Thank your lucky stars youāre not arriving at Heathrow.
In my 14 years working overseas, they frequently managed to make me feel unwelcome returning to my own country.
Nice to know they share their unpleasantness to all and sundry, not just non-citizens.
Closest Iāve ever come to utterly losing the plot was in T5 Heathrow. Just off 3 flights coming home from the USA. Had 4 half empty bottles of baby milk in the bag. Official wanted to see me taste each one (we couldnāt empty them apparently) otherwise they were being binned. āWould you drink 20 hour old warmed up and room temp milk thatās been on planes for 20 something hours?ā
āNot my problem sirā Was her response. You can imagine how delighted I was with her warm and friendly demeanour.
First time I used the phrase āIād like to congratulate you on your utter lack of human decency and compassionā
Whole lot got confiscated and we claimed it all back after a protracted debate. Witchā¦ā¦
Iāve always been more than co-operative with the security people, regardless of my frustrations at some of their actions.
I was forced one time to speak up though, when it became blatantly obvious I was being unnecessarily fucked about by a very rude and unfriendly individual.
She totally changed her tune when I asked to see her supervisor so I could report her for displaying racist behaviour towards me.
Bitch.
Reminds me of a flight to America from Heathrow we took years ago, when I still lived in England. Our daughter was a young child at the time, and she was excited about having her own carry on luggage. We had packed various gifts inside for her to open up during the flight, one each hour, to break up the monotony of a long flight.
Anyway, her carry on was very slightly too big, by less than an inch, and they made us unpack the contents and leave the bag behind. We had the option to pay extra and check the bag, but it wasnāt worth it, and besides, the whole point was for her to have access to little gifts - puzzles, book, small toy, that sort of thing.
She felt so grown up with her own carry on bag, even though it was a kiddy thing, with some animal design. It was a traumatizing experience to have to leave it behind, while we tried to pack as much of the contents into our own carry on luggage, while leaving some presents behind at the airport.
Daughter was crying her eyes out and everyone in the line behind us was shouting down the airline staff, but they stood their ground.
Bastards.
So to lighten the mood. Picture this. My father in law went from being ill (as he had been for 20 years) to dying in 24 hours. We were in California. Had the āget home nowā call. So BA did us a solid and moved our flight to Lufthansa that afternoon no charge. Thanks guys. We threw everything into the bags and taxied to the airport. You can imagine the rush, panic, stress etc. Got to check in and my bag was way over. So I pulled it off the scales and flipped it upright to move it. 2 things became instantly clear. There was a lady right next to me in a wheel chair and the lid on my case wasnāt zipped up. I catapulted 3 weeks dirty laundry all over her. We all looked at each other for the longest moment you can imagine. The Lufthansa lady broke the silence with āSir, if youād remove your laundry from this lovely lady, Iāll check your bag inā
Had to laugh even though it was so bloody dreadful. Lady in the wheelchair actually saw the funny side.
Iād had the whole baby milk thing at Gatwick airport before. Most of these security checks are a complete nonsense anyway. I used to see how much metal crap I could āinadvertentlyā take through the detectors at Edinburgh Airport because Iād worked out that they are mainly used to detect melanin.
By far the worst airport Iāve come across for general abuse is Amsterdam. The place is hideously inefficient and they donāt even bother to hide the human rights abuses. Oddly enough, though, it was Amsterdam airport where I lost my passport and the Dutch policeman who helped me could not have been kinder and more helpful.
I remember talking to someone who had brought through a whole set of kitchen knivesā¦
was this the guy?
That would be good news if she paid back the money first.
Sheās also doing it to avoid scrutiny. If she stays she is obliged to divulge information.
The leave has to be accepted first, it hasnāt yet.
Well hopefully they refuse the leave and make her answer the questions(unlikely I know).
Just another thieving cunt in politics/business.
Iād like to see all the ladies that have purchased her bras take them off 
I have only ever met grumpy people in England so the chances of a grumpy bloke is very high.
Just can not resist to say that I have stopped visiting England as it has become way more incompetent than France which is absolutely shocking!
One of the reasons for my leaving was that people were becoming either more miserable or more angry. I doubt much has changed since.
We all cheered up when @flobs left.
ouch ! 