Comments on: When it is Not Good To Be Retired… http://www.stephenfung.net/when-it-is-not-good-to-be-retired/ The Personal Yakkety Yakkings of an Internet Entrepreneur Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:14:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Stephen http://www.stephenfung.net/when-it-is-not-good-to-be-retired/#comment-191 Stephen Wed, 10 May 2006 16:59:34 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/index.php/when-it-is-not-good-to-be-retired/#comment-191 I would love to hear more tips to avoid the "Rubber Glove" ;) I would love to hear more tips to avoid the “Rubber Glove” ;)

]]> By: Fluxx http://www.stephenfung.net/when-it-is-not-good-to-be-retired/#comment-187 Fluxx Wed, 10 May 2006 16:02:59 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/index.php/when-it-is-not-good-to-be-retired/#comment-187 Dude... NEVER tell them yer unemployed or self employed.... to a customs agent trying to protect their country, unemployed means "stealing a job from a good american boy, hopefully" and self employed means "drug dealer" "bomb maker" or "civil disobedience lawyer". These are basic tenets of international travel. Don't lie, but you DO work for futurelooks dot com, and at the least you are a technology reporter going to a tech trade show. I cross the border probably 20 times a year, and I rarely even have to pause at US or Canadian customs. Fluxx: walks up to customs in jeans and tee shirt and (usually)wearing funky shoes of some kind, carrying a laptop bag and either a suit bag or a carry on sized suitcase, passport out and form ready. Agent: "Going to see a customer?" Fluxx: "Yes" Agent: "What do you do?" Fluxx: "Work in VoIP" Agent: Response A: "Oh like Vonage? Have a good trip." Agent: Response B: "Have a good trip" Maybe I should blog about how to make customs more pleasant. Dude… NEVER tell them yer unemployed or self employed…. to a customs agent trying to protect their country, unemployed means “stealing a job from a good american boy, hopefully” and self employed means “drug dealer” “bomb maker” or “civil disobedience lawyer”. These are basic tenets of international travel. Don’t lie, but you DO work for futurelooks dot com, and at the least you are a technology reporter going to a tech trade show. I cross the border probably 20 times a year, and I rarely even have to pause at US or Canadian customs.

Fluxx: walks up to customs in jeans and tee shirt and (usually)wearing funky shoes of some kind, carrying a laptop bag and either a suit bag or a carry on sized suitcase, passport out and form ready.
Agent: “Going to see a customer?”
Fluxx: “Yes”
Agent: “What do you do?”
Fluxx: “Work in VoIP”
Agent: Response A: “Oh like Vonage? Have a good trip.”
Agent: Response B: “Have a good trip”

Maybe I should blog about how to make customs more pleasant.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.stephenfung.net/when-it-is-not-good-to-be-retired/#comment-185 Stephen Wed, 10 May 2006 06:02:23 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/index.php/when-it-is-not-good-to-be-retired/#comment-185 Yeah, just never had that happen, and I go to US a few times a year. Well, hoping that COMPUTEX in Taiwan goes a lot better at the border. Last thing I need is to spend time in a Taiwanese prison! Yeah, just never had that happen, and I go to US a few times a year. Well, hoping that COMPUTEX in Taiwan goes a lot better at the border. Last thing I need is to spend time in a Taiwanese prison!

]]> By: Tyler Cruz http://www.stephenfung.net/when-it-is-not-good-to-be-retired/#comment-184 Tyler Cruz Wed, 10 May 2006 01:12:30 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/index.php/when-it-is-not-good-to-be-retired/#comment-184 Heh, Yeah, when I was at customs on my way to Korea going from Van to the US, the guy was a complete bastard! I rarely travel so this was new to me.. I was so excited and happy and was like smiling and being co-operative and saying things in a nice way. And he didn't even smirk. But then I went to his boss, and he looked even scarier, but he turned out to be nice and even said to enjoy my trip and smiled :) The end. Heh,

Yeah, when I was at customs on my way to Korea going from Van to the US, the guy was a complete bastard! I rarely travel so this was new to me.. I was so excited and happy and was like smiling and being co-operative and saying things in a nice way. And he didn’t even smirk.

But then I went to his boss, and he looked even scarier, but he turned out to be nice and even said to enjoy my trip and smiled :)

The end.

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