Sometime ago, an inspector from one of the Govt Departments came to our office.
He routinely inspected specific records of the govt dept he represented and audited the amounts we had paid to that dept etc on behalf of our employees.
Unfortunately (for him), there was nothing amiss. We had not not cheated on our taxes.
The gentleman then asked my CFO for a ‘token’ bribe , for no reason.
My CFO told him that there was nothing amiss and since he himself had found NO mistake in our records,there was no reason for a bribe… so why should we pay him??
His answer was classic – he said ‘no one asked you to be clean. Its upto you to ‘save’ money and conceal some taxes. Its my JOB to turn a blind eye to that and give you a green light. Now, if YOU DO NOT CONCEAL taxes, that’s not MY FAULT’!!
My CFO called me and asked me what to do. I told him to tell that fellow to Fuck Off.
When he was politely asked to leave, that guy said ‘NO. I will NOT leave. I will site here and create nuisance for you’.
That A******* then SAT IN OUR OFFICE FOR DAYS just harassing the receptionist etc. My CFO told me that he was smelly and dirty and was ruining the atmosphere of the office. Employees were not able to enjoy the office recreation areas and the visitors coming in were disgusted sitting next to this smelly rat. My CFO kept earnestly requesting me to pay and get rid of this animal.
Now, with all the tamasha of corruption and the good and noble thoughts floating around – please tell me what YOU WOULD DO in my case…..?