Internet hearts were warmed one degree by the weekend story of a Malaysian Grab driver going above and beyond the call of duty to return a passenger’s lost wallet.
Singaporean Carney Mak had taken a Grab while in Johor Baru, Malaysia on Saturday evening, and had inadvertently left his wallet — containing SG$250 (RM757/US$185) — inside the car. Later realizing he had misplaced it; he used the Grab app to notify the driver that he had left an item inside his car.
Sateesh Karuppusamy was on a family holiday in Melaka over the weekend when he received the message. He told Singapore’s Straits Times that he was doubtful that he would find the wallet, as he had carried several passengers after Carney, and was not sure he would find the Prada wallet in his car. However, when he went to check, he found it lying on the floor in the backseat, with all of the cash still inside.
Contacting Carney, Sateesh told him that he would return his wallet the following day, which the Singaporean took to mean Monday. Much to his surprise, however, Sateesh cut his holiday short in Melaka to reunite Carney with his wallet on Sunday.
Shocked that someone would sacrifice his own leisure time with his wife and kids to return a lost item, Carney took to Facebook and posted the story to the group JB Tracer: Johor Bahru Traffic, Crime & Community Service, where it has since gone viral, racking up thousands of likes.
Explaining that he was just doing what anyone should do, Sateesh noted that he too has been the victim of a lost item, and knows how stressful it can be.
“I used to work in Singapore and had lost my mobile in Ang Mo Kio. A man answered the phone when I called it and despite my pleas and even offer to pay him to return my mobile, he refused,” Sateesh lamented.
“He switched the phone off and I never heard from him again.”
Both Carney and Grab have since given the driver a token of their appreciation, with the app adding that they applauded and thanked Sateesh for “his hard work and passion in over-serving his passenger as a Grab driver-partner.”
And there you have it, y’all, all’s well that ends well. Turns out people aren’t nearly as trashy as we’re often led to believe they are. Actually, some are kinda great.
