Like getting a windfall, this online taxi driver is happy to have a passenger as a former governor

The former governor also interacted with the driver's wife via video call.

Brilio.net - Lucky moments can happen to anyone every day. Those of you who undertake various activities may get a windfall from an unexpected source. The good fortune you get is not only in the form of money, being able to meet someone you idolize or another famous figure is also good luck.

Especially if the moment of meeting occurs accidentally. This moment was recently experienced by an online taxi driver in the Jakarta area. Who would have thought, he would get orders from passengers who were not from ordinary circles.

Suddenly, this unexpected incident made him feel goosebumps, nervous, and happy at the same time. Never before would he have thought that that afternoon he would receive an order from an online taxi application ordered directly by the former Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil .

Through his personal Instagram account, Ridwan Kamil uploaded his moment while in an online taxi. In the video, he appears to be interacting closely with the driver. A happy expression radiated from the face of the driver who was wearing a black t-shirt and jeans. He admitted that he had goosebumps when he met Ridwan Kamil.

photo: Instagram/@ridwankamil

" I didn't dream anything, sir. I got goosebumps. Oh, sir, I got goosebumps, " said the driver in the video, as quoted by brilio.net from the Instagram account @ridwankamil, Friday (23/2).

In his caption, Ridwan Kamil revealed that he was currently in Jakarta to fulfill a wedding invitation. This father of three children deliberately chose to take an online taxi to go to Halim Station to continue his journey to Bandung by the Whoosh fast train.

photo: Instagram/@ridwankamil

" Going by fast train Whoosh, attending a wedding, going home again by Whoosh. In the middle, to Halim station, taking a GoCar whose driver gave goosebumps, he said. Success for his brother and a smooth birth for his wife. Hatur Nuhun, " wrote Ridwan Kamil in the caption.

When he got into the taxi he ordered, he saw that the driver was so surprised that he was a passenger. The former Mayor of Bandung then exchanged greetings with the driver. The driver actually seemed to be smiling enthusiastically when he saw Ridwan Kamil who was sitting in the passenger seat of his car.

photo: Instagram/@ridwankamil

While talking, the driver then connected via telephone with his wife. The happy face of the online taxi driver's wife also appeared on the cellphone screen when she saw the figure of the passenger being accompanied by her husband.

"There is Mr (Ridwan Kamil)," said the driver.

"Hello, I'm Ridwan Kamil. This morning I was destined to be a passenger for her righteous husband," said Ridwan Kamil.

Without further ado, the man who graduated from the master's program at the University of California, Berkeley, United States immediately conveyed his prayers to the taxi driver's wife who was pregnant. Ridwan Kamil prayed that the family and driver would be blessed.

"I pray for sakinah, mawaddah, warahmah, that the baby will be born smoothly, that the child will be qurrota a'yun, my mother prays that she will be a shalihah wife who is obedient to her husband," said Ridwan Kamil, praying.

"Amen, O Allah," replied the driver.

photo: Instagram/@ridwankamil

The emotional moment experienced by the online taxi driver also made netizens busy filling the comments column of the upload. There were many interesting responses and even deep prayers for the driver and Ridwan Kamil.

" Masya Allah, sir. I wish you good health. God willing, you will be the next president of Indonesia. Amen ," wrote the account owner @kenedijean.

"It's really good luck, Brother Gocar. When I was very pregnant, I wanted to take a photo with Mrs. Atalia and Dad, but I didn't get it. Hopefully, if I take my child to Bandung to play, I can meet my father and Mrs. Love. Coincidentally, because my desire wasn't fulfilled, I ended up naming her child Athalia, hehe , " wrote the account @icaatisa.

" The driver was happy, I watched the video so I was grinning too. Stay healthy, good people ," said the account @ddiesty.

" Later on the car it would be written 'Kang Ridwan Kamil has ridden this car', that's what the driver said hahaha ," said the account @jessa_irawati.

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Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.