Originally Posted by
Cheetah_SA
I attended a local conference where the bigwig scheduled to talk was turned back at CPT because his passport lacked the requisite page(s). The sponsors were livid, of course, and humiliated because their star turn didn't show.
While my wife was awaiting her verdict, a British businessman who had a similar problem flipped out and started shouting, "I've come to invest ten million pounds to help this country's (f-word) economy, and now you're going to send me home??!! Go ahead!! Make my (f-word) day!! I'm sure some other (f-word) country can use it instead!!"
His passport got stamped just before my wife's.