Have you ever bribed official personnel with a tiny chocolate-based snack treat?

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SCENARIO A:
A young child tells the lady at the check-in desk today he'll be flying first class. She smiles at him awwwwly. While his parents are distracted checking passports etc the boy offers her a tiny Cadbury's chocolate mini-roll around the side of the desk. Next thing we know he's sitting in a great big leather chair with headphones being offered in-flight snacks.
Moral of the story: "Everybody's happy"

SCENARIO B:
A young child, his flying blue alien friend and his young mother queue for a bus. When they get to the front, the dashing charming bus driver tells them the bus is full. Thinking quickly, the alien produces a tiny Milky Way chocolate bar and offers it to the driver. The driver illegally lets the party onto the bus, and the boy thanks the alien.
Moral of the story: "The bar that never fills you up"

Which of these best reflects your own experience?

― Graham (graham), Monday, 30 September 2002 11:25 (twenty-three years ago)

is it the mother of the alien or the boy?

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 30 September 2002 11:42 (twenty-three years ago)

clearly both since friend = brother

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 30 September 2002 12:46 (twenty-three years ago)

The response to this question has been disappointing to say the least.

― Graham (graham), Monday, 30 September 2002 14:12 (twenty-three years ago)

because none of us have ever bribed official personnel with a tiny chocolate-based snack treat? hey, I'm guessing here.....

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 30 September 2002 14:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Never? But it happens on TV. Alright, has anyone attempted to bribe you with chocolate in an official capacity?

― Graham (graham), Monday, 30 September 2002 14:15 (twenty-three years ago)

it happens on TV
yes, and the sun always shines on TV.

Alright, has anyone attempted to bribe you with chocolate in an official capacity

no-one's ever trusted me to do anything official in the first place. Remember who yr talking to.....

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 30 September 2002 14:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Some of you must have something people want???? People with chocolate I mean.

― Graham (graham), Monday, 30 September 2002 14:25 (twenty-three years ago)

we occasionally get prezzies of biscuits/chocolate/booze from very VERY grateful users.

Stupidest thing at work today... to launch our new "helpdesk" they've done loads of great things, but have also sent an e-mail to everyone saying that any caller on the first day (tomorrow) will be put in a prize-draw to win some really posh booze. argh. now every twunt with a dusty mouse will be calling, and "oo, i need a faster computer" -- OF COURSE YOU DO, all you do all day is play with Excel and download silly flash games. arses

― Alan (Alan), Monday, 30 September 2002 14:34 (twenty-three years ago)

I would point out to Julio, a graduate student at UCL, that I have unmediated, untraceable control over the student records system at UCL, in case he passes any chocolate shops en route to our next meeting.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 30 September 2002 17:58 (twenty-three years ago)

The computer advice department where I work once sent out an email saying that the next day was Help Desk Personel Appreciation day. So we sent them a bag of chocolate fish. They have been much more helpful since.

― isadora, Monday, 30 September 2002 19:11 (twenty-three years ago)

You know what?

Fuck chocolate!

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 01:29 (twenty-three years ago)

When does it happen on TV?

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 07:40 (twenty-three years ago)

I once consumed a mint and then crawled through the backseat of a vehicle owned by a complete stranger who was blocking the sidewalk. Man, was I ever feeling fresh.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 08:50 (twenty-three years ago)

In the Cadbury's mini roll advert.

In the Milky Way advert.

(Other people must have seen these????)

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 09:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm quite disappointed now - I thought you had just gone demented.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 10:19 (twenty-three years ago)

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