Cab Driver Becomes Star For Good Deed

1. Javier
   May 9th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

   Hey!Such situations occur very often because they have the habit of declaring our heritage. The fact is that the politicians and rulers are corrupt, and the common people as this man pay the damage. please I would like to clarify this comment that draws attention to a man do a favor to other people because Argentina is not as you are saying. I ask you to retract

2. d
   May 9th, 2009 at 12:53 pm

   "In a corrupt society like Argentina, an honest man is hard to find."

   You could sweep a four lane highway with that broad brush....

3. Carlos Sandoval
   May 9th, 2009 at 12:56 pm

   I think that Javier is right, You can´t accuse all the society "corrupt" ¿so other countries in the world are clean of corruption?

   I lived 1 year in Argentina... and I can´t allow that type of comment, it´s nice to see that in every part of the world are good people, and if that happen in U.S. or Europe it would be amazing to..

4. RG
   May 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

   The linked story would still have been cool if you hadn't tried to build up a contrast by insulting an entire country.

5. JPMoUr
   May 9th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

   ...I agree with all these comments previously made.

6. ozoozol
   May 9th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

   Agree with the above.

7. ferdinandcc
   May 9th, 2009 at 2:11 pm

   I agree 100%. People anywhere, when given the opportunity to have a free 32k, would be mightily tempted, and returning it was certainly a noble deed, but please don't condemn an entire society as 'corrupt.'

8. Geekazoid
   May 9th, 2009 at 2:58 pm

   O.K., so I can see that it can be upsetting for some to read this article the wrong way, as it starts 'In a corrupt society like Argentina....'

   But, where is this same outrage when articles about pig displays in Afghanistan seem to portray it as some third world wasteland? And people seem to join in saying what a backwards country it is, in those cases! And I doubt there would be any similar anger if this article were talking about some other 'third world' country as being 'corrupt.'

   Double standards??

9. Geekazoid
   May 9th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

   Oh, and there really IS something universally touching about an honest taxi driver. I read about these things once in a while, and when the public finds out about an honest taxi driver, something about them really makes them go wild in praising and rewarding them.

10. zeytoun
    May 9th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    I've had good experiences with taxi drivers.

    One Christmas eve, I took a taxi to the train station for a long winter trip. Moments before boarding I realized I couldn't find my cell phone. I was about to make a panicked call to a friend on a payphone, and I turned and saw the cab driver holding my phone. He had found it in the backseat and drove all the way back to the station to return it.

11. seefish3
    May 9th, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    I don't buy this story for a second.

    Who carries around 32 plus Grand and then TAKES A CAB ??? And LEAVES IT BEHIND ??

    Bollocks.

12. Vonskippy
    May 9th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    Yes, lets all shed a tear for those poor misunderstood Argentinians in that bastion of democracy called South America.

13. lab
    May 9th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Vonskippy, if there was an option to do so, i would flag your comment for sheer insensitivity and ethnocentrism.

14. David Govett
    May 9th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    I'll be the cabbie was raised a Christian. Professional ethics are not inborn.

15. juanjux
    May 9th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    Two days ago I forgot my phone (a 350€ one) on a cab. I wish my taxi driver was the one of the article, because I don't have any hope of having my phone back.

16. seefish3
    May 9th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    Yeah, David, the Spanish Inquisition and witch burning weren't inborn decisions either.

    I went to the donation website and couldn't prove or disprove it's validity because, strangely, it's in Spanish, which I can't read.

    Regardless, I saw a Twitter ad there, so honest, corrupt, or just plain misunderstood, the Argentinians are just as doomed as we are.

17. Javier
    May 9th, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    Sorry, everybody, yhis message is for the author of these post:
    Argentina is like any country, just as there are people who are corrupt in the government, corrupt judges, good judges,bad people, good people, thieves, people in solidarity, there is everything like in all countries, but our society is not so sick: we have never heard of any boy who carries a gun to school and kill their classmates and teachers, that never happened, and never a boy has committed suicide because the bullyes from their classmates because he could be gay.
    And sorry my poor english. I'm annoyed but Neatorama has offended an entire country

18. Geekazoid
    May 9th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    Oy vey, I come back from vacation and now potentially the biggest controversy at Neatorama: Argentina Gate.

    Again, was anyone offended at the subject of the pig farm in Afghanistan and people calling them backwards?

    It's always fun and games until your 'own' is possibly insulted.

19. Fiestoforo
    May 9th, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Why do some readers compare this to the Afgasnistan pig? The writer of that post just mentioned facts without offending the country or their society--the opposite of this one.

20. Quasi_Mojo
    May 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    It seems like the dig about Argentina was just a badly worded repeating of the original article, which read:

    "For Argentines used to corruption at all levels of society, this was an extraordinary story."

21. Gauldar
    May 9th, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    @Javier

    All of Neatorama shouldn't be held accountable for the opinion of a poster who according to their blog at one time lived in Puerto Rico at one time in her life(Do Puerto Rican's have a thing against Argentinan's or something?). Saying that all of Neatorama (including it's readers?) should be ashamed is as generalized as the comment the original poster made in the first sentence.

22. Kalel
    May 9th, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    Fare treatment for cabbies!

23. Agustina
    May 9th, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    How can you say an entire country is corrupt?
    Yes, of course,(like in any other country) some of our politicians are monuments to corruption, but the people here, is not. That cabdriver is just a sample of our country.

    Its like saying: " America, a country full of psicos, obeses & serial killers "

    This article is a real shame. Netorama should be more careful.

24. volcanogodless
    May 9th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    Im shocked. I love this blog, but the way you talked about Argentina in this post was really rude.

25. Vonskippy
    May 10th, 2009 at 12:58 am

    Wow, people get their panties in a knot over pretty much anything these days.

    Do you KNOW any of these commentators? If not, then relax, what do you care what they say/think?

    Remember grasshopper, it's better to be the river that goes with the flow then the pebble that gets ground down and washed away.

26. Baro
    May 10th, 2009 at 10:07 am

    If Argentina is so corrupt as you say, I hope someone made sure Santi is getting that money, not whoever made the web.

27. Rosas
    May 10th, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    "In a terrorist country like the United States, everybody tortures each other. A nice guy is hard to find. If you do find one, please do not accept an invitation to Abu Graib. It could be dangerous"

    "In a colonialist country like UK, a respectful non-ethnocentrist bloke is hard to find. They all support the Apartheid."

    If I said something like that ¿wouldn´t you think that I am an utter idiot? Sorry for my English but I just can´t believe this kind of shit is written in such a good blog.

28. MightyCow
    May 10th, 2009 at 8:26 pm

    I may be the least corrupt person in dirty, crime-ridden America. Several times I've handled money and not once have I started a multi-million dollar scam of any kind.

    Hold up a sec, and I'll get you my paypal account.

29. stuckinkiel
    May 11th, 2009 at 2:16 am

    In a provincial society like the United States of America an cosmopolitan man is hard to find. If one were to submit a post to neatorama that showed a tiny bit sophistication or even just lacked a stereotypical condescending tone, the readers would donate to him via a web site that was set up in his honor. So far the equivalent of $0 is expected to be collected.

30. Aucan
    May 11th, 2009 at 9:49 am

    oh, c'mon... i am argentinian and live in buenos aires. Argentina is corrupt up to the bones, there is no doubt about it, of course we have a lot of good things, but saying we are corrupt is not offensive, its real. On the other side, other countries known to be "less corrupt" are not, US for example... at least we dont invade other countries based on lies, or support torture, or blow our own buildings to be able to approve laws, etc. UK? pirates. Spain? corporative lobbysts and slavers. Yes, we are completely corrupt, but nothing worst than many others.

31. Chocoagogo
    May 11th, 2009 at 10:29 am

    Who keeps posting essentially the same thing, but under different aliases? Lame!

32. Byrd Brain
    May 11th, 2009 at 11:41 am

    Where's the follow-up article with the headline "Neatorama Post Insults Entire Country, Poster is Burned at the Stake"?

33. Stephen
    May 12th, 2009 at 3:41 am

    To all those who are shocked by this broad statement
    about Argentina:
    My wife is Argentinian. I went there
    many time, got married there and I must say that
    I crossed my share of ppl trying to trick me or steal me
    but it is not the privilege of Argentina.
    Nevertheless, national sport overthere is not soccer
    as believed worldwide, but rather fooling others, the
    more the better. Champions being the politicians.

34. mr.zooze
    May 12th, 2009 at 6:38 am

    Very intresting article....
    I think we must invade Argentina,and give some democracy and decency to this corrupt people!
    Mr. Bush you must be at the front line of the invasion as a living flag of honesty, because you are the bastion of the honety in this world.
    Or just kill the Afganistanian pig in the cab who eats the money ... or just send some of owr scholl killing kids and kill everybody.
    It´s soo hard to pacify and liberate this crappy world... Oh God!

35. V
    May 12th, 2009 at 7:20 am

    Kudos to all those sarcastic posts above.

    .-

36. Luciana
    May 12th, 2009 at 8:31 am

    Considero que es demaciado osado catalogar a la SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA como corrupta... mas que nada porque yo soy parte de esa sociedad y como muchos millones mas, somos parte de la misma y no somos corruptos.
    me arriesgo en afirmar que somos muchos los que trabajamos y ganamos honestamente el pan nuestro de cada dia.COMO SI NO HUBIERA CORRUPCION EN TODOS LOS PAISES DEL MUNDO...

37. Nico
    May 12th, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Yanquis, out of the world

38. florencia
    May 12th, 2009 at 11:54 am

    i feel sorry for the dummy who sais that because a few bad people, we all are corrupt! So i can say that all americans are criminal becouse of irak? or all palestinian are terrorist? What´s next? change the u.s.a flag for a nazi one?

39. Aucan
    May 12th, 2009 at 12:21 pm

    I Agree on the fact that not all argentinians are corrupt, for example myself. What is funny and is very common here (In Argentina) is to feel offended when someone call us corrupt, they get immediately an answer like "So stay in your country" or if you are argentinian things like "Leave the country if you dont like it" or "you are not REAL argentinian", "whose side are you?". Probably the same as when some American ccondemn "Anti-Patriotic" opinions...

40. Alberto.
    May 12th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    Argentinos: Una manga de ladrones de primero al último

41. katy
    May 12th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    You suck!!! If you say that all of us are corrupt its obvious that you don`t know any Argentinian.If I say that the best thing that you do in the USS is killing childs and civilians you won`t like it. And I am sure that most of you aren`t in agreement with this situation. For us is the same I hope you will quit that stupid comment

42. eduardo zalazar
    May 12th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    muchachossss...antes de hablar de la Argentina lavensen la boca!!! aqui los corruptos son los politicos..el pueblo siempre esta cuando se lo necesita...y mis amigos de EEUU mandan medicamentos vencidos (a Argentina enviaron de esos que ustedes no tiran y se los dan a otro)no tienen moral para hablar de un pueblo....saludos y hay norteamericanos muy buenos...pero tambien los hay malos como en todos los paises...pero la redaccion esta equivocada..espero se disculpen...

43. Aucan
    May 12th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    eduardo, no seamoss hipócritas... los políticos crecen en una isla? los empresarios son mejores? los políticos son solo una muestra de la sociedad. Estados Unidos es una sociedad violentísima (matanzas en escuelas, grupos paramilitares, racismo, xenofobia, uso y abuso indiscriminado de armas) y por eso su gobierno puede hacer las barbaridades que hace e hizo y ser reelectos. Quien vota a los políticos aca? cómo llegan al poder? hay muchisimo o argentino correcto, honesto, generoso e incondicional (a diferencia de lo que dice el infradotado de Alberto un par de comments mas atrás), pero estamos podridos, eso es cierto.

44. santiago
    May 12th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    antes de escribir y catalogar fijense que hace cada uno para poder ser mejor persona no pierdo mas tiempo en esta web suerte . corruptos hay en todos lados

45. Mad_Max
    May 12th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Los argentinos pueden ser corruptos gracias a sus representantes politicos, pero los norteamericanos no tienen ni verguenza de atacar un pais (haz la guerra por la paz)jajaja. Son tan sinverguenzas como nuestros politicos argentinos. Durante años se jactaron de la famosa frase "America para los americanos", ya que ellos comunmente se hacen llamar americanos y no asi norteamericanos como deberia ser, cuando tenian intereses por Panama hicieron que esta provincia que pertenecia a colombia se separara para conformarse un pais (America para los norteamericanos). Durante los años de las dictaduras militares en latinoamerica, ellos fueron lo que pusieron como a titeres a gobernantes de factos. Hicieron lo mismo en : afganistan cuando ayudaron a los kurdos contra el regimen sovietico y luego se les dio vuelta la tortilla con el amigo de ellos Bin laden. Estados Unidos realmente apestas como pueblo. Votaron a un genocida George W. Bush no una vez sino dos veces. Dejo una potencia economica hundida en la peor crisis financiera de su historia. Sigan hablando de otros paises y no de las acciones belicosas que hicieron en su corta vida.

46. ted
    May 12th, 2009 at 5:32 pm

    Okay, who let all these Argentinians in here? Now, we'll have to fumigate.

    Horrible thing to say: "in a corrupt society like Argentina". But, interesting to see how it elicits a response of "Yeah, well, at least we're not terrorist, genocidal, war-mongering, megalomaniacal Americans".

    The USA has long been the butt of such criticism; you come to expect it, what with a nickname like "The Great Satan".

    Our expectations of most societies are that people are not honest. It's nice to see when it is honest. But it's a little odd to see people donating money to this cab driver for no reason, and it sure sounds like a scam. Are you sure he's not really an exiled Prince of Nigeria?

47. seba
    May 12th, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    mas corrupta será tu madre! ignorante de mierda

48. seba
    May 12th, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    si queres hablar de corrupción averiguá quien es Alperovich,en Tucuman, Argentina.. eso si es corrupto en serio, no toda la sociedad.

49. Rene Bulovic
    May 12th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    LAmento tener que leer semejante barbaridad, aca en Argentina no todos son corruptos, hay gente buena, asi que el que esribio eso se puede meter las palabras por el culo...

50. scbr
    May 12th, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    I just want to clarify that those are NOT direct donations. They are "offered goods and services" for free and the amount in the site is what they calculate is the value of those goods and services.

    Personally, I find the whole thing more like a great promotion for the guys that did the website that a real help for the cab driver that suppousedly has to contact this donors to actually get those goods and services... (sigh).

    The cab driver did give that money back and it is not the first time it happens. Not all cab drivers are crooks, not all argentinians are corrupt.

    BTW I am from Argentina and I live in the US. Argentina's society is a bit more corrupt that let's say the Swiss, but during the Bush administration my motto was "The US is getting Argentinized". The whole Bush era made the US look like any other bananaland country out there.

51. saille
    May 12th, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    ¡¡Corrupta tu hermana!!... imbéciles.

52. Mad_Mad
    May 13th, 2009 at 7:20 am

    Alberto: puto, traga leche por boca y por el culo. Como no te vas a hacer fumigar el orto a vos y a la puta de tu madre que te engendro. Como no te vas a hacer culiar con un camion lleno de burros simoqueños la puta que re mil pario. Y despues podes ponerte a chupar pijas a un portavion lleno de marines gays de los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica.

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