1) Shop staff have authority to take your money but not the authority to give you money .
2) Business electronic register does not a method for staff, without authority, to key in anything other than retail sales
^ If one is an expat then by definition they live in a country foreign to them. Having chosen not to live in their country of origin why would they still be interested in and/or try to influence the politics there.???? Better to simply enjoy the palm trees and sunshine.