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    "they know you don't speak it" ?? How would they know that? Many people who enter country X speak one of the languages of country X, even if they don't look similar to most of the people who live in country X. Also, they may have wanted all their colleagues to hear and know they were not taking a bribe in case someone said later that they did.
    – Kate Gregory
    Commented Oct 2, 2021 at 17:21
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    How were they being rude?
    – Bernhard Döbler
    Commented Oct 2, 2021 at 17:23
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    Your assumption that "Passport isn't attractive to thieves" does not hold up. Passport theft IS a problem. See interpol.int/How-we-work/Border-management/…
    – madsb
    Commented Oct 2, 2021 at 18:30
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    Not only are passports targets of theft in their own right, now a common thief who spots the $100 you keep there will watch what pocket you put it into, and when they lift it, you'll not only be out $100 but suffer the significant inconvenient and expense of losing your passport.
    – CCTO
    Commented Oct 3, 2021 at 15:52
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    @Harper-ReinstateMonica it could have gone worse still, far worse. He could have kept the passport and the $100 as evidence that OP was trying to bribe him and order OP arrested for that, which can be at the very least a multi-year travel ban and more likely a lengthy prison sentence followed by a permanent travel ban.
    – jwenting
    Commented Oct 4, 2021 at 7:29