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jotm on Feb 18, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Do...

Lol, that's exactly life in Eastern Europe/ex-USSR. There's socialized medicine, but if you want better service, you have to bring a gift (whisky, chocolate, money, the latter is always desirable). Not just hand cash over, that's disrespectful nowadays.

linkmotif on Feb 18, 2018 [–]

My grandmother was a pediatrician in Kiev in Soviet times. Her salary was about on par with anyone else, but she got tons of gifts.

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