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What is considered polite to ask for in the USSR and all state institutions? Everywhere, you need to ask for something that you are not obliged to ask for.
If I didn’t pay money, that is, if there are no formal obligations before me, I can only ask, and they can refuse: the same example with beer.
What I’m talking about. I’m talking about the fact that no one has any obligations to you here.
"Совесть - она либо есть, либо её нет" (с) RedWhait HP