Trouble with Canadian customs

[hamamatsu]

Not long ago, my wife, myself, my best friend from Ireland and his wife were on our way to the Canadian side of Niagara falls to see the falls and to visit a casino. As we stopped at the border, there were college kids in lime green vests directing traffic. Two of the students insisted that I keep moving and directed me thru a stop sign. When we got to the customs booth, the woman in charge read me the riot act for going thru the stop sign. When I tried to explain that I was directed thru the stop sign, she got pissed and turned us all out for an inspection. My wife and myself were carring American passports, my buddy was carring an English passport and his wife had an Irish passport. We were there an hour in 90 degree heat getting things sorted out. The customs lady wasn't a lady.

I spent all my money at the casino and the Hard Rock Cafe, and I ain't coming back until I have more money.


To our Canadian brothers to the north, I'm just having a little fun with you about what happened. I'll be back !!

 

[retiredgentleman]

The next time you come through Canadian Customs, you need to be a little more friendly with the customs officers. Pick up a dozen Tim Horton donuts on the american side, and offer them the whole box as a token of your american friendship

 

[xjwmx]

^Ha ha. Very interesting. I wonder what the actual result of that would be... Probably unusual enough to get you a body cavity search.

 

[highspeedhamish]

Not long ago, my wife, myself, my best friend from Ireland and his wife were on our way to the Canadian side of Niagara falls to see the falls and to visit a casino. As we stopped at the border, there were college kids in lime green vests directing traffic. Two of the students insisted that I keep moving and directed me thru a stop sign. When we got to the customs booth, the woman in charge read me the riot act for going thru the stop sign. When I tried to explain that I was directed thru the stop sign, she got pissed and turned us all out for an inspection. My wife and myself were carring American passports, my buddy was carring an English passport and his wife had an Irish passport. We were there an hour in 90 degree heat getting things sorted out. The customs lady wasn't a lady.

I spent all my money at the casino and the Hard Rock Cafe, and I ain't coming back until I have more money.


To our Canadian brothers to the north, I'm just having a little fun with you about what happened. I'll be back !!

Oh this is normal.. Can Customs has a form to fill out when you apply for a job:

Mark the following traits to be a customs agent:

( ) Jerk
( ) Inability to Smile
( ) Jokes? are YOU joking?
( ) Ability to speak with words containing less than 3 syllables?
( ) Can you say: Did you pay tax on that?


I would like to apologize for them just like we did for Celine Dion.

 

[KeithB]

Crossed through customs many times at different locations and never a problem or bad attitude.

 

[Unfocused]

This obviously wasn't recently. It hasn't been 90 around these parts for months.

 

[ReycleBill]

Been to Canada lots of times, the only problems I ever faced were getting back into the USA.

And don't ever joke, "No obla English." when talking to a Texas Border Control Agent. I unloaded and reloaded an entire tractor-trail load by hand on the side of I-35 because of that one joke.

No, I wouldn't unload it today but I was young and in handcuffs until I agreed to do as I was told.

 

[jayel]

Been to Canada lots of times, the only problems I ever faced were getting back into the USA.

And don't ever joke, "No obla English." when talking to a Texas Border Control Agent. I unloaded and reloaded an entire tractor-trail load by hand on the side of I-35 because of that one joke.

No, I wouldn't unload it today but I was young and in handcuffs until I agreed to do as I was told.

Attitude adjustment

 

[ReycleBill]

Attitude adjustment

I'll say. Those border control officers have no sense of humor!

 

[gggGary]

They aren't that sharp, I smuggled a 650 engine up to a Canadian brother. Coming back the US agents confiscated our oranges, something about infecting the Wisconsin, munch, munch, slurp, citrus farms........... To pass inspections blabber on about your passion, start asking them if they ride too, ever had an XS660, how far have you ridden, 20 seconds in, their eyes glaze and they can't get rid of you fast enough, It's worked for me.

 

[hamamatsu]

I like the Tim Horton donut suggestion, it works with our local cops, maybe it will work with customs officals. BTW, I might have exaggerated the 90 degree heat, it might have only been 88 degrees that day.

 

[GoldToothGarage]

locked up with an indian-canadian in BC. wouldnt let me or my chick pass customs due to myself "smelling like booze and gasoline". 7 hours later and $2800 lighter in my pockets i was in seattle... they asked me to "wait a while" before coming back. screw canada

 

[ReycleBill]

I've known several folks to get locked up for entering Canada with a DUI on their driving record. Canada does not allow anyone with a previous felony record to enter the country and a DUI is a felony in Canada even though not a felony in most US states.

 

[visimpact]

The exact same thing happened to me and my wife at that exact spot. We were crossing into Canada after seeing the falls and we didn't stop at the sign, we moved up and the bitch in the booth reamed us a new one for moving forward without being told. We got reemed again for not knowing our plate number. I think they are just trying to find reasons to search people going in.

 

[xjwmx]

The worst Canadian custom is ending every sentence with "eh?"

"eh?" "eh?" "eh?"...