due to some visa procedure
hiccup at the embassy
and negligence on my part,
a passenger got deported from
Russia to Singapore on
the return SQ flight.
15 hrs of long haul flight, 2hrs of
trauma at the immigration,
another 15hrs flight back to Singapore.
Russian immigration is notoriously
stringent, and they
will deny even the most harmless looking
old lady entry if the paperwork does
not entitle her to.
to add to the dramatic effect,
the poor old lady has a heart condition and
amidst the distress, needed her
medication which immigration officers
callously disallowed.
she was understandably traumatised and
"has been crying nonstop since".
but the best part of this whole situation
is that her daughter's a lawyer and
she has threatened to sue.
i can't believe the deep shit
i am in.
guilt is not the favourite emotion.
its not only
the monetary compensation
that my company will have to bear,
its a label of "inefficiency and substandardness"
that i have put on my company's name.
the distress of the old lady and
her family (immigration officers
are not the most goodnatured of
people in a setting like Russia).
and in situations where sorry
is really not enough,
i guess the punishment is a
heavy, guiltridden heart.
damn, i live true to
my name.
i sin indeed.
9:52 AM