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just me said:
These aren't standards of any sort. Why don't you get that?
Would you agree with being denied a driving license because you are a vegetarian?
Are you from Mumsnet? Would you agree with being denied a driving license because you are a vegetarian?
Edited by just me on Tuesday 31st January 18:24
There's definitely a touch of the 'mental' going on here.
I'm sure if you called ahead and explained that you get very upset if people don't fall at your feet and welcome you to their country as a wondrous messiah they would be able to sort something put for you.
If they can't help you then it would probably be beat to simply grow a pair and man up.
I think this is the third time or so that I am making this point. You might want to pay attention, if your meds allow your underdeveloped brain to indulge in that sort of thing. No one is asking for customs/immigration officers to be nice. Simply, just professional behaviour. No needless power tripping, no little Hitler complex, no treating people like cattle for no reason. And certainly not denying visitors entry into the United States after they have been thoroughly vetted, and proven to anyone with an ounce of common sense that they don't pose a threat.
So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
12gauge said:
Eh? Apples and Oranges comes to mind.
How is it apples and oranges? Here are the parallels I was trying to draw:The right to drive (enter the US) can be denied by authorities (DHS).
This right should be denied on valid grounds only.
Being a vegetarian (using a reference to a TV show, an American one at that!) has no bearing on your right to drive (you actually posing a threat to anyone's safety in the US).
Anyone with an ounce of common sense can see that the guy's twitter posts were innocuous statements of how he was looking forward to going to the US to have a good time. As for digging up Marilyn Monroe, you would have to be beyond retarded to take that literally.
NinjaPower said:
This sort of stuff really worries me.
I've been to the US 4 times without any issue at all, in fact a couple of times involved a brief laugh and a joke with the IO's, usually about my choice of destination city.......
....I'm bricking it already when in fact I should be exitedly looking forward to our holiday.
I've flown into the USA every two months for the last five years and not had a problem yet. I have lived in the Philippines for the last two years, have been to nearly fifty different countries over the years, arrive by a different route every time I fly, and nobody in US immigration has asked anything more intimidating than how much cash I have in my pocket. I've been to the US 4 times without any issue at all, in fact a couple of times involved a brief laugh and a joke with the IO's, usually about my choice of destination city.......
....I'm bricking it already when in fact I should be exitedly looking forward to our holiday.
The newspaper article in question really was something taken to the extreme, and there was more to the incident than the news rag let on.
Your Polish girlfriend won't have any problems, unless she does start spouting commie rubbish.
You wouldn't beleive the oddballs and screw balls I've stood next to in the queue, and I've never noticeably seen anybody arrested, frog marched away or given any real grief.
just me said:
I think this is the third time or so that I am making this point. You might want to pay attention, if your meds allow your underdeveloped brain to indulge in that sort of thing. No one is asking for customs/immigration officers to be nice. Simply, just professional behaviour. No needless power tripping, no little Hitler complex, no treating people like cattle for no reason. And certainly not denying visitors entry into the United States after they have been thoroughly vetted, and proven to anyone with an ounce of common sense that they don't pose a threat.
So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
You haven't really pointed anything out though have you? You've just banged on about how frightfully rude these terrible people are. So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
What is not professional about them? If this is their remit then they are obviously extremely professional.
You do seem awfully emotional about your expectations that they great you with tea and biscuits and a reassuring hug.
just me said:
I think this is the third time or so that I am making this point. You might want to pay attention, if your meds allow your underdeveloped brain to indulge in that sort of thing. No one is asking for customs/immigration officers to be nice. Simply, just professional behaviour. No needless power tripping, no little Hitler complex, no treating people like cattle for no reason. And certainly not denying visitors entry into the United States after they have been thoroughly vetted, and proven to anyone with an ounce of common sense that they don't pose a threat.
So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
You haven't really pointed anything out though have you? You've just banged on about how frightfully rude these terrible people are. So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
What is not professional about them? If this is their remit then they are obviously extremely professional.
You do seem awfully emotional about your expectations that they great you with tea and biscuits and a reassuring hug.
just me said:
I think this is the third time or so that I am making this point. You might want to pay attention, if your meds allow your underdeveloped brain to indulge in that sort of thing. No one is asking for customs/immigration officers to be nice. Simply, just professional behaviour. No needless power tripping, no little Hitler complex, no treating people like cattle for no reason. And certainly not denying visitors entry into the United States after they have been thoroughly vetted, and proven to anyone with an ounce of common sense that they don't pose a threat.
So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
You haven't really pointed anything out though have you? You've just banged on about how frightfully rude these terrible people are. So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
What is not professional about them? If this is their remit then they are obviously extremely professional.
You do seem awfully emotional about your expectations that they great you with tea and biscuits and a reassuring hug.
just me said:
Actually, you are the one banging on, long after bed time. Now finish your milk and turn the lights off, there's a good boy. Leave grown up discussions to grown ups, ok?
Nope. You're still not explaining your reasoning. Why should they be polite to you?
Why is the way that they act unprofessional?
just me said:
I think this is the third time or so that I am making this point. You might want to pay attention, if your meds allow your underdeveloped brain to indulge in that sort of thing. No one is asking for customs/immigration officers to be nice. Simply, just professional behaviour. No needless power tripping, no little Hitler complex, no treating people like cattle for no reason. And certainly not denying visitors entry into the United States after they have been thoroughly vetted, and proven to anyone with an ounce of common sense that they don't pose a threat.
So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
Did you miss that it's the Daily Mail?So, go back to playing with your bat and ball and leave daddy's computer alone. It may go beep and display nice pictures, but really, it's an expensive toy and you will break it by bashing on the keyboard like an overexcited orang utan.
Categorically no way you are hearing the whole story. The DM are just yanking your chain and laughing at you from behind their keyboards.
Still, feel free not to travel in case the oppressive IO criminals get the rubber gloves out. The less tourists there are making a nuisance of themselves the more the rest of us can simply enjoy foreign climes.
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