• I Paid A Bribe
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Health food restaurant

Reported on September 4, 2010 from Bangalore , Karnataka  ι Report #30873

My wife and I just moved back to India and we wanted to open a health conscious restaurant made only with natural ingredients. After living in US for more than 30 years, I was little idealistic and wanted to make sure I did every thing according to the law, even at the expense of delaying the opening of our restaurant. But soon I realized I cant be idealistic in Bangalore. Who ever got the wind of our restaurant wanted to get money one way or the other. Including the department who was supposed to issue us a trade license to operate the restaurant. Since I have already invested and leased the building and we were well on our way in doing the interiors and we were completely being depleted of our savings. I am ashamed to say that I had to give in and give money to the health inspector in order for him issue us a license. Issuing license is not his job, but its his primary job. He is put in that place and getting paid by the government to do just that. I am still cant get over the fact that how this guy manages to sleep after taking money. I find it difficult to look at myself for giving him the money.

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