I am.
No matter what I do, the bastards always stop and search me. Usually more thoroughly than I'd care for.
Is there a certain shifty look that I have?
I'm really sick of it.
Does anyone else get singled out the way I do?
2006-09-09 02:34:16 · 26 answers · asked by SilentRunning 3 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
Actually I'm totally the opposite. It doesn't matter if I've been on a 2 week bender and still have half a joint in my pocket -- they wave me right through. I've even gone across a border with a bag of pot taped to my nuts and was shaking like a mofo, and they didn't bat an eyelid. I bet I could hit them in the face with a Japanese camera and I still wouldn't exist to those muthafuckas. Anyways, sorry to hear that dude...
2006-09-09 02:37:50 · answer #1 · answered by Andy J 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Only time it's ever happened to me was arriving in the Channel Islands (I know) and it wasn't for drugs but terrorism.
I had to go off into a room with them while everyone else was allowed out of the port. They searched my bags and asked me questions such as, Have you been to The Republic of Ireland within the last five years?, Have you been to the Middle East within the last five years? What is your business in Guernsey? How long are you staying? What are these wires here in your bag? Is this semtex?
It was really strange.
A month later a mate of mine had his car searched on the way over with dogs. He had an ounce and about a hundred pills hidden in it. Amazingly they never found them.
Channel Island customs must be the worse in the world.
2006-09-12 14:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally I don't because I look very naive and innocent and I do great puppy dog eyes. So I took advantage of this to bring back about an ounce of weed from El Salvador a few years ago. Then I got my bag searched at San Salvador airport. The guy found the weed, and just put it right back where he found it and made no comment at all. I guess they were looking for coke or guns or something? On the same trip I also got searched by the military crossing from Venezuela to Colombia (some phrase to do with coals and Newcastle springs to mind). They refused to believe my story that I was just a tourist because "why would anyone go to Venezuela just for fun?"
2006-09-09 10:13:06 · answer #3 · answered by comradelouise 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes all the time. They always want to see the soles of my shoes. Do they think I'm keeping diamonds there?
Actually, once I was searched before going into a New Year's party and I had a 3 1/2'' knife in my pocket which the policewoman missed! She was more interested in what was hidden in the slide-off compartment of my mobile phone. Glad I didn't have any LSD there that day!
2006-09-09 10:58:29 · answer #4 · answered by Ms. Roxie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, at times I get that... not as much as my mother did a few years ago though. But I had this woman (when I was 13 or so) who wouldn't believe that my jean rivets were real. She kept me there for nearly 30 minutes and almost delayed the plane. Then, when I was told that open beverages weren't allowed when you go through security I guzzled down a whole can of an energy drink. Immediately, they just had to search me but missed a few sharp objects. It'll prolly get worse, haha.
2006-09-09 12:46:16 · answer #5 · answered by ScarletMoon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes when we did france i got stopped both times each way and last week i flew to Egypt for the day brought back £1200 fags and got stopped at the airport and made to pay tax on the things!! I've yet to be body searched but as long as its a fit bloke i don't care
2006-09-09 14:33:46 · answer #6 · answered by gaulde 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And it's a good job that they do too. I'm normally carrying narcotics of some kind and have yet to be arrested. I'm enjoying the current stricter regulations as everyone is getting the same treatment - and they're not bothered about anything unless it blows up a plane and smells like curry powder. kidding, but i know what you mean. You can complain about these things at most airports you know. How dyou know they don't have **** on you. Any of your family in the Secret Service.....how do you know????
2006-09-09 09:38:12 · answer #7 · answered by kenfitameen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do! Its so annoying! Wen i was 16 i got searched 4 times in 1 airport in the space of a few hours! They even took my flip flops and started examining them. Do they really expect a 16yr old girl, travelling alone, after very little sleep, in a skirt, to be trouble?
2006-09-12 13:27:46 · answer #8 · answered by braindead_and_happy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Me!!!!!!!
But at the end of the day they are only doing what they are employed to do and making yours and fellow passengers upcoming journey safe.
Just think what a sorry state we would all be in if these people weren't employed to do this job.
Afterall, if you have nothing to hide, why worry, I know it can be annoying but at the end of the day - you know you've been checked.
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MS
2006-09-11 08:54:35 · answer #9 · answered by [deleted] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Youn can get around this problem by always having 'something to declare'. That way you will initiate the search, and feel better about it.
PS It often gets you through the queue more quickly as well
2006-09-09 09:40:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋