- I Paid A Bribe
- 14 years ago
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14 year old Bribed customs to enter India
I was returning from the states and was 14 yeard old.
travelling alone, I landed at night and was coming out customs.
a bunch of officials came up to me and asked me if i was carrying any US dollars. i said not much.
they asked me to show them what i had and i showed them 100$, the other 400 was hidden in my other back pocket.
They laughed and said no way are you only bringing a 100$ wheres the rest, i said i dont have it.
they said if you dont give it to us, we will search you and all your baggage. i was 14 and did not know anything about this kind of stuff and agreed thinking it was just a threat.
they searched my baggage, opening everything. and then hand searched my person. to which they found the remaining 400.
they took the total amount and left me there to repack my baggage and leave.
unfortunately for me that was the start of what was the worst trip to any country i have ever taken.
Without money and no one to pick me up, i had to get from the airport to a family friends house using a taxi, whole different story.
to this day i have never returned and tell everyone that India is most possibly the worst ever country to visit. and generally understand why Indians are looked down upon.
to do this to a young kid, what kind of heartless people live in that country? further proof is in Slumdog *******