Posted on 04/22/2018 7:21:23 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
A Colorado woman is facing a $500 fine from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for saving a free apple she received as a snack from Delta Air Lines on her way back to the United States from Paris, France.
Crystal Tadlock told Fox 31 Denver, toward the end of her flight from Paris, flight attendants passed out apples in plastic bags as a snack. Tadlock put the fruit in her carry-on to save for when she was hungry during the second leg of her trip.
Once Tadlock arrived in the U.S., she went through Customs and her bag was chosen to be randomly searched, Fox 31 reported. Tadlock says a Customs agent pulled out the apple in the plastic bag with Deltas logo on it.
When questioned about the snack, Tadlock explained she received the apple from the airline and asked if she could throw it away or eat it, Fox 31 reported. The Customs agent allegedly told her no and fined her $500 for carrying the undeclared fruit.
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Nice. Not sure I’d have the confidence to be able to knock it out but if you can separate him from the weapon, all the better.
I spent a few years in martial arts but we really never got around to disarming.
"Look...look, smarty pants, the sixteen-ton weight is just one way of dealing with the apple killer. There are millions of others!"
So now you need to share it.
I don’t know what they do with the fruit they collect but a few shots of pesticide in the container ought to take care of it.
I wondered if the flight was a hot turn or not using a different crew.
Who are you quoting in your post?
Do I think the lady made an honest mistake?
Yes.
Do I think she meant to do any harm?
No.
Do I think that in all innocence she could have caused a major problem?
Yes.
Do I think the customs agent was unnecessarily nasty to her?
Yes.
Do I think he was in the wrong?
No.
Even jerks can be doing the right thing while they are still being major jerks.
Whatever. I’ve been sick of people who worship the law for decades now.
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