Re:The Unwelcome Mat - How Not to Attract Tourists
by rwmj on Friday March 16, 2012 @07:28AM
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[I'm British and unfortunately have to travel to the US about once or twice a year for conferences]
As others have said, it's an unpleasant lottery. Mostly you wait a long time in line, and then you go through.
But twice I've been asked to step into a back room while some very slow process happens (I wasn't questioned in detail either time, so I don't really know what was going on). That added about an extra hour on each occasion, and is somewhat threatening.
This year I'm not going to the US at all. Mostly that's because there aren't any interesting conferences, but there's also in the back of my mind I'm slightly glad that I don't have to go through this fandango.
As others have said, it's an unpleasant lottery. Mostly you wait a long time in line, and then you go through.
But twice I've been asked to step into a back room while some very slow process happens (I wasn't questioned in detail either time, so I don't really know what was going on). That added about an extra hour on each occasion, and is somewhat threatening.
This year I'm not going to the US at all. Mostly that's because there aren't any interesting conferences, but there's also in the back of my mind I'm slightly glad that I don't have to go through this fandango.