Gabriel Abed’s Blog

Sad, but true… With the right price, ANYONE can be bought. Some people will argue with me that it depends on the person, but based on my life experiences, people can and will be bought.

I myself have had several opportunities which I undertook in “buying” a person’s favoritism in the service industry. For example, at a bar, I didn’t want to wait in the crowd for my drinks, so I gave the bar tender $20 and every time I went to the bar for the rest of the night and just look in his general direction, he would ignore everyone and come straight to me. Of course, this isn’t officially buying a person, but it is the start.

I have seen, YES, with my own two eyes, a person get away from being arrested for a crime by paying the a non-corrupt police $500. I could see the discomfort in the police officer’s eyes, but it was easy money he didn’t want to let slide. A clean police, now made corrupt.

There have been more than several occasions were a person has be persuaded to do what they normally would not do based on a materialistic reward. Once they accept the reward and honor their commitment, they have just sold themselves. I despise people like this, but the sad reality of it all is that I myself can most likely be bought.
If someone offered me $5000 for a task that I would normally not do, then I would greatly reconsider it, depending on the severity of the request.

In conclusion, ANYONE can be bought. Selfish human beings….