awesome. Both of you. ps- I’m guessing you’ll be checking that Canadian plastic cash a little more carefully from now on 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-honest-cabbie/654480/4 "2013-04-01T12:57:03Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Awesome. Both of you. > > ps- I’m guessing you’ll be checking that Canadian plastic cash a little more carefully from now on 😛 I sure will. Sorry, I meant to put this in the MPSIMS, but must have clicked on the wrong button. No harm done. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-honest-cabbie/654480/5 "2013-04-02T00:50:01Z")
It’s refreshing when someone does the right thing, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-honest-cabbie/654480/6 "2013-04-02T01:02:43Z")
Great story! Would you be able to contact his cab company to commend him? ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-honest-cabbie/654480/7 "2013-04-02T01:36:50Z")
I’ve had several instances of cabbies going out of their way to return lost property. Some people do believe in karma. In turn, I and my family have returned a number of cell phones and wallets with cash that we have found either in cabs or on the street. We have also had a couple such items returned to us. I guess we believe in karma. I’m not going to mess with it for a few unearned bucks.