Things People Do That Amaze You

[landhoney]

Originally Posted by Lucky_Hippo

The Mexico emmigration lady "amazed" me and my wife last week.

She "amazed" me when she ripped my passport cover in front of my eyes and then proceeded to tell me it was invalid because it was now mutilated. Her manager then "amazed" me even more when I asked to speak with him and he proceeded to rip several more pages before telling me He'd "let me go on if I gave him a secret favor of 200 dollars American."

Yep, they amazed me so much I nearly sh*t my pants. Let's just say the wife and I are very happy to be home, and even more satisfied to enjoy the views stateside from now on.

It was an award celebration trip for her sales figures. Next year we'll take the money.

This is a whole 'nother level. Scary-crazy stuff. (no smiley really fits here)
Was this going in or coming out? I forget the process and who checks who into and out of the US.

[Lucky_Hippo]

Originally Posted by landhoney

This is a whole 'nother level. Scary-crazy stuff. (no smiley really fits here)
Was this going in or coming out? I forget the process and who checks who into and out of the US.

It was going in. When you land, the first place you pass through is Mexican emmigration. When you reenter the United States, you pass through US emmigration followed by US customs. Her company took pictures of my passport to keep a paper trail and offered to pay us back. A very nice jesture, but of course money was the last thing on our minds at the time. We just wanted to get home safe.

Advise for those who travel: My wife made photo copies of our passports the day before we left so we had direct proof of before and after the incident on hand. I'd suggest doing this and also leaving a copy with family, just in case.