Canadians have perfected the art of being passive/aggressive. This often occurs in very indirect ways that have little to do with one’s own behavior. I parked my Washington State plated auto in a self-park lot perfectly between the lines bought a ticket and went inside a nearby building to conduct some business. When I returned a hour later I saw that a back door window had been smashed. Nothing else in my car had been disturbed and all the doors were still locked. On top of the broken glass on the back seat was a note written in a neat hand “Stay home Yankee!”, it instructed. Passing through US customs a hour later I commented about the window to the customs agent and showed him the note. He told me this was not uncommon and similar notes were always left.
I too experienced going through customs on my way back home via Canada, at Vancouver's airport. It was a helluva lot faster than going through at SFO, which I appreciated (I had Global Entry at the time, too).
Just to add more about the picture for those that hadn't seen it: the bald eagle had attacked the goose as it was sitting on the ground (there's a pic of that too) and the goose successfully fought off the eagle after 20 minutes.
The biggest hawks are always found near the golf course lakes that attract Canada geese by the dozens. The geese are fearless but are no match for the speed of the hawks that fly away with any gosling that strays more than a few yards.
Canadians have perfected the art of being passive/aggressive. This often occurs in very indirect ways that have little to do with one’s own behavior. I parked my Washington State plated auto in a self-park lot perfectly between the lines bought a ticket and went inside a nearby building to conduct some business. When I returned a hour later I saw that a back door window had been smashed. Nothing else in my car had been disturbed and all the doors were still locked. On top of the broken glass on the back seat was a note written in a neat hand “Stay home Yankee!”, it instructed. Passing through US customs a hour later I commented about the window to the customs agent and showed him the note. He told me this was not uncommon and similar notes were always left.
I too experienced going through customs on my way back home via Canada, at Vancouver's airport. It was a helluva lot faster than going through at SFO, which I appreciated (I had Global Entry at the time, too).
Just to add more about the picture for those that hadn't seen it: the bald eagle had attacked the goose as it was sitting on the ground (there's a pic of that too) and the goose successfully fought off the eagle after 20 minutes.
https://substack.com/@johnshane1/note/c-99654016
The biggest hawks are always found near the golf course lakes that attract Canada geese by the dozens. The geese are fearless but are no match for the speed of the hawks that fly away with any gosling that strays more than a few yards.