Im not saying it was wasted time for you Keith! I know its free and yes The money went in the pocket of who ever. The city hall in question is the law. I dare say if you and Simon were offered the same deal, you to would of taken his hand off. come on Keith, we all know corruption is the name of the game there, to the point of being normal. Lets not be shocked ah!
That made me smile so much.Originally Posted by gWaPito
Look I know this is off topic, but anyway, my bro-in-law was looking for a parking space, and found, well somewhere. A policeman came over and told us we could not park there. He had wrap around sunglasses and looked very well armed. Also spoke some English to me. We parked there. Why. He told my bro-in-law he would take care of the car, Oh and by the way , did we want to have it cleaned!!!! Yep there was a small fee. But hey, it's so normal. Well it was for everyone else in the car.
Yeah the car was cleaned.
Sorry for hi-jack everybody
Gwap its true that corruption or at least the attempt of it is rife here ,from immigration officials with new mercs on 20-30000 a month salarys to the fire department that want the proprieter to buy fire extinguishers smoke alarms at inflated prices from there approved supplier.
But that doesnt either make it right nor desirable, in fact its one of the major things holding back developement here in the Phils. To say City Hall is the Law is accepting the Local warlord thing that led to 57 people being killed last November 12 month.
When a country is not governed by the rule of Law but by breaking it to ones own advantage no one is safe
If your on a tight timescale and can find no other way I can fully understand why anyone might join in and would never judge that negatively but I must take you to task when you suggest I would have "taken his hand off" I might have complained about the irrelivance of the law I might have angryly asked to see his superior but accept this in order to evade a responcability ,no matter how ill concieved ,never.
What I did accept was the immersion in how life is for ordinary Filipnas so I could understand the local perspective of how life is here
I dont want to be descrimanated against for being a long nose nor pay "kano" prices but as much as possible be seen as a guy just like everyone else here respected for who I am Some of the tryke drivers resent not being able to charge me double but the majority now just accept the correct fare without a second thought.
Terpe please feel free to be as off topic as you wish
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Good post Keith That also made me smile. The corruption you state is one of the things holding this country back. I think thats a massive under statement! The politics is rotten to the core, talk about having there fingers in the pie More like up to there neck's in it. If it weren't for Marco not letting the Phil be over run with the Americans this obvious nonsense wouldn't be happening. Its got a cancer that wont get better so like you say Keith, just better to accept there way of life.
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