1. After seeing a doctor at the provincial hospital, I called Grab. For an old person like me, taking a Grab - a form of high-tech transportation - is convenient in many ways. In particular, Grab drivers are usually very friendly and chat with customers. This time, it was a cheerful, open-minded female driver. Just a few opening sentences and I knew her identity. She is 48 years old and has two daughters who are both in college. Previously, she opened a grocery store, but recently sales have been slow, so she bought a Kia Morning and registered it with Grab. Now the work is in order. In general, it is leisurely. Wake up in the morning, have breakfast and go to work, come home at 12 o'clock to eat lunch, take a nap. In the afternoon, wake up at 2 o'clock to go to work again. Come home at around 6 o'clock to rest. Average monthly income is about 15 million VND. More than when she opened a grocery store. While chatting happily, I was about to ask more when a police officer blew his whistle in front and signaled for the car to move to the side of the road. The female driver turned the wheel as instructed by the police officer, parked the car, and pushed the door open, walking out with her wallet in hand. Sitting in the car, I didn't understand what the police officer and the female driver were talking about, but only about 5 minutes later, I saw the female driver open the door and get back in the car with a very annoyed expression. What law did you break? I asked. After a moment of mumbling, the female driver answered frankly. It was true that she didn't wear a seat belt, but there was no way the wheel would touch the line, her eyes were still very sharp. But arguing with her would only hurt her. The guy calculated that it would cost over 1 million VND and it would take a long time to get her to leave after making a long report. Well, the power was in their hands. Just then, the son of God winked and said: Be a little more proactive! Hearing that, I understood. So I had to pay 500,000 VND to get the matter over with!
It was indeed done. But the story was not over. Because from then until the car took me home, there were countless angry and bitter words from the female driver about the wrongful conviction and especially about receiving bribes from the police officer. Talking more, I realized that the bribery of traffic police by drivers, if not common, was no longer rare. Talking more, I realized that after the bribe, even though the job was done, the next story of the victim was still not nice words, even bad, contemptuous, and contemptuous towards the person who received the bribe. Did the person receiving the bribe hear such shameful and contemptuous whispers?
2. That week, an employee of the Department of Agriculture and Environment came to my house to measure and issue a land use right certificate. The same thing happened to Mr. B's house next door. A week passed. A month passed. Seeing that Mr. B next door had received a land use right certificate but I had not seen any movement, I was impatient and went to the department to ask for the result. Following the way the female driver did, I prepared an envelope, put 500 thousand dong inside, then peeked into the transaction door and quietly placed it on the employee's desk.
The female driver paid a bribe to get the job done. I once got my nephew into a school outside my district by paying a bribe. And in public opinion, I have heard a lot of stories about this person or that person using money to get a position, power, or escape punishment in order to buy a degree, a stamp...
What about this time?
Unfortunately, this time I got a rejection. Please don't do that! Your case is still being processed, your file is missing some important details, so please forgive me and give me a few more days.
Shocked, I had to leave. And honestly, I was still half-believing. Until the following week, when the employee herself came to my house to guide me to complete the documents, with a truly dedicated spirit, without any demands and accepting any preferential treatment from me, and then after another week, I had the land use rights certificate in my hand.
Calmly recalling, I realized that deep down, in cases of successful bribery, I always have a state of ambivalence: joy, embarrassment, and self-contempt. Likewise, with the person who receives my bribe and then solves the problem for me, I thank them on the surface, but in my heart I truly hate and despise them.
And now, for those who do not accept my bribes, there is only one silent voice in me: respect. Respect and love for integrity. Despise and hate corruption! People in power! Please listen to the silent voices coming from the bottom of people's hearts before each of our actions.
Source: https://baobinhphuoc.com.vn/news/9/172525/hay-lang-nghe-nhung-tieng-noi-tham
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