Did We Just....

...Bribe a Mexican Airline employee?

My wife and I asked about upgrading our coach tickets back from Mexico and we were told by a gentleman at the counter that the cost to do so was $165/person and had to be done at a different counter.

We muttered and looked off at the other counter for a few moments, when the gentleman suggested another course of action.

"Or, for $100 cash, I can upgrade you right here."

Perfect, we thought. I put five 20's on the counter and the gentleman put some papers on top of the cash and dragged it down to his desk. Ten minutes later were in the First Class lounge enjoying free Wi-Fi, free booze and for some reason, packages of cookies that had pictures of chocolate chip cookies on them but did not in fact contain any chocolate chip cookies.

After angrily complaining about the cookie situation to several disinterested employees - several of whom pretended not to know what I was saying, but they knew, they had to know. Who wants to open a package of chocolate chip cookies and get some fucking ginger cookie instead. What the fuck? If I bought a bag of Milano cookies and got home to find it was full of fucking Chessmen, I'd race back to the grocery store and shove that bag of cookies up someone's ass.

But anyway, after I cooled down a bit, my wife asked me "Did we just bribe a Mexican Airline employee?"

Well, I sure as shit did not get a receipt for my $100 and I also flat out saw him put the cash into his own pocket. So, yes, I think we did.