JFK was another long tedious queue … just in front of us were a plane load from Korea … watching the security staff deal with them was interesting … I was listening my ipod and watching a mime of prejudice before my eyes … holding up a passport in front of someone’s face to compare and see if it was the same person … then calling over a colleague and them both discussing it in front of the person … well they look alike these foreigners don’t they … nothing but courtesy and smiles when dealing with us but then we are white, dress properly and have British passports … I wonder how they would feel if they could see their body language … an irony for me as I approached the desk was seeing a polite notice explaining how security staff would be courteous and polite etc etc … but of course this was only in English … so I guess what the Koreans don’t know won’t hurt them
Sunday, December 17, 2006
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2 comments:
Eurch... that's horrible. And the worst part is that it takes someone liek you stepping back and analysing the situation to realise quite how crap it is.
Aren't you glad that you have a british passport. I do have to go through these situations where ever I go. Atleast I am not a Korean nd I can speak English. One more hurdle for me to cross.
Well enjoy Newyork
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