BigC Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 A few years back me and a mate were flying from UK to Amsterdam for a few days holiday. As we were flying out we had to show our passports to the official at the boarding gate. My mate went first, the official looked at his passport pic, looked at him, waved him through. I was next, he looked at the photo, looked at me then called my mate back. We had accidentally swapped passports at check in. How on earth did he let my mate through with my passport? Maybe he was high off the last seizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 If some of you learnt to answer the questions asked by customs or immigration minus the attitude then you would encounter a lot less problems.what if you ask a question and get no answer is that right also. or are we supposed to be robots and not get afffended. Most of it is intmidation. Like Someone said they asked so many stupid questions. like " did u pack this bag yourself sir, " Answer " no i have a magical fairy that packs my bags for me every time i go away" ask a stupid question get a stupid answer.. watch and learn lol Like Someone said they asked so many stupid questions. like " did u pack this bag yourself sir, "If you think about it,that's a reasonable question which they ask to everyone, i.e if they find contraband in your case/bag,then you can't say I don't know how it got there,because you said you packed it! Packed my back but I did not pack the coke Anyway as is already mentioned if you could just say someone else packed my back then if that gets you off the 5 kg of coke then fair play Either way they are going to search it and if there is contra band they shall nick you I drove back from Amsterdam once and decided to piss off the customs They wanted to do a thorough search of my car and take my wheels off I to them thank you They said why I said if I was waved straight through I would have been kicking myself about the 10 kg I left if the dam Now u have stopped my I just saved myself 10 years The customs officer asked me if I want go stay longer than I have to I said take your time I have been driving for 8 hours I shall lie down in the corner u tell me when your done Plus ordered coffee for myself and the customs After that they could not be bothered But I insisted search my car please Mainly because it smelt very bad and was an absolute tip They insisted they would not Pot calling the kettle black I cannot even get myself arrested by these stupid people Little did they know I have the gear in my pocket ha ha Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) If some of you learnt to answer the questions asked by customs or immigration minus the attitude then you would encounter a lot less problems.what if you ask a question and get no answer is that right also. or are we supposed to be robots and not get afffended. Most of it is intmidation. Like Someone said they asked so many stupid questions. like " did u pack this bag yourself sir, " Answer " no i have a magical fairy that packs my bags for me every time i go away" ask a stupid question get a stupid answer.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-k5h8arZYM watch and learn lol Like Someone said they asked so many stupid questions. like " did u pack this bag yourself sir, " If you think about it,that's a reasonable question which they ask to everyone, i.e if they find contraband in your case/bag,then you can't say I don't know how it got there,because you said you packed it! Packed my back but I did not pack the coke Anyway as is already mentioned if you could just say someone else packed my back then if that gets you off the 5 kg of coke then fair play Either way they are going to search it and if there is contra band they shall nick you I drove back from Amsterdam once and decided to piss off the customs They wanted to do a thorough search of my car and take my wheels off I to them thank you They said why I said if I was waved straight through I would have been kicking myself about the 10 kg I left if the dam Now u have stopped my I just saved myself 10 years The customs officer asked me if I want go stay longer than I have to I said take your time I have been driving for 8 hours I shall lie down in the corner u tell me when your done Plus ordered coffee for myself and the customs After that they could not be bothered But I insisted search my car please Mainly because it smelt very bad and was an absolute tip They insisted they would not Pot calling the kettle black I cannot even get myself arrested by these stupid people Little did they know I have the gear in my pocket ha ha Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app That wasn't very clever trying to p*** off the customs,didn't you know Amsterdam has been described as the drug Capital of Europe. Edited November 3, 2013 by MAJIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarloKnight Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Think half of the replies should start with "Once upon a time" !! Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 If some of you learnt to answer the questions asked by customs or immigration minus the attitude then you would encounter a lot less problems.what if you ask a question and get no answer is that right also. or are we supposed to be robots and not get afffended. Most of it is intmidation.Like Someone said they asked so many stupid questions. like " did u pack this bag yourself sir, " Answer " no i have a magical fairy that packs my bags for me every time i go away" ask a stupid question get a stupid answer.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-k5h8arZYM watch and learn lol Like Someone said they asked so many stupid questions. like " did u pack this bag yourself sir, "If you think about it,that's a reasonable question which they ask to everyone, i.e if they find contraband in your case/bag,then you can't say I don't know how it got there,because you said you packed it! Packed my back but I did not pack the coke Anyway as is already mentioned if you could just say someone else packed my back then if that gets you off the 5 kg of coke then fair play Either way they are going to search it and if there is contra band they shall nick you I drove back from Amsterdam once and decided to piss off the customs They wanted to do a thorough search of my car and take my wheels off I to them thank you They said why I said if I was waved straight through I would have been kicking myself about the 10 kg I left if the dam Now u have stopped my I just saved myself 10 years The customs officer asked me if I want go stay longer than I have to I said take your time I have been driving for 8 hours I shall lie down in the corner u tell me when your done Plus ordered coffee for myself and the customs After that they could not be bothered But I insisted search my car please Mainly because it smelt very bad and was an absolute tip They insisted they would not Pot calling the kettle black I cannot even get myself arrested by these stupid people Little did they know I have the gear in my pocket ha ha Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app So you're willing to waste your own time just to provoke officialdom? Your time can't be worth very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 No lap tops aloud Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 That's pretty much it It was just a simple heads up which has spiralled out of control If they wanted to check for porn I mean child porn then they could have done that in front of him If they found something that was dicy then they could impound it till it was checked out No need to seize a devise Be the story true or not I am making back up hard drives to leave behind as my work is too important to be seized I suppose under this paranoid terrorism act gives the government powers to so all sorts of things which have nothing to do win terrorism I don't understand why the uk is so edgy about terrorism as we lived for decades with the threat of the I R A Just because of paranoid America going over the top does not mean we have to copy them Remember prior to 9 11 there was hardly any securty on domestic flights which made them an easy target So now they have gone right over the top due to their slackness for before I might take my broken lap top to England It is broken beyond repair Rarther than through it away I might let customs have it Shall take them weeks to repair just to find there is nothing there Maybe I shall tell them that it appears to be broken but really or is heavily encrypted with my personal secret messages Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app If the IRA were using current terrorist tactics and had IT technology to murder thousands, we would have done the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 If some of you learnt to answer the questions asked by customs or immigration minus the attitude then you would encounter a lot less problems.what if you ask a question and get no answer is that right also. or are we supposed to be robots and not get afffended. Most of it is intmidation. Like Someone said they asked so many stupid questions. like " did u pack this bag yourself sir, " Answer " no i have a magical fairy that packs my bags for me every time i go away" ask a stupid question get a stupid answer.. watch and learn lol Like Someone said they asked so many stupid questions. like " did u pack this bag yourself sir, "If you think about it,that's a reasonable question which they ask to everyone, i.e if they find contraband in your case/bag,then you can't say I don't know how it got there,because you said you packed it! Packed my back but I did not pack the coke Anyway as is already mentioned if you could just say someone else packed my back then if that gets you off the 5 kg of coke then fair play Either way they are going to search it and if there is contra band they shall nick you I drove back from Amsterdam once and decided to piss off the customs They wanted to do a thorough search of my car and take my wheels off I to them thank you They said why I said if I was waved straight through I would have been kicking myself about the 10 kg I left if the dam Now u have stopped my I just saved myself 10 years The customs officer asked me if I want go stay longer than I have to I said take your time I have been driving for 8 hours I shall lie down in the corner u tell me when your done Plus ordered coffee for myself and the customs After that they could not be bothered But I insisted search my car please Mainly because it smelt very bad and was an absolute tip They insisted they would not Pot calling the kettle black I cannot even get myself arrested by these stupid people Little did they know I have the gear in my pocket ha ha Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app So you're willing to waste your own time just to provoke officialdom? Your time can't be worth very much. I have loads of tine because I have loads if money I get paid to do nothing so yes I have loads of tine money and freedom Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 If get a pull tell then u have. Dog and bone in your bag As for waiting my time it was work time so I was getting paid to be searched wicked ! Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 If get a pull tell then u have. Dog and bone in your bag As for waiting my time it was work time so I was getting paid to be searched wicked ! Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app If I understood what that meant I'd attempt to reply. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC1 Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 We only have your side of the story. Yes sustento, you do only have my side of the story. So perhaps that is all you should comment on and maybe with the proviso 'if taking the story as accurate'. Don't you understand that I DON'T CARE if you don't take the story as accurate. Then ignore it! You snipe above that somebody's time can't be worth much if they do what they do, but are you so short of something to do that must must speculate on something you know nothing about? Heed the intended warning or don't. Up to you. I don't care. Oh, and read my signature about speculation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 We only have your side of the story. Yes sustento, you do only have my side of the story. So perhaps that is all you should comment on and maybe with the proviso 'if taking the story as accurate'. Don't you understand that I DON'T CARE if you don't take the story as accurate. Then ignore it! You snipe above that somebody's time can't be worth much if they do what they do, but are you so short of something to do that must must speculate on something you know nothing about? Heed the intended warning or don't. Up to you. I don't care. Oh, and read my signature about speculation. For someone who doesn't care (twice) you've still made the effort to reply. I wasn't sniping at all just pointing out that someone who admits to choosing to bait officialdom rather than carry on with their journey can't place much value on their time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC1 Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 We only have your side of the story. Yes sustento, you do only have my side of the story. So perhaps that is all you should comment on and maybe with the proviso 'if taking the story as accurate'. Don't you understand that I DON'T CARE if you don't take the story as accurate. Then ignore it! You snipe above that somebody's time can't be worth much if they do what they do, but are you so short of something to do that must must speculate on something you know nothing about? Heed the intended warning or don't. Up to you. I don't care. Oh, and read my signature about speculation. For someone who doesn't care (twice) you've still made the effort to reply. I wasn't sniping at all just pointing out that someone who admits to choosing to bait officialdom rather than carry on with their journey can't place much value on their time. Note: I don't care whether you heed my warning or not. Great if somebody does, no problem if they don't. I do care about people coming onto a well-intended thread spreading their irrelevant negativity. I've not seen one post by you that can be worth a light to anybody. Do you need to see your name on a post to know you're alive? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucko Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 If get a pull tell then u have. Dog and bone in your bag As for waiting my time it was work time so I was getting paid to be searched wicked ! Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app If I understood what that meant I'd attempt to reply. " Dog and Bone" in U.K is a slang for Telephone--if that helps ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooloomooloo Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Ignore it Bucko. Idiots give it the big 'un online, but perfect citizens at border control. Well, except for those that go the 'Gary Glitter' route then come here and bellyache about how much trouble they made for themselves. I'm looking forward to an uneventful passage, and return, through LHR next week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 We only have your side of the story. Yes sustento, you do only have my side of the story. So perhaps that is all you should comment on and maybe with the proviso 'if taking the story as accurate'. Don't you understand that I DON'T CARE if you don't take the story as accurate. Then ignore it! You snipe above that somebody's time can't be worth much if they do what they do, but are you so short of something to do that must must speculate on something you know nothing about? Heed the intended warning or don't. Up to you. I don't care. Oh, and read my signature about speculation. For someone who doesn't care (twice) you've still made the effort to reply. I wasn't sniping at all just pointing out that someone who admits to choosing to bait officialdom rather than carry on with their journey can't place much value on their time. Note: I don't care whether you heed my warning or not. Great if somebody does, no problem if they don't. I do care about people coming onto a well-intended thread spreading their irrelevant negativity. I've not seen one post by you that can be worth a light to anybody. Do you need to see your name on a post to know you're alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC1 Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Ignore it Bucko. Idiots give it the big 'un online, but perfect citizens at border control. Well, except for those that go the 'Gary Glitter' route then come here and bellyache about how much trouble they made for themselves. I'm looking forward to an uneventful passage, and return, through LHR next week. I guess next week will be on your usual hands and knees Wooly. Some people don't bellyache even when bent over. Then there are those who can't find a big 'un to give anywhere or any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC1 Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 If get a pull tell then u have. Dog and bone in your bag As for waiting my time it was work time so I was getting paid to be searched wicked ! Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app If I understood what that meant I'd attempt to reply. In case you didn't notice sustento, you did reply even though you didn't understand. Seems like you have to say something even when you have nothing to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooloomooloo Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I guess next week will be on your usual hands and knees Wooly. Grovelling, fawning, cringing and snivelling all the way through customs. This amounts to lack of attitude and a cooperative manner. Easy when you know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) One trick I have is to always leave my unwashed smelly clothes on the top on the suitcase contents ( insulated from the rest by a layer of plastic ), so the first thing that hits them is a frightful pong. Edited November 4, 2013 by thaibeachlovers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinners Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Scary shit. 1984 passed a long time ago but we head ever nearer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 We think this thread has served it's purpose, but is going down hill quickly. So, we've decided it's best to close this one. Topic Closed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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