‘Fueled’ or ‘Fooled’ ?
One of the speakers at the rally that I attended the other night was talking about the level of corruption that has developed in our society and how unashamed people have become. Today, I met with friends and the topic came up again. My friend (I’ll call him Mr.T) shared his experience…
Recently, Mr.T went on holiday to Mozambique. Because he was unsure of whether he would get fuel along the way he took a jerry can of petrol with him. Before he crossed the border he filled up the fuel tank in his vehicle, but had about 10 litres left over in the can. At the border, the Zimbabwean officials told him he was not allowed to take fuel out of the country.
Obviously, Mr.T was annoyed and was NOT going to allow the officials to have his 10 litres of fuel. On principle, he started pouring the petrol out onto the road.
The officials, accompanied by an armed policeman, came dashing over and asked him to instead sell the petrol to t
he people nearby. Eventually my friend gave in, and sold his fuel for Z$30 000.00.
A short while later, at the customs office, the same officials asked how much cash he had on him. (There is a limit to the amount of Zim dollars you are allowed to take out of the county). Because of his fuel ‘sale’ he now exceeded the cash limit.
Surprise, surprise! Mr. T’s extra cash was ‘confiscated’.
You cannot win! Fortunately, our sense of humour can’t be taken away.
