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Old 08-02-2005, 07:20
senor123 senor123 is offline
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Try returning from Colombia

I used to go to Colombia a bit. Coming back on a 36 hour flight via the States I waited for my bags (I guess they were being searched) then was asked to go to the red line queue. I had to wait about another 20 minutes until the senior customs officer arrived. I really lost it, told them to get f**cked, emptied my bag upside down on the table etc. The young guy wanted to punch my head in but the old guy was really calm.
He said to the young guy, "The gentleman is really upset, why don't you get him a complaint form? In fact get him two."
This then pissed the young customs officer off.
I had to laugh later as the old customs officer wound the both of us up.
Sent in the complaint form and got a reply from the Chief Of Customs saying that, if you meet certain parameters then you will be of interest to them but that I was "not a person of interest" to customs.
I learnt a good lesson about self control and now just go with the flow. Also I wouldn't perform like this in any other country but my own.
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