Originally Posted by
s0ssos
So I guess you haven't crossed the border at those 2 airports. Because they are obviously more friendly there. If you've ever been there you'd notice a difference.
Your logic is funny. So if I've had a bad experience it doesn't support the premise the YVR immigration are jerks. Even if I've had a hundred bad experiences. But because you've "crossed the border hundreds of times" your experience can counter the experience? I would think you either believe one person's experience doesn't mean anything in the grand scheme of theme, meaning your experience is just as invalid as mine, or is it you believe your experience trumps anybody else's?
No I haven't crossed at those two specifically, but my point was there are probably hundreds of agents at YVR, with thousands of interactions per day. Even if only I have had never had a bad experience statistically then they can't all be jerks.
Which brings me to my "funny" logic. Which was basically, I have experienced no jerks at YVR, you have. The fact that I haven't means they aren't all jerks.
If your premise was some of them are jerks or even most of them are jerks, maybe your argument of whose anecdotal evidence is more valid would make sense. However this thread is labeled "Why is YVR immigration such jerks?", the simple fact is they aren't all jerks. Not to mention jerks is a relative term, your idea of jerk and mine could be wildly different. The last couple of them I encountered were quite nice actually.
I truly am sorry you have had bad experiences, but the notion that YVR immigration are jerks based solely on your experience is ludicrous. Perhaps a thread asking if anyone else has had similar experiences as you would be more fruitful then labeling an entire team of people as jerks.