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This. To me, one of the biggest examples is the border police. In Europe manage to do their jobs and be friendly—the guy stamping passports at AMS last month ev
by envy2 10y ago
This. To me, one of the biggest examples is the border police. In Europe manage to do their jobs and be friendly—the guy stamping passports at AMS last month even gave me a restaurant recommendation! Meanwhile, returning to the US, I'm interrogated like a criminal about where I was and what I was doing despite being a US citizen with the clear right to re-enter my own country.
And don't even get me started on the TSA and their insistence on screaming at me to take my phone out of my pocket (as if there are people in the damned elite lane that somehow don't know this already).
- jrnichols 10y ago"I'm interrogated like a criminal about where I was and what I was doing despite being a US citizen" This is one where your mileage may vary, but my most unfriendly experiences have been in Canada. Both Toronto and Vancouver. Other countries haven't been spectacular, mostly just sleepy immigration workers. I'd say that the folks in Germany (FRA) were the most cheerful and friendly so far.