“With your boastful noncompliant attitude I can understand why you might get hassled by border agents. Like everyone else in this world some are assholes (ring a bell?). But most just want to do the job and go home ... like everyone else. I've run into a couple of bad apples on both sides but considering how many times every year/month I'm back and forth crossing into US/Canada, overall my experience has been customs agents on both sides are great people.”
You are correct on that particular day. I had the time to make a point. I pulled two layers of U.S. border supervision into my intentional protest that day. It had been building with their ridiculous behavior for years.
Some time I’ll share a great bear hunt crossing made miserable by the U.S. side that lead to my decision to push back that one day.
This day I was assisting a friend for his family’s first trip to South Africa and with his first customs personal property form 4457.
I live along Lake Huron and it’s a :20 drive south to the closest border crossing. As kids we drove across that bridge at least weekly. Sports, family, concerts, bars, hunting, fishing etc.
I’ve dealt with hundreds of Michigan and Canadian border employees over decades with utmost respect and zero issues.
That day I finally had the luxury of ignoring someone trying their whole 30 days of Jedi mind game interrogation skills on me.
It took two layers above to tell him to knock it off. After my snickering, smart ass Outlaw Josie Wales response.
Turns out. When you have a clean record and time. It can be fun dealing with someone on a power trip and out over their skis.
