Bribery: No pockets, no problems!
Posted on July 2, 2009 by by Michael de Percy
Interesting approach to anti-corruption in Nepal:
Tweetwe decided that airport officials should be given trousers with no pockets. We have directed the ministry of civil aviation to implement our order as soon as possible
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Croupiers at most casinos generally have uniforms that have no pockets. I know this used to be the case with the Canberra Casino when they first opened.
Here is an article from Time Magazine from 1980
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950343,00.html
“The croupiers’ most common method of stealing from casino management is almost as old as roulette, which was supposedly invented by Philosopher Blaise Pascal in 1655. A crooked croupier merely palms a $100 chip or two from the stacks of losers’ chips that he rakes to the side of the roulette layout after each turn of the wheel. Since the croupiers’ dinner jacket pockets are traditionally stitched shut to prevent just such finagling, nimble-fingered dealers tuck stolen chips inside their shirts or cuffs.”
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I could not wear pants without pockets, no way…. let’s see if it helps the anti-corruption in Nepal airports.
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