Don't be overzealous (Family Mart shoplifting case)

Someone check and see if I’m missing something here.

You stole from a store and were presented with an original penalty of NT$5000.
To which you refer as a “racket”, in addition to some pretty nasty characterizations about Taiwan and its people.

According to the Queensland government page (we don’t know which part of Australia you’re from, but one assumes they aren’t too dissimilar):

If the value of goods stolen is less than $150, shoplifting falls under the Regulatory Offences Act 1985 (PDF) and carries a fine of 6 penalty units ($731.4).

At today’s rate, that appears to be about NT$16,328.60.
Soooooooo??

As far as this:

Are you really suggesting you can’t get hired because of your “slanted eyes”??
Has it occurred to you that employers might be more inclined to hire staff who bring a little more to the table than “a way to stay busy”, and who aren’t going to :howyoudoin: off back to Australia in a year??

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