Do you have any unforgetable experience in the UK? I'll share my bad ones

[Terrielicious]

I had a bad experience in the UK it is when I just arrived in London and have to go to immigration officer and almost detaining me it was because I am so lucky getting a visit visa for 6 months without interview and me without savings personally. It was early morning from a long flight i thought i will be refuse to pass the immigration and go back to the phils straight away :(( They asked me questions in a rude manner and I started feeling of wanting to cry. I have to wait and sit while they are checking my papers and my boyfriend profile and after they talk to thier co officer and go to thier little booth office at the back they let me in but still they are not nice cos when they finally let me in they are laughin while am passing the little gate.

[telford]

I had a bad experience in the UK it is when I just arrived in London and have to go to immigration officer and almost detaining me it was because I am so lucky getting a visit visa for 6 months without interview and me without savings personally. It was early morning from a long flight i thought i will be refuse to pass the immigration and go back to the phils straight away :(( They asked me questions in a rude manner and I started feeling of wanting to cry. I have to wait and sit while they are checking my papers and my boyfriend profile and after they talk to thier co officer and go to thier little booth office at the back they let me in but still they are not nice cos when they finally let me in they are laughin while am passing the little gate.

talaga terrie? my God thats not good!

[Terrielicious]

talaga terrie? my God thats not good!

Yeah its really make me feel so bad after that I asked my bf why they are like that. My bf says it was because they are in a uniform and in the authority to sit and check each people coming to thier country they think they have the right to be rude and not treating people in a nice way. I understand them checking people coming and doing thier job good I agreed to them asking me questions yeah, but laughing at me after they make me feel helpless and worried that is I cannot undestand.

[andypaul]

Yeah its really make me feel so bad after that I asked my bf why they are like that. My bf says it was because they are in a uniform and in the authority to sit and check each people coming to thier country they think they have the right to be rude and not treating people in a nice way. I understand them checking people coming and doing thier job good I agreed to them asking me questions yeah, but laughing at me after they make me feel helpless and worried that is I cannot undestand.

Sadly people in Uniform are just as bad all over the world.

One having seen all the stamps in my passport were in a neat row for no reason stamped them so it took out the rest of the page. not that it really matters to me but you could tell he was annoyed.

Why beacuse he seemed to be a bit peed off with the two ladies in front of my wife that spoke English to him as they had a small kid with them and my Wife spoke English to the ladies and child as well

The mintue a uniform or a bit of power gets involved people from all round the world become prats

[joebloggs]

Sadly people in Uniform are just as bad all over the world.

One having seen all the stamps in my passport were in a neat row for no reason stamped them so it took out the rest of the page. not that it really matters to me but you could tell he was annoyed.

Why beacuse he seemed to be a bit peed off with the two ladies in front of my wife that spoke English to him as they had a small kid with them and my Wife spoke English to the ladies and child as well

The mintue a uniform or a bit of power gets involved people from all round the world become prats

the only time i've come close to someone in many years, was when the misses first came to the uk, when we were queueing at immigration, i went thru first in the brit queue, and waited near the exit door for my misses, incase their was a problem, a guy, i don't know who he was, security guy or immigration officer, told me i couldn't wait, i had to go thru the door, told him i was waiting for my wife, told me i couldn't, i was getting , just been travelling nearly 20hrs, and you get some , telling me i cannot wait for a minute, this went on a couple of minutes, then he asked me a question, and said to me the answer is 'thank you', i just at him and walked thru the exit..

no need, i should have gone in same queue as the misses..

[aromulus]

If you think that UK immigration officers are rude, you obviously haven't encountered the American counterparts.....
They don't have to work at being s, it comes natural to them.
And this, years before 9/11......

[Piamed]

no need, i should have gone in same queue as the misses..

I wondered about that. Although in Leeds it should be a relatively short queue, I intend to go through with Pia as we are married with the same family surname. I usually see the same guys o i hope that they won't be stroppy with us.

[SIZE=4]If you think that UK immigration officers are rude, you obviously haven't encountered the American counterparts.....

The way they behave in US is unbelievable. The weirdest ones I have met have been in Ukraine. The female immigration and security staff wear mini-skirts and high-heels but don't let that fool you; they can be quite severe and carry a frightening array of weapons.

[KeithD]

[quote=aromulus;70344]
They don't have to work at being s, it comes natural to them.
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I've always found them pleasant....even the security in San Fran were so nice, they felt my balls

[Piamed]

I had a bad experience in the UK it is when I just arrived in London and have to go to immigration officer and almost detaining me it was because I am so lucky getting a visit visa for 6 months without interview and me without savings personally. It was early morning from a long flight i thought i will be refuse to pass the immigration and go back to the phils straight away :(( They asked me questions in a rude manner and I started feeling of wanting to cry. I have to wait and sit while they are checking my papers and my boyfriend profile and after they talk to thier co officer and go to thier little booth office at the back they let me in but still they are not nice cos when they finally let me in they are laughin while am passing the little gate.

Sorry to hear that. Some government authority and council employees with 'officer' in their title can be quite stupid as it's the only time they get to exert some authority over others. It can get to their heads sometimes.

[Eljohno]

As long as it is just the birds that are attacking you then that is the least of your worries