Yep, and he said where they were going, the idiot “agent” got into a hissy fit because he wasn’t given a specific store name, which is not reasonable to ask given the previous dialogue. This wasn’t about danger, it was about an ego, and the “officer” being offended so he made this guy go through.
I’ve been in and out of customs about a dozen or so times in a few countries, and I have had only one or two U.S> agents treat me the way this guy/idiot/agent was. I was overly courteous not because that’s an appropriate exchange, but because it’s easier to be patient with them like the juveniles they are (not all agents, but these types). However, overtime we’ve abdicated more and more personal rights (these foreigners don’t have many here), but in general, so that these thugs think they’re all powerful. Sick and disgraceful.
There was no danger, except to the “officer”’s thin skin.
I did just want to add that the guy being interviewed would have been better served to just answer the questions, and move on. Instead of arguing. He would have probaby been in and out rather than dealing further with the first idiot in the first place. And I’d say, in any event, shop in your own country and you wouldn’t have a problem.
And the “Obstruction of Justice” charge is so over abused, it’s stupid.
And if we just used sensible racial profiling we could save BILLIONS because the TSA thing when combined with the Customs thing is a massive expenditure to no purpose because the terrorists are the protected class at the ports of entry. It’s only white people who are being harassed. Which is to say, the racial profiling is intensely focused on the wrong race.
I’d have said, “All of ‘em.” rofl