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If you ever flown international, you are given a card to declare what you bring and told what you can't bring. She obviously left that off the card.
Most airports have done away with the declaration card. Now there are automated machines where you make your declaration. The receipt the machine spits out then tells the officer if the traveler made a declaration. If a bag search is done and prohibited articles are found and you didn’t declare them, well stand by, things get ugly at that point.
Most airports have done away with the declaration card. Now there are automated machines where you make your declaration. The receipt the machine spits out then tells the officer if the traveler made a declaration. If a bag search is done and prohibited articles are found and you didn’t declare them, well stand by, things get ugly at that point.
I just traveled to heathrow and was given it, but even so you are told what you can and can't bring. In heathrow, there are trash bins for these items. I even seen these in the America's also where I fly.
Thoughts on the lady fined 500 dollars for saving an apple
An hour or more before landing, passengers returning to the USA from foreign airports are given a customs declaration to read and sign. It clearly states that no fruit can be brought in.
It sounds like the customs inspector was being a jerk in this case, but we don't have the whole story.
An hour or more before landing, passengers returning to the USA from foreign airports are given a customs declaration to read and sign. It clearly states that no fruit can be brought in.
It sounds like the customs inspector was being a jerk in this case, but we don't have the whole story.
The whole story is that she is a member of the trusted traveler program and I am willing to bet she got kicked out of the program. That program is completely anal retentive in that the most minor of infractions will get you kicked out of the program.
An hour or more before landing, passengers returning to the USA from foreign airports are given a customs declaration to read and sign. It clearly states that no fruit can be brought in.
It sounds like the customs inspector was being a jerk in this case, but we don't have the whole story.
It's like a parking ticket - if you don't pay attention to the signage, you're suddenly out $75 for a small thing like leaving your car 10 minutes too long. While that sucks, you only have yourself to blame.
Paul Blart, flexing his $8.75/hr. muscles and keeping America safe...
As soon as he asked if the passengers trip was expensive and the said "It's about to get a whole lot more expensive after I charge you $500," he lost any respect and probably should have been fired on the spot. Only thing that surprises me is him not asking for sex to make the fine go away.
It's like a parking ticket - if you don't pay attention to the signage, you're suddenly out $75 for a small thing like leaving your car 10 minutes too long. While that sucks, you only have yourself to blame.
If we allow everyone with apples from international countries. we don't know what diseases, pesticides, insects, or smuggled goods are in the apple. It leads to a slippery slope. Better to be safe than sorry....
3) Yet another case of airport security/ customs acting like [swear words] because they can. These jobs seem to attract an abnormally high number of sociopaths. Yes the majority are at a minimum, professional in demeanor, but the number of [swear words] seems above the median.
It really is embarrassing, as an American, to come off a flight from Japan into Atlanta. The contrast between the calm, courteous, efficient staff in Narita and agitated, domineering, borderline psychos given authority over people who pass through Hartsfield-Jackson is striking.
It really is embarrassing, as an American, to come off a flight from Japan into Atlanta. The contrast between the calm, courteous, efficient staff in Narita and agitated, domineering, borderline psychos given authority over people who pass through Hartsfield-Jackson is striking.
Happy to hear that, I'm going over there in about three weeks for the first time.
They do this even to flight crew. They can be tough as nails and do not hesitate to fine if you get caught not declaring. I know more than a handful of coworkers over the years who have been fined. You must declare food items or be prepared to pay. They don't care who you are or your excuse. It's not that all food is banned necessarily, but you must declare it.
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Thoughts on the lady fined 500 dollars for saving an apple
