sooly on Nostr: Unbelievable! As I stood in line at a European airport, I watched as a man in front ...

Unbelievable!

As I stood in line at a European airport, I watched as a man in front of me was stopped by customs. They asked if he had any cash on him, and he replied with a hesitant yes.

The customs officials proceeded to count every single coin and note in his possession, and to everyone's shock, the man was just 1€ over the limit. They immediately hit him with a whopping fine of 750€.

750 fukn €! It was ludicrous.

To add insult to injury, they wanted the fine to be paid on the spot, and when the gentleman asked about the currencies they accepted, they only listed euro, USD, and credit cards.

I got so frustrated I went to them asking them if they accepted #bitcoin. They laughed and said no. I then asked if any of them owns bitcoin. They asked each other (they were six standing) if they do, they paused while showing interest -all of them-, and said no.

I could not hold myself telling them go read a bitcoin book to be able to do your job better. Then one asked about a book recommendation! I recommended the bitcoin standard.

I’ve seen more humiliating things in Lebanon. We read about this we know it happens. But seeing the disgusting extent of this corrupt damaged system “in a developed country” sucking citizens’ time & property in your own eyes was just *%%}{!

The guy asked if this will go on his European records, they assured him that it doesn’t! They said that it’s just a fine to be paid on the spot and it’s just on a piece of paper and that’s it nothing to worry about. Just in time of the senior officer there taking the paid fine and putting it in her military-like pant pocket.

WTF? This is theft by a system that is designed to keep us down.

Thanks for keeping up with the vent.

This would never happen in #Lebanon for example⚡️ but that would be another story for another day.

🟠#Bitcoin fixes this

& this is why we #Nostr🟣