The card read : “Do you bring any food with you to the United States?”
Well I have a few clementines, but these will be in my stomach while we wait for the plane. So I check “no”.
Big mistake.
The U.S. Custom Agent asks me the same question. I tell her that I have a few clementines in my bag and that I do not intend to bring those to the U.S.
She tells us that we have to go through these revolving doors for a “secondary search”. Ania is angry at me. She had told me to get rid of those before we reach U.S Customs agents.
It is 9:15 AM and our plane leaves in 45 minutes. We all know that these “searches” can last an eternity if conducted by a jittery agent.
Thank God the fellow at the “Agriculture Department” booth where we are sent is not a zealot. He simply asks us for the clementines and drops them in a bin. Phew!
Two lessons for me here:
1 – Don’t underestimate the threat represented by clementines. In the hands of Evil Doers, the can become a national security issue.
2 – Listen to Ania. :)
Don't underestimate no 2.
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