Posted by Dennis Fetzer on Fri, May 14, 2010 @ 08:00 AM
“I once was an illegal alien for three days. When I was working for Vohne Liche Kennels, Denver, Indiana, one of the best if not the best K-9 training center in the world one of my jobs was to travel to the Netherlands once a month or so to evaluate, and select dogs for purchase and then bring them back to the United States. I always flew out of Chicago O’Hare Airport to Brussels so like every other traveler I needed a passport to enter Belgium. Well on one trip I had left my passport at home and had already made my way to the airport and had unloaded the dogs that I was returning to the vendor in the Netherlands when I realized I had forgotten my passport. Well called my boss and informed him of the situation and told him that I did have my retired military identification card with me so I was thinking of trying to bluff my way past the Belgian officials and complete the trip instead of forfeiting the cost of the airline ticket and having to reschedule the flight. My boss wished me luck and promised to bail me out if I was detained. No one at O’Hare Airport checked to see if I had a passport, of course that wouldn’t happen now, and when I arrived in BrusselsI was immediately detained and questioned by the Belgian Customs officials. I simply played dumb which some know isn’t that hard of a job for me, and said that I told my supervisor that I needed a passport but he said I could get by with the my military identification, implying but not saying that I was military. After a half hour or so they let me go and I was able to complete my trip without difficulty. My lesson is that if you play the part, most people will buy it.”
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