So in Italy there are basically 3 branches of the police. There’s the regular police, the caribineri (which investigates crimes and I guess are a branch of the Military – so thus would be more like the FBI or CIA) and there’s one special branch that just investigates financial crimes (can’t recall the name)…and Italy sure has a couple of those 😉

Anyways whilst having a coffee today with some colleagues it came up in conversation. I had heard a long time ago that you are required by law to always get a receipt from any business transaction, and today I found out more.
Apparently you as the customer are required by law to ask for the receipt (if they don’t give it), as the business is required to give one.

The customer has to keep the receipt and surrender it on request as long as they are “within 10 or 20 meters of the business”.
Me being the criminal mastermind that I am just said if someone asked me for the receipt and I didn’t have it I would just run the 10 meters, and that businesses should paint some kind of line to mark the safe zone.
I am smart. I’m going to be prime minister someday.

Of course as a foreigner I can claim ignorance…then run home and delete this entry 🙂