Rail Away --- VS-Canada: New York-Montreal (DUTCH - early 2000s?)

[The Lawspeaker]

Rail Away --- VS-Canada: New York-Montreal (DUTCH)
End 1990s - early 2000s (before 9-11)

[Treffie]

I've travelled this line, but I travelled from Montreal to NY and then back again. One thing that was glaringly obvious was the difference in attitudes between Canadian and US border controls. When we crossed the border to the US, the train stopped and this noisy rabble climbed on board and us non US citizens were shunted into a carriage all on our own to check our passports etc. On the way back, the Canadian equivalent embarked and quietly got on with the job. This was my first jaunt to North America and before then, I had no idea what the major differences were between Americans and Canadians.

[The Lawspeaker]

I've travelled this line, but I travelled from Montreal to NY and then back again. One thing that was glaringly obvious was the difference in attitudes between Canadian and US border controls. When we crossed the border to the US, the train stopped and this noisy rabble climbed on board and us non US citizens were shunted into a carriage all on our own to check our passports etc. On the way back, the Canadian equivalent embarked and quietly got on with the job. This was my first jaunt to North America and before then, I had no idea what the major differences were between Americans and Canadians.

Now you have.

I would like to travel this route one day but by the looks of it both the American and Canadian railways could do with a serious overhaul... Let alone the differences between the American and Canadian border controls: maybe the Americans should send their war dogs off to Canada to re-learn to do the job.

[Sigur Rós]

Seems like a very beautiful track

[Grumpy Cat]

Now you have.

I would like to travel this route one day but by the looks of it both the American and Canadian railways could do with a serious overhaul... Let alone the differences between the American and Canadian border controls: maybe the Americans should send their war dogs off to Canada to re-learn to do the job.

American guards need to teach Canadian ones. Canadian border guards are a lot ruder than American ones. They're just dicks. When I go to the US, the guards are usually polite. The checks are a pain but at least they're polite. Canadian guards are cold.

[Treffie]

American guards need to teach Canadian ones. Canadian border guards are a lot ruder than American ones. They're just dicks. When I go to the US, the guards are usually polite. The checks are a pain but at least they're polite. Canadian guards are cold.

I noticed that it was the US guards who were missing out the checks on certain objects and they seemed a lot ruder than the Canadian ones.

[Grumpy Cat]

I noticed that it was the US guards who were missing out the checks on certain objects and they seemed a lot ruder than the Canadian ones.

You either got unusually rude American guards, or Canadian guards who were really high (they're quite often high).

There was a big report on it a few years back when a guard was bragging about being high on the job on MySpace.

[The Lawspeaker]

You either got unusually rude American guards, or Canadian guards who were really high (they're quite often high).

High ? You must be kidding me...

[Grumpy Cat]

High ? You must be kidding me...

What do you think happens to the drugs that Americans try to sneak across the border?

[The Lawspeaker]

What do you think happens to the drugs that Americans try to sneak across the border?

Err.. I had hoped they would destroy it but...