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Thor · 06-07-2010, 06:44 AM

The Canadian had an attitude and escalated this thing, but the officers in the end charging him with assault was ridiculous.

Both sides should be embarrassed.

One trip to the US my friend and I drove down from Calgary to Vegas and at the border I realized that I stupidly forgot my passport since I'm born outside Canada, the drivers license at the time was obviously not enough.

So they asked me to pull over and come inside, thinking to myself how stupid I was for this and knowing I'd have to drive all the way back to Calgary to get my proper documents.

Anyhow after waiting I finally get to the counter and the customs guy asks me to fill out this form, simple stuff, employer, length/reason for visit, etc.. I finish filling it out, and he comes back. Read's I'm a travel agent and we both laugh at my obvious stupidity on forgetting such an important document.

So he after a short but polite conversation goes back to his desk and goes on his computer; at this point I'm just hoping he hurries up and denies me so I can hurry back to Calgary, cause Vegas awaits!

After about 5 mins, he comes back and tells me I'm clear to go and not to forget next time, we both share a laugh as he's being very nice about the whole thing and what he ended up doing for 5 mins was trying to find a visit to the US he could prove I had been in the country before with my passport and found a trip from about 8yrs prior where I flew into the US with my brother on his Cessna to Seattle.

This guy went out of his way to help me get in and not have to turn around back to Calgary, the guy at the booth and this guy were both polite and I always do the same with customs/border agents, to make sure I'm polite, answer fully the questions and do my utmost to make their job easy.

I've crossed the border driving about 20 times in the last 10yrs, and flying wise I'm probably over 30-40 times in that same period, never have I had a problem, sometimes grumpy agents who aren't nice but otherwise its been easy really as long as I was nice to them and answered the questions.

I'm sure there are bad apples in the service but I'm betting they are a minority.

06-07-2010, 06:44 AM	#53
Thor God of Hating Twitter Join Date: Apr 2006 Exp:	The Canadian had an attitude and escalated this thing, but the officers in the end charging him with assault was ridiculous. Both sides should be embarrassed. One trip to the US my friend and I drove down from Calgary to Vegas and at the border I realized that I stupidly forgot my passport since I'm born outside Canada, the drivers license at the time was obviously not enough. So they asked me to pull over and come inside, thinking to myself how stupid I was for this and knowing I'd have to drive all the way back to Calgary to get my proper documents. Anyhow after waiting I finally get to the counter and the customs guy asks me to fill out this form, simple stuff, employer, length/reason for visit, etc.. I finish filling it out, and he comes back. Read's I'm a travel agent and we both laugh at my obvious stupidity on forgetting such an important document. So he after a short but polite conversation goes back to his desk and goes on his computer; at this point I'm just hoping he hurries up and denies me so I can hurry back to Calgary, cause Vegas awaits! After about 5 mins, he comes back and tells me I'm clear to go and not to forget next time, we both share a laugh as he's being very nice about the whole thing and what he ended up doing for 5 mins was trying to find a visit to the US he could prove I had been in the country before with my passport and found a trip from about 8yrs prior where I flew into the US with my brother on his Cessna to Seattle. This guy went out of his way to help me get in and not have to turn around back to Calgary, the guy at the booth and this guy were both polite and I always do the same with customs/border agents, to make sure I'm polite, answer fully the questions and do my utmost to make their job easy. I've crossed the border driving about 20 times in the last 10yrs, and flying wise I'm probably over 30-40 times in that same period, never have I had a problem, sometimes grumpy agents who aren't nice but otherwise its been easy really as long as I was nice to them and answered the questions. I'm sure there are bad apples in the service but I'm betting they are a minority. __________________ Allskonar fyrir Aumingja!!