Hamberger Alert

[Roberto]

Crossed a bit back, got sent to secondary for the first time ever. Guy in the booth stares and pauses after responses from me, stares some more. " Where were you"? Me: Penasco. How long were you there? Me: " About 10 years" Incredulos response !! 10 Years!! Walks around the van shaking his head. Stares at me some more. Guy put a note on the windshield wrapped around my passport and directed me to pull over. Inspection done in 20 minutes or so while I wait inside. All is friendly and efficient. I leave and the passport and note are still on the windhield. Open the note, was a reason for referral checklist form. Reason was handwritten in: Kept eating his hamburger, looked shaky.

This guys's approach was such that if he was a clerk in a store you would say he was rude. Given he had authority you just smile and bear it , or keep eating your hamburger.

 

[PintoPoint]

It would be fun to get everyone who crosses from Penasco have a burger in there hand. They would have no idea what happened.

 

[Roberto]

The tell here was that it was an official form but the inspctors ignored it completely. Think they had the guy's number?

 

[GV Jack]

You were eating a cold hamburger with no wine.....What a disappointment you are.

 

[mis2810]

Crossed a bit back, got sent to secondary for the first time ever. Guy in the booth stares and pauses after responses from me, stares some more. " Where were you"? Me: Penasco. How long were you there? Me: " About 10 years" Incredulos response !! 10 Years!! Walks around the van shaking his head. Stares at me some more. Guy put a note on the windshield wrapped around my passport and directed me to pull over. Inspection done in 20 minutes or so while I wait inside. All is friendly and efficient. I leave and the passport and note are still on the windhield. Open the note, was a reason for referral checklist form. Reason was handwritten in: Kept eating his hamburger, looked shaky.

This guys's approach was such that if he was a clerk in a store you would say he was rude. Given he had authority you just smile and bear it , or keep eating your hamburger.

You read it wrong. It said: "Kept eating hamburger. Looked shady."

 

[Roberto]

Hmmm...... will have to reread the note !!

 

[Stuart]

I wondered why they had changed the barriers and such on Sunday coming back across - basically everyone had to cross through the first stall of secondary, where two nice CBP gals with machine guns were keeping tabs on everyone. There seemed to be a heightened presence all the way around.

It all makes sense now. They were trying to capture the notorious Hamburglar!
Fooled 'em again, eh Roberto?

 

[GV Jack]

Stuart, you outdid yourself on that one. Triple likess from this guy.

 

[X-Coastie]

I would say that you were rude by not having the decency to put the hamburger down while you two were communicating. Store clerk or a person of authority you should be respectful enough not to have your mouth filled with food while talking. But that's just me.

 

[Landshark]