A friend of one my staff had a knock on their door last night. It was the police investigating some horrible criminal activity. Earlier in the day, the mother of the family had gone and purchased about 40 pounds of sugar to get them through the month. She had purchased the sugar from a local wholesaler. However, she had purchased the sugar at a higher price then she should have. This was because sugar has a fixed price that is so low no shop owner can afford to sell it at that price. So, needing sugar for her family she had to make the difficult choice to either go without or pay the higher price.
Later that night, the police arrived, asking about the sugar; accusing her of hoarding it. You see, since sugar is so hard to find, to have that much is suspicious. They also demanded to know how much she paid for it. Well they went on to search the whole house even into the attic crawl space looking for more.
Eventually they left, taking the sugar. They sold the sugar outside her fence for a 1/5 of the price pocketing the money.
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Ahh, the things you post!They are just so telling and frustrating. I am so glad to hear updates about the everyday life where you are.
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