I'm happy to hear your experience was a good one concerning US customs and
security. My experience a couple years ago in Miami wasn't so pleasant.
They not only would not hand check my film, but just for asking, they
pulled me out of line and put me through an intense security check. I had
to remove my laptop from its case and the idiots dropped it - twice! The
second time was the end of it. I refused to leave until someone in charge
filled out an incident report so I could turn it into their insurance
company. It took over half an hour for someone to finally bring the
papers, then they wouldn't give me a copy and it took another 15 minutes to
fill out a second set of papers so I could take them with me. I almost
missed my flight!
It took over a year to finally collect the damages - but I wouldn't let up
until they did! What really angered me was the attitude. The guy who
dropped it just shrugged his shoulders and declared "shit happens".
Jim Caldwell
Original Message:
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From: John Hudson OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:16:47 -0300
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] recent experience in Boston, USA
In spite of receiving much advice on what to see and where to go, I limited
myself to terminals B and E of Logan Airport, a concrete jungle the size of
a small city!
Senators Edwards' and Kerry's brightly decorated presidential campaign A320
Airbus or 767 taxied into Logan late yesterday afternoon eclipsed in size
only by a trio of oversized stretched 747s from Virgin Atlantic, Dragonair
Cargo and BA. The press in the UK mentioned that this week's Democratic
convention in Boston was resulting in unprecedented security precautions and
shut downs of the city.
A beer or two in Sams Bar at Logan looked to be a better option than
fighting downtown security close downs.
My experience with US Customs and security was positive to say the least;
perhaps Canada Customs should take some lessons. I asked for hand
inspections of film and film loaded camera and received same. The politeness
and consideration of the gentleman who did the inspection on the outward
trip to the UK was equal to that of a conceirge or maitre'd at a five star
hotel.In short, a very positive experience on both trips thru US Customs and
security.
John Hudson
Nova Scotia, Canada
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