mity88 wrote
ahhhh, so frustrated now, what action can i take???
Start off by writing down as much as you can remember - now, whilst it's fresh in your mind. Try to find a way of being able to establish that your notes were made at a certain date and time.
I tell you this because I was recently approached with an offer to sort out a particular problem (don't ask, I'm not telling) in return for a sum of money in cash, used notes, in a plain envelope. So I sought the advice of a good friend who is a partner in a legal firm. The contemporaneous notes can be useful if you want to go all the way to court. I put mine on box.net where the audit trail will prove that I uploaded them at a certain date and time.
If you can't remember the name of the person who solicited the bribe, or have some kind of link (appointment number, signed score card etc) that puts them in the car with you at that date and time you're not going to get very far.
Be very circumspect as to who you share the information with. Charges of corruption are a serious matter and you should be discrete with the details of the incident.
Sit on things for a day or so and see if you still feel the urge to lay a complaint and if you're prepared to go through with what could be an ugly fight.
Then remember that it's their word against yours. If you want to lay a formal complaint it is up to you to prove the case.
DO NOT bring any racial aspect into any reports that you prepare. Corruption, as I recently found out, knows no racial boundaries, and bringing that matter up just gives a lawyer an easy way of painting you as a racist with a chip on your shoulder and an extra agenda.
And in amongst all of that find some time to congratulate yourself for not being a party to corruption. You did the right thing!
For me the last is actually the most important. If people don't play the game then corruption will slowly but surely wither.
