Corruption is now normal.

Earlier today I became a victim of government's corruption. It was the highlight of my day. I was so amazed how those officials would randomly ask you for money in exchange for what you need. Its illegal but they act like its normal and "part of the system".

I was applying to get an NBI clerance and normally, getting an NBI clearance takes you hours or even days if your name "hits" something in their system. It was almost 4:30pm when I arrived in a local mall (because nbi clearances takes place in the city hall but is very very crowded so they opened in a few local malls) I had no idea that they only accept 500 people per day. I was with my Dad and he took a chance to introduce himself and ask the official in charge if we could get clearances now since there are no people applying and they weren't doing anything in their chairs or maybe reserve a spot for tomorrow so that  we wont have to wait; then the official was "Aahh okay lang sige, Boss! Padagdagan nalang po ng bayad." And my dad agreed thinking "Ahh sige 100 bucks wont hurt." and I was okay with it because I didn't hear their money talk so I thought they were just being nice! While I was filling up forms, my dad told me to give them a hundred bucks after the filling. I thought it was his idea to give them money since they were nice enough to entertain us. My dad went out for a while before I can even finish the whole process. Ayy! When I was filling out their forms pala the guy in charge was WATCHING PORN!! He had earphones on but you can still hear the moaning and everything! I wanted to laugh but that really freaked me out! Anyways! As I was paying for the usual fee the man who was in charge came up to me and ask if my dad left money for them and I was wow-ed by their casualness to ask me and I went along with it since they were a big help to us, as I was reaching for 100 bucks in my purse he asked for an exact amount of money! 400 pesos in my face! Its for their merienda daw. WOW as in WOW. Merienda mo 400 pesos? :))) I was caught off guard and in the end gave in to what they wanted. When I was done and met my dad outside I told him about the incident abd he was like "Akala ko okay na sila sa 100! 400?!?! Grabe ang corrupt!" :)))))))

I wasn't really suppose to react like this its just thaaaaaat was MY MONEY! :)) I didn't think about it nalang. I thought about it as a payment for not waking up early and not waiting in line. Its so sad to know that your own country would corrupt you right in front of your face. I still have hopes for you, Philippines :(



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