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Good for you. There is no shortage of assholes at the border. It's gotten to the point where when I encounter a polite one, I think "what's his angle?" Maybe he
by MathMonkeyMan 2y ago
Good for you. There is no shortage of assholes at the border. It's gotten to the point where when I encounter a polite one, I think "what's his angle?" Maybe he's just not a jerk projecting his sense of powerlessness onto strangers. Imagine!
That said, I don't envy their job. But it seems to be a systemic attractor of asshole.
- Symbiote 2y agoI think it must be their training, at least in part. Does acting this way catch people who are trying to deceive them? Border guards in other countries are often very polite.
- mrguyorama 2y ago>Does acting this way catch people who are trying to deceive them? The retired cops who will charge your department $100k for "training" will absolutely tell you they are teaching you how to detect liars. Actual studies have shown their techniques (things like microexpressions etc) are not only ineffective, but make you WORSE THAN RANDOM CHANCE at detecting lies. A person who has received no "training" in these stupid systems are better at detecting lies. But cops love other cops and former cops, and have a shitload of money in their budget for stupid nonsense training like "Killology", and apparently have absurd and unscientific worldviews that they refuse to escape. So they keep booking the retired cop who tells them "that hoodlum who you feel is sketchy is definitely sketchy so trust your instinct" and do not book the scientist who tells them "actually everything you know is mostly wrong, and you shouldn't ever trust your gut".