I paid my first bribe within 4 hours of landing in India. We had a dog that had been brought from the US and the message was that without a $ 4000 bribe ($ 100) he would stay and starve. At 2 am, i don't think i had a choice: i paid the bribe, got jerked around to pay another Rs 600 as the "official" duty and got our dog out.
We were told to come back the next day and get some official paperwork, which we never did. I am ashamed of myself but given the vulnerability and the fact that a living thing was starving, i doubt that i would do anything different under the same circumstances.
When our goods come, i have resolved not to bribe. Let's see what happens . . .
I am not sure what else you could have done. People like that make me so angry!
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