“We are investing in corruption, Mr. Roper.” Han in Enter The Dragon.
And to invest, you got to pay your dues.
Self-righteous people does call it “bribe.”
I don’t know what is wrong with me, I balk ‘n’ squawk against paying the staff in the birth certificate office.
“Well, sit there and wait,” people who pay does tell me. “You gon never get that birth certificate.” Then they rant against corruption.
And the irony, thick like metal bars on windows, but invisible now after being there so many years, don’t ever poke nobody in their minds.
But maybe they’re right, we can’t fight it. Maybe I gon have to pay a “small piece” to get that birth certificate.
Hmmm, I wonder if they gon take mangoes or papaya, oranges and lemons, instead of dough.
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Your birth certificate?
The just might. When I go to doctor etc. I take a little gift for them, even if its like two pens or something. People like free stuff and will help you better than if you show up empty handed. Oh no am I contributing to the corruption?
Happy New Year to GG. Everybody wants their pound, huh. :) Looking forward to some relief and satisfaction this year.
Hi Stephen, happy new year to you too. I noticed today that you're back blogging, I'm saving those posts for the weekend.
Haha, yes, everybody wants their pound.
Jihan, this is different. The job won't get done unless...
In one country, and I ain't naming names, the people pay to be employed.
In another, the students slip money into their test sheets.
JohnG, not mine...but now that you mention it, I can't find mine. I was looking for it last week.
I used to keep it in the old Cuban cigar box. How I got that box is another story :-D
A greased palm gets the job done.
At some point, we have to say "No" and work to bring about change. The Brazilian middle class are finally standing up against corruption that affects all areas of life, like the case you mention in your blog post.
Rosaliene, thank you for this! Thank you, thank you.
CG, I'm thinking...olive oil, coconut oil
hee hee...
i used to think other countries were so corrupted with having to bribe people to get any sort of job done and that it's not like that in the US. but i've come to realize that the bribery in the states is just as alive and well, it's just more institutionalized--lobbyists pretty much run this country. sometimes i wonder which is worse...
I have always said "The people have the power, but they don't use it" I remember the first Pay Per View event, a Mike Tyson fight, I told everyone, "If nobody signs up, not one single person, Pay Per View will not exist" But people couldn't miss one fight, so they grumbled, and they paid. The movie theater raised the price to almost $20 US for a movie, I told my friends, if nobody goes, they'll have to lower the price. But no, nobody could miss that new movie. They stood in line and complained to each other, then got to the ticket window and cheerfully paid their money. I never went to that theater, and I've never seen a Pay Per View television program. I'm all alone.
A person is smart, people are dumb.
Would that be sour dough?
Pat, hahaha. I think some will take any dough :-D
Mark, I totally agree with you. I think it's apathy that does us in.
Do you know that song, power to the people, power to the people right on...?
Cadiz, I'm going to google...is there any country that's corrupt-free? And what do they do to be so clean...?
There's line from a song I remember that goes,
"If you can't change the world, then change yourself. And if you can't change yourself then, change the world"
Kim, I can only change me.
But I don't want to change my mind about refusing to 'grease palms'.
Maybe I should walk with that olive oil or coconut oil
:-D
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