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\"\"It seems honesty is still alive in this world\u2026 if just only in folks at the lower rungs of the economic and social ladder in the US. Its not usual to find someone not tempted by money in today\u2019s US and speaking the truth, given the record of this country\u2019s president and his friends! <\/p>\n

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Never mind diamonds- a New York cabbie was a Texas girl\u2019s best friend. The driver returned 31 diamond rings he found in his cab after dropping off the passenger, who had left him with a 30-cent tip on a $10.70 fare.<\/p>\n

\"All my life, I tried to be honest,\" said Osman Chowdhury, a native of Bangladesh. \"Today is no different.\"<\/p>\n

But the 41-year-old cabbie from Queens did have a message: \"I\u2019m proud of what I did so that people know New York taxi drivers are honest.\"<\/p>\n

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\"\"It seems honesty is still alive in this world… if just only in folks at the lower rungs of the economic and social ladder in the US. Its not usual to find someone not tempted by money in today’s US and speaking the truth, given the record of this country’s president and his friends! <\/p>\n

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Never mind diamonds- a New York cabbie was a Texas girl’s best friend. The driver returned 31 diamond rings he found in his cab after dropping off the passenger, who had left him with a 30-cent tip on a $10.70 fare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivation_and_personal_development","category-us"],"yoast_head":"\n31 Diamonds Rings Failed to Tempt this NYC Cabbie!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It seems honesty is still alive in this world... if just only in folks at the lower rungs of the economic and social ladder in the US. Its not usual to find someone not tempted by money in today's US and speaking the truth, given the record of this country's president and his friends! 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