[PublicAnimalNo9]

Yep, that was staged.

[DerbyX]

I don't know man. To me it sounded authentic. Sure it might have been a training scenario but this sounded kosher.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

The "victim" in this seems to be wearing a mic of some sort. From the car to the "holding room" you can hear him clearly, but the customs dudes while they can be heard, can't be heard as clearly, like they were farther away from the mic.
Except the last part where he talks with the "supervisor".
And why the stock photo of the Canadian border?

[DerbyX]

It seems there are a lot of people with either dash cams or cell phones recording any and all interactions with officials like this. Plenty of posted stuff like that is available and verifiable as truth. This sounds like it could easily be verified. I'll drop the video link into the Snopes.com site. They usually respond by verifying stuff like this.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

DerbyX DerbyX:

It seems there are a lot of people with either dash cams or cell phones recording any and all interactions with officials like this. Plenty of posted stuff like that is available and verifiable as truth. This sounds like it could easily be verified. I'll drop the video link into the Snopes.com site. They usually respond by verifying stuff lie this.

Cool. I'm not unequivocably stating it ain't real, but I have very serious doubts.

[2Cdo]

CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT:

2Cdo 2Cdo:

Funny enough the only border guards who have treated me shitty were Canadian one when I have returned from the US! This idiot from the GTA brought all this on himself for being a smartass to the guard.

You have you head up your rear or something? Go listen to that clip again before you comment.

-J.

First off, the head up the rear problem seems to be something you are quite familiar with and secondly I did listen to the clip that involved a smarmy, self-involved ass hole who thinks he is allowed to just waltz into the US whenever he wants and paid the price for being a smarmy asshole.

What you don't understand is the border services don't have to let you cross if they don't want to, for ANY reason. So before making a bigger ass of yourself why don't you just call it a day and go see what moms making for supper.

[Bodah]

If it was staged, that's some Juliard class 1 acting right there. Maybe he was just some dolt that wanted to give a border guard some attitude that day and recorded it and got more than he bargained for. Still alot of work though complete with background noises, differences in sounds (echo) as you can tell he's being moved room to room.

He obviously edited it before uploading it, I'll admit the sound of a cell door closing was obviously amped up. Who knows.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

americanadian americanadian:

The same thing can be said about Canadian border guards. It has nothing to do with nationality, as much as national security. There are Americans who are jerks and there are Canadians who are jerks, and unfortunately a handful of them choose jobs that involve constant, everyday interaction with the public.

When I was visiting the university I go to, we were detained for about 45 minutes, with an empty car, except for three days worth of clothes. The Canadian border guards asked the usual questions. They then asked us how many articles of clothing we had with us, how I found out about the university, what major I was choosing, and the route we were taking to Halifax.

Jerks or not, they're just doing their job. If someone was a terrorist and got into the US or Canada from either side, it could be traced back to which border agent let them into the country. There are countries out there whose government restricts them from even leaving their country, so being bothered for a half hour of our lives isn't too bad.

Having lived right smack on the border for almost 25 yrs, I learned young that the best way to get across the border is to cram the attitude before you get there If the guard asks a "dumb" question, answer it as best and as honestly as you can.
And if yer crossing to meet someone of the opposite sex, DO NOT TELL 'EM that's why yer crossing
Maybe because of where I lived I accepted the fact LONG before 9/11 that crossing the border was potentially gonna be a hassle. Deal with it or don't go, is what I tell ppl
This wasn't directed at you AC, I agree with you that they're just doing their jobs. However I will say based on my personal experience(and the fact most of that experience was crossing at Detroit), the guards on the US side of the border seem to be prickier than the Canadian side, even well before 9/11. Then again, I've never crossed into Canada as an American so...

[BAT119]

We have crossed the border into the USA and back into Canada many times all were uneventfull until this day last summer;
After a great trip through Montana we arrived at the Canadian border crossing it went like this;

What do you have to declare?

I passed her my declaration card claiming 24 beers and half a bottle of rum and 4 beer in the trailer fridge; we bought a few other small items valued less than $800

Let me see your receipts

Let see now you have a receipt for 24 beer and you claim to have 28 where is the receipt for the other 4?

I didn't save every receipt for everything we bought and we are well under our $800 limit

How many firecrackers do have?

Huh?

How many firecrackers do have, how much fireworks are you bringing back?

None

Do you have any food items?

There's some food in the trailer fridge

How many eggs do you have?

I didn't count them but there's less than a dozen

Pull your unit ahead and stand 20 feet in front of the vehicle while we conduct a search

The questions continued for about 20 minutes she left stone no unturned how much money did we have how much did we spend, repairs, alterations, did you mail any items back in your name, the tires on the camper look new do you have a receipt, the interrogation went on and on while another guard went through the trailer after the inspection she came towards me and said we found half a bottle of rum in the camper! You are not being honest with what else are you lying about? I told her while biting my tongue to look on the declaration I handed her when we started, after she read I had declared the rum she said I still don't think your being honest about something and in the future when you visit the USA document every penny you spend I thanked her for her time and we drove away wondering if we just entered Canada or Russia.
I'll make sure I count this eggs next time!

[coaster_dot]

I had fairly good experiences this summer when crossing. Both ways it took under 3-5 mins and there were no searches. However crossing into Maine we accidentally went into the commercial vehicle lane (it was late and we were over tired), they were a little suspicious about that but they just escorted us around to the other side. Both times we crossed it was at very small crossing which may have had something to do with it. Only times we got searched were in Detroit/Windsor and Seattle/Vancouver.

[angler57]

Could this be staged is a valid question?

In all my years of crossing from US/Canadian borders, have always been treated well.
These guards are faced with hundred of people everyday.
Just answering their questions and keeping ones mouth shut and listening works.

Considering your answers a moment before you give them works in business and everyday life as well.

[angler57]

Note; When entering the US of A.
If you appear to be middle eastern.
If you appear to be nervous and/or distracted.
If you give dodgey answers.
No Problem.
If you are detained the border guard or guards may risk being charged with
profiling. Which is forbidden.
They could risk their jobs.

What a great country this is. Sure don't want to offend those who may do us harm.

[ASLplease]

i dont know about you but when i get interviewed, my only objective is to get through the process without having any problems.

sarcasm or answering a question with a question is not smart.

[angler57]

Just remembered an incident while checking in at Oastler Lake Provincal Campgrounds near Parry Sound.
Had forgotten or license number and left blank that question.
Usually when this happens US/Canada no one ever ask. This fella did. Told him will run out and look. Forgot. He glanced at his computer and said never mind.
Thats an Indiana handicapped plate, right? Said yes and that was that.
It was all there on his computer.

[ASLplease]

its hard to believe that someone would be so stupid to bahave that way at a border crossing, my fear is they strip my car and leave me to repack it after i sit in a waiting room for 4hrs