Originally Posted by
flyerCO
Discretion. Which tells me it's likely this woman (especially based on how she blames everyone else) acted like a nitwit to put it nicely with the agent.
This. I'm guessing there's more to the story around exactly how her interaction with the CBP agent went down. I wouldn't be surprised if she believed having GE made her special enough to skirt the rules.
It's likely those agents see innocent snacks and such all the time, usually followed by a quick explanation and confiscating/trashing the item in question. Those agents probably don't want to write up the citation/fine or whatever any more than a passenger wants to pay a fine.