Honesty is NOT dead after all.

Yesterday, a very good friend of mine, who is currently in Singapore, came to KL with her sister for a short weekend break. They flew in and, on my advice, took a KLIA Airport Taxi to come to our place. They arrived at our doorstep at 10.35pm in a state of some panic - as my friend stepped out of the cab, it seemed that her wallet had fallen out of her handbag, and she had not noticed it until they were in the lift coming up to our apartment. The money in the wallet wasn't the issue - it was her 2 credit cards (one expiring in 2 months, and the replacement for it), her ATM card AND (worst of all) her Singapore PR card.

Luckily, she still had the little Taxi Stub on which they write the taxi number and which gave a 1-300 number to call.... so I called the number and they immediately told me to call their Lost and Found dept at +603-87873678, which I did. It took several attempts to get through and 20 minutes had passed by the time I got through and spoke to a lady called Linda and explained the situation to her and gave her the taxi number. She promised to call me back as soon as possible... so I hung up and we waited with bated breath.

Five minutes later I spoke to her again (yes, I called HER - my impatience rearing up!), and she said that she had spoken to the driver and he had said that since he was already on the highway, where you cant simply pull up at the side of the road, he had to find somewhere safe to stop before he could check. She was just waiting for him to call her as soon as he could do that. So... back to waiting again.

Would you believe, in another FIVE minutes, she called back to say YES, the wallet was in his car and he had it with him. She also explained that if he turned around and came back immediately, it was company policy that we must pay for another ticket (ie, another RM66.60 which was the the cost of the ride from KLIA to Mont'Kiara). Of course, as you can imagine, we were more than ready to pay that and more!!!

So, to cut the rest of the story short, by 11.40pm (just over one hour after they had arrived at our apartment in the first place) my friend was once again in possession of her wallet - with EVERYTHING intact. She happily paid up the ticket fare and more, as she was just so happy and relieved.

So, folks, this is a Thank you to GOD, for answering our prayers, to LINDA of KLIA Taxi Lost and Found, and to the Malay gentleman who was the driver of Airport Taxi 1940. My faith in human nature has been somewhat restored ......