A taxi passenger shared how he absent-mindedly left his mobile phone, along with his credit cards and IC inside a taxi.
He shared that he was chatting with the taxi uncle and learned that the driver was having a hard time making money due to the pandemic and the recent Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) measures.
He was trying to cheer up the uncle and overshot his destination by about 25m.
After alighting, he then realised that he left his valuables behind and panicked because he didn’t know the taxi’s license plate number.
He the called his own mobile phone but there was no answer.
He even went back to the taxi stand where he boarded the taxi to try to look for the driver but couldn’t find him.
Desperate and devastated, he returned home only to find an old man appearing at his doorstep with his mobile phone and valuables (all intact).
He then thanked the driver and gave him all the cash inside his wallet ($100).
He shared that the uncle was uneducated, thus he didn’t know how to operate the smart phone; but he took the trouble to return the phone to him.
The passenger was really touched and appealed to the public to give him a little tip if they ever board his taxi, SHD 2047L.
Well done uncle!
Image source: Rex Woon via ROADS.sg on Facebook