Yes, actually, I have met quite a few border guards who were very professional. Both Canadian and American. The horror stories tend to happen when entering the US rather than Canada, though I must say that when I had to go to Canada for a family emergency even though I did not have my travel documents, when I came back to the US the Americans at the Thousand Island bridge were, dare I say it, both very helpful and efficient. I did have to go inside and explain myself, but they showed signs of a sense of humor and even fixed me up with a temporary replacement for my green card.
But seriously... you are ok with "I am a journalist" being a reason to pull someone into the office for special handling? Cause I am not. And I say that as someone that Canadian immigration has pulled out of the line dozens of times. However that was for a reason I consider good enough -- apparently they do it whenever a Canadian parent of American children drives into Canada with the children but without the other parent. They want to see custody documents, and fair enough. But uh... so. It's ok with you if they do this to every foreign journalist who arrives in BC in the next year? Really. Wow. /me wanders off shaking her head On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > After reading the title I was expecting something much more exciting. > > OT: Has anyone _ever_ met a border guard in any country that wasn't a > complete tool drunk on his/her own power? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308621 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
