A morning with a motorcycle taxi driver
I pop on the back of the moped with my ipod sounding out the traffic around me and ask him to take me to my Laundry shop. When he dropped me off I realised I forgot my money so I asked him to return me back to my apartment and I’d run up to my room to fetch the money.
On the way back he u-tuned to early on a major road and the police pulled him to one side. After a hand shake we were off again. I asked him how much we had to pay and he said 400B, but he only had 100B and that was enough.
He kept on apologizing to me, like he had caused me some inconvenience. After we returned to my apartment I gave him a 1,000B note instead of the 80B fare and said “Good luck brother” in Thai. You should have seen his face, it was like a fat boy receiving a huge pile of cakes. After looking surprised and happy, he then looked sad and was about to cry. He gave me a big Wai as a sign of respect.
Considering the minimum wage in Bangkok 191B per day, sometimes I do like to give 1,000B tips to watch their facial expressions change dramatically.
The comment about the fat kid really made me laugh and reminded me of that saying ‘i love you more then a fat kid loves cake’ think its from a Biggie tune could be wrong tho! lol
Did make me laugh!!!
I think that was a special thing you did Chris and I doubt that even with time he will ever forget the day that a kind English guy made his life easier for a while. could you imagine being a fly on the wall as he walked into his home and told his wife !!!
It’s just a shame that more English people don’t have the same kind of heart as you when they travel.
Your actions have really made me smile !
Thanks for the kind words Beth.
Most working people in the west make this in an hour, whereas an average motobike taxi driver makes this in 3 days. I strongly belive in sharing, something Thai’s do every day… they just don’t have much to share which is a shame.