- Verses spoken by: [Marking the outgoing goods in chalk with a symbol the same as USA dollar sign] They're asking why are you using the dollar sign on the shipments that have been approved ?
- Export Customs Officer: Well, I've always used it, and my father worked in Customs before, he always used it, and his father before him also used to use it.
- Export Customs Officer: We've always used it as sign to passing customs.
- Export Customs Officer: The Americans must have seen it for goods arriving there, and their Customs would have said mmm like that it is unique and different to all other signs.
- Export Customs Officer: It means outgoing cargo, and outgoing cargo means cash, so we'll have that. So rather than us getting it from the Americans, I believe the Americans got it from us. Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it !