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Old Jul 26, 2022 | 1:00 pm
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Originally Posted by seawolf
I admit it’s been years since I’ve been to Sydney but pretty sure she had plenty of notice from in-flight announcements to signs leading up customs to declare/discard. Maybe she was too busy on her phone and missed all the reminders.
A smartphone-using zombie stumbles …. and trips on the customs rules? Say it ain’t so.

The US has seemingly given up on limiting most phone use in the inspection area, and we were the last of the countries where I would see customs being so eager to go around telling so many standing people to put away the phones while waiting for passport checks and customs checks.
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