I was thrilled to experience my first bribe yesterday. My friend was driving us to get dinner in the evening. As we pulled onto the main road a policeman waved us down. My friend had forgotten to turn her lights on. Since it was a woman driving I was expecting the guy to just tell us to be careful and wave us on. Instead he smiled at us both and said. 'Wow, you have a very handsome boyfriend.' For some reason I instantly took to the guy and smiled right back. He chatted to us for a bit about where we were going and recommended a few restaurants.
Then the policeman told us he would unfortunately have to give my friend a fine and set a court date for her to appear at next week because she wasn't using her lights. Poor guy looked pretty cut up about it but he said he really didn't want to do that and gave us a wink. When he asked for my friends driving license he gave a subtle nod towards her purse. As soon as she withdrew 50,000 (£2.50) a couple of cm past the edge of the leather it had disappeared up his sleeve with an action that looked like a magic trick. Then he glanced at the driving license and told us to have a safe journey.
