{"id":2087,"date":"2007-02-07T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/02\/honest_cabbie_as_hero_myth.html"},"modified":"2007-02-07T09:30:07","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T17:30:07","slug":"honest_cabbie_a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/02\/honest_cabbie_a.html","title":{"rendered":"Honest Cabbie As Hero Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know what you should feel more embarrassed about — that you left 31 expensive diamond rings in a cab or that you left 31 expensive diamond rings in a cab and you only tipped the driver 30 cents<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Chowdhury Osman is one gem of a cabbie.
\nNot only did the Queens taxi driver graciously accept a passenger’s 30-cent tip on a nearly $11 ride, but hours later he tracked her down and returned the black travel bag she left in the cab’s trunk.<\/p>\n

It contained two small display cases with 31 diamond rings tucked inside.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

The woman, who said she was a jeweler, wanted to give Osman, an emigrant from Bangladesh, a handsome reward. He grudgingly accepted $100 as compensation for the income he didn’t make picking up passengers because he was on his mission to do the right thing.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

Osman drove the jeweler from the Hilton New York to an E. 35th St. apartment building Monday night. The fare was $10.70. She gave him a $20 and asked for $9 back.<\/p>\n

He took the three-dime tip in stride.<\/p>\n

You never know what’s in people’s minds or purses, he said, explaining his thinking. They might be distracted. They might be broke. Besides, most passengers tip well, he said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t know what you should feel more embarrassed about — that you left 31 expensive diamond rings in a cab or that you left 31 expensive diamond rings in a cab and you only tipped the driver 30 cents: Chowdhury Osman is one gem of a cabbie. Not only did the Queens taxi driver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-see_the_thing_is_was"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}