CORRUPTION@ROOT LEVEL !!!

Mr.X:'My broker has posted a share redemption A/c Payee Cheque to my residential address by ordinary post 1 month back from Mumbai. How much time it takes to reach Kolkata? Earlier also, in many instances, I have not received the call letters of competitive exams. I went to give those exams with Call Letters downloaded from their respective websites. What's the matter! I am smelling something very fishy out here.' 

POSTMAN CUM CLERK IN POST OFFICE:'Relax! Relax! All our staffs of this Post Office know that a A/c Payee Cheque has come in your name. But, without paying something to us, how can you get that cheque.' 

Mr.X:'What the bloody hell is this? Do you know, if I complain against you, your job will be at stake!' 

HEAD CLERK OF POST OFFICE:'Hey, boss! To whom will you complain? You can prove nothing against us. We are yet to put the date seal of receipt on the envelope sent by your broker. So, we will put the date seal of that date, when you will pay the money to us. We also need to verify whether you are the correct receiver or not. There are so many frauds happening nowadays. Give us some money; then, we will not go for all those address and identity verifications of you via the Policemen.' 

Mr.X:'Actually, our postal system has the flaw. There should be a computer kiosk in every post office, where even an ordinary post will have a computer generated unique number and can be tracked through any Post Office Kiosk connected with the main server.' 

POSTMAN:'Don't give lectures! Indian Postal Service can never become so much modernized to track even an ordinary post. Give 500 bucks & take your cheque of 30,000 bucks. That's it!' 

Mr.X:'Well! Do I have any other options! Ok, take these 500 bucks and give the cheque. Now, I understand, why people always prefer Courier Services instead of Indian Postal Services, which is yet to get modernized and what to say about their staffs! Anna Hazare once rightly said, that in India, corruption starts at the very root level itself.