- I Paid A Bribe
- 14 years ago
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Airport Rip Off
My first trip home after 48 hours in delayed flights and terminal sleep over. I paid $2000 for the flight ticket to come home and missed my connecting flight due to a bad weather in Detroit USA. Now I land in India for the first time after 2 years, it was a surprise visit.
Now I am at the customs, I have a big bag full of electronics. I knew I was gonna be stopped. I was ready to pay the fine. Half of the stuff was my own BTW, so I was gonna take it back to USA.
This guy asks me to step aside, I did. Then he says I have to pay RS. 40,000 in fines or give him Rs 10K and get out. I refused to pay any fine, unless they give me a bill for the same. No one gave me a bill.
1 Hour later a cop comes to me and says how much do you have, I said I have no cash on me, I can pay with my debit card but I want a receipt. He said, Receipt Kuch nahin miltha, jitna hai utna de kar jaoo. I was Like to **********with this, I havent seen my family in 2 years, I will just give him $20 and Rs 500 and leave.
If I had any patience I would have sat there and not paid anything. But what the hell!!
I must also confess, that I was trying to outsmart the Customs, by trying to be a pain in the **********.
I guess What I am trying to say is, though this ********** is good, how will it account for the rouge citizens like me who try to find the loop holes around the system?
I mean you would not have to pay a fine when you wear a helmet, carry your vehicle papers or do things in the right way. Thats the best way to stop corruption.
I also acknowledge the fact that, even if you do everything right, there are really corrupt officers and people who still want a bribe to move your papers around. Now, these are the kind of people we need to worry about.
Also, if we stopped to be a bit lazy and do everything according to law we would not be in this situation.
Prevention is better than Cure!!!
Hey again, I am just an NRI, why would I care what happens to India, correct. No, you are wrong. I love my country more than people who pretend to.
********** **********!!!