jphehe
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March 2014, I traveled with my buddies to Cebu on a diving trip. On my return trip at the Manila international airport, at the final check point, this happened:
After my carry-on bag was scanned and I passed the gate and was about to leave the gate with my stuff, this young guy in uniform came chasing me and stopped me by the table where passengers sort their items.
He said, my batteries should be with the check-in.
It didn't make sense. I said batteries should be with the carry-on. He said no.
He proceeded to search the bag. And when he opened it, he first saw my wallet, and he tried to rummaged my wallet. I then grabbed it and made a warning sound to him. It was odd, I quickly thought.
He then whispered to me: "I help you. You help me".
I idled for a few seconds, not understanding what he really meant.
"I help you. You help me." He said it again. "Your batteries must be valuable to you. Just give me something"
I then realized what he meant. His eyes pointing to my wallet.
I lowered my wallet into my bag and showed him that I didn't have much peso left, so I handed him maybe the last $50 peso. He quickly took it and let me go.
For a corrupted country like PH, this is not really surprising. But it still sucks when it happens to you.
After the incident, I tried to report it thru their website. Didn't find any appropriate method, so I gave up thinking they probably would cover up each other anyways.
After my carry-on bag was scanned and I passed the gate and was about to leave the gate with my stuff, this young guy in uniform came chasing me and stopped me by the table where passengers sort their items.
He said, my batteries should be with the check-in.
It didn't make sense. I said batteries should be with the carry-on. He said no.
He proceeded to search the bag. And when he opened it, he first saw my wallet, and he tried to rummaged my wallet. I then grabbed it and made a warning sound to him. It was odd, I quickly thought.
He then whispered to me: "I help you. You help me".
I idled for a few seconds, not understanding what he really meant.
"I help you. You help me." He said it again. "Your batteries must be valuable to you. Just give me something"
I then realized what he meant. His eyes pointing to my wallet.
I lowered my wallet into my bag and showed him that I didn't have much peso left, so I handed him maybe the last $50 peso. He quickly took it and let me go.
For a corrupted country like PH, this is not really surprising. But it still sucks when it happens to you.
After the incident, I tried to report it thru their website. Didn't find any appropriate method, so I gave up thinking they probably would cover up each other anyways.