NationStates Jolt Archive

I was so close. Just once I'd like to get through customs without being searched. Just one time. Every time I come into the country, I get my bags searched. Every single time. At least this time it wasn't because I was born in Saudi Arabia.

You see, this time I was almost through. I was talking to the guy at the counter, and he asked the questions, and as he was handing me the decleration sheet back, he asked the final question: "Are you carrying more than $10,000 cash on you?"

When I got done laughing at the absurdity of the question, he called the officer over and said officer examined my luggage. Note to US Customs people: Get a sense of humor. If you ask someone who's wearing sneakers with holes in them and is carrying 30 year old suitcases if he is carrying a large sum of money, and he laughs, just let it slide.

If any of you work in US Customs, I can declare that although I don't know you on a personal level, I hate you. Honestly, I fucking hate you.

That's odd, it's the exact opposite of my experiences with US Customs. I have never had anything that I owned searched going through customs. Even when I was bringing a small sword that I bought as a souvenir into the country. I feel bad for you.

Fly Southwest young Americans...Fly Soutthwest...

they dont waste your time...so they say...

Those racists. You are right to be angry. I would be, too.

Sorry to hear that, but with Saudis hijacking planes, what would you like them to do? I'm white and I rarely get through an airport without any trouble either, even on domestic flights. There's always a metal detector going off for no reason or something, but it's for your safety. Just be glad it's not like Israel.

The airport security treats you the same whether you fly Southwest or not.

My brother, who takes many vacations out of the country every year, gets searched every time. He's your average American guy, middle class and tanless. But everytime he has a new search story. Once, even, his four year old son - my nephew - was searched by US Customs, too. Maybe it's because he has red hair...