Reaction To Rob Bebenek - Canadians are not the nice ones (Canadian Comedy)
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- Reaction To Rob Bebenek - Canadians are not the nice ones (Canadian Comedy)
This is my reaction to Rob Bebenek - Canadians are not the nice ones
In this video I react to Canadian comedy from Canadian stand up comedian Rob Bebenek with his funny stand up comedy routine where he looks at differences between Canada and USA.
Original Video - • Canadians are not the ...
A few years ago an American couple, who have become dear friends, moved up here to Toronto. At a cocktail party someone made a cutting (but said in jest) joke, and the recently-moved American was surprised and said quietly to me, "But I thought Canadians were famous for being nice!". I chuckled and said "Ohhhh. No. We're famous for being *polite*. There's a very big difference." 😄
* Lifelong Ontarian giggles knowingly.... (from near Ottawa)
We ARE nice though. Even though we say things about Americans & can get frustrated & continually surprised by some of the things they say & do - we still care for them like members of our family. We NEVER say things about Americans (or anybody else) to be nasty or downright malicious - THAT is why we are nice. Heck, we say things about Canada in the same type of way (we just have more "material" to work with from our neighbours. 😄)
Also, being polite IS a form of niceness. If someone was rude, you wouldn't normally consider them nice - although it is still possible.
@@lyndalovesraccoonsAnother near Ottawa Canadian also giggling knowingly.
Yep, agree, many of us Edmontonians have a dark and sarcastic element and it can be off putting, even to other Canadians
@@SD-ik1xfi live in Ottawa and this is one of the worst non nice cities lol people are usually too arrogant to even acknowledge your existence these days 😂
Politeness and manners are always mistaken though. They must be none of these things 😂
It's very true. Don't know a lot of Canadians who don't enjoy recreationally ripping on the southern neighbors.
Their southern neighbors have EARNED IT. I just wish they would build that bloody wall around THEMSELVES
Wholeheartedly DESERVED
LMAO pretty true
They voted a celebrity TV personality, who was internationally, known for fraud and bad business decisions, and not knowing how to talk right as their president do you represent their country to the world and he went on Twitter and tore his own cabinet members apart like a 13 year old girl in would
How can we not make fun of them?
@@user-we6ee9mr8xwhy? What makes us so much better in your opinion?
Crossing border into Michigan, I politely turn off my motorcycle, remove my helmet and present my passport in one swift, calm motion; this wasn't my first crossing. Few usual questions "Where're you going?" "How long?". Then... "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" I reply politely no sir. Few more questions. "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" Now I'm thinking... okay, what? I answer politely, no sir. Immediately leaves his booth, circles and looks under the body of my bike and asks "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" Terrified say no sir. He hands me my passport and impatiently glares at me while I suit up my gloves, helmet, and start the bike to drive away.
Coming home; bike off, helmet off, passport to Canadian border guard. Looks at it for about 2 seconds and says "Welcome home, eh." And I proceed to re-enter.
I can't help but think there was an APB for a world-class smuggler ID'd driving a purple Kawasaki that day...
I went down to an annual motorcycle run in Washington state with a half dozen of us on an assortment of bikes, predominantly Japanese bikes, with a BMW in the mix too. We proceeded to the booth, single file, engine off, helmet off, with passports. The guard knew where we were going but asked anyway. Then he read us the riot act for supporting a criminal organization by attending the event. I still don’t know what the f he was talking about. He was an ass. Most of my crossings to the US are fine though.
500 for stories that didn’t happen I’ve crossed the border before many times not one Canadian guard said “welcome back eh” can you make up a more stereotypical Canadian welcome?
@funkymonkeyman1000 Just because it didn't happen to you doesn't mean it can't happen, that's the beauty of an anecdote. Unless you've personally dealt with everyone at CBSA...have you? Did everyone confirm your assumption?
@@funkymonkeyman1000 Sounds more like it's just you who isn't welcome back.
Last time o crossed the border the US agent and I were joking around he was a vet like me and my wife! When we came back to Canada the Canadian agent was an ass hole!
Had my bees close to the border in BC pollinating an orchard. Drove across into the States every day twice to pick up dairy cuz its sooooo much cheaper. One agent asked my why i was coming back after such a short trip and so frequently. I told him and he asked me about bees. I guess he wanted to see if i was a smuggler but i thought he was curious about bees so i started talking about bees! After about 10 minutes he started laughing and held up his hands in surrender and just waved me through. 😂😂
I’ve had polite, friendly, helpful American border agents and the worst border agent I ever experienced was a Canadian one (I’m Canadian) when I was travelling back to Canada with my two (young at the time) daughters. I’d say there is no real difference between Canadian and American agents in my experience. Some nice, some rude and most just doing their jobs.
Yup. American guards are no-nonsense, highly alert but not usually paranoid. Twenty years ago I went to Washington state with a friend; I brought back a few secondhand books and a few clothes from a thrift store. I had all the receipts. The Canadian border guard detained us and searched the whole car, because he couldn't wrap his head around that.
I have had the best and easiest, as well as (almost) the worst possible experiences crossing into the USA.
All of my returns to Canada have been decidedly average.
As a Canadian in my thirties I never have issues when I cross the border, but for some reason the person in front of me gets 30 minutes of questions, I expect the same treatment but I’m usually let go within 30 seconds. I had more issues crossing the border in my early 20’s, I was pulled in all the time (by US border agents) and they searched vehicle, always found nothing, they said it was random but not sure.
The main thing is to know that you don’t have anything in your car that u dont know about, had a buddy leave a bag of weed in my passenger side door, I found it later after I crossed back to Canada, I could have been seriously f*cked by that. I don’t trust friends anymore
Usually expect a hassle coming into Canada by Canadian customs people when coming back from the states. Doesn’t matter if it’s a land crossing or airport. Toronto airport terminal one is an insane setup. I’d rather fly out of Buffalo and deal with the land crossing people.
I live in the Maritimes. 18 years ago this June (I can be specific because it was the year after I got married), my wife and I traveled to the Toronto area to visit her mother and family. While there, I caught up with a friend from back home. I was ask if I wanted to drive down to Flint, Michigan, for a RenFest. It was my first time to one so, I was like "hell yeah". Well, when stopped at the border, we were asked the usual questions, then detained, questioned some more, and had our vehicle stripped of its contents; all because of three reasons that I can recall at this moment: (i) we had a tent (even though we clearly stated it was there as an alternative to staying at my mother-in-law's place, (ii) our plates said New Brunswick and we were crossing at Sarnia instead of St. Stephen to enter the US, (iii) my friend and his gf were dressed in goth-like garb and were acting in a manner that I can only describe as 'weird' (I'm putting a polite spin on it). While at the festival, I was dumb enough to buy a sword not thinking of what obstacles I may encounter on the return trip. Turns out, no obstacle at all. The CBSA officer looked at the receipt for the sword and said to my wife "we'll place that under food". Complete night and day comparison.
The Canadian agents who deal with people in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) - which NOT the same as Ren Faire - learn to figure out paperwork to deal with things like swords, archery gear, armor, and thrones being brought over the border from the U.S. to Canada. Once it's established that it's for a camping event where people wear costumes and the weapons are for recreational games and nothing is intended for sale, they just classified it all under "sports equipment" and let them go.
The stories of crossing the US/Canadian border ring true for me. I have even commented to Canadian Custom workers how pleasant they are compared to the US staff, located just down the road.
Crossing the border before 9/11 was much easier. We used to go to clubs in Niagara Falls NY and Buffalo when I was in my early 20s and it was basically "Citizenship?" Canadian. "Where are you going?" (Name of club). Even if you were going on vacation, usually the only other questions were "How long will you be in the United States?" and "Do you have any food in the car?" (certain brands of bananas and other fruit were not allowed into the USA). No passport needed.
So true. In my early 20s, we crossed into the US all the time and were used to those same questions. Once, though, the American border guard threw me by asking "Are you bringing anything into the US today?" What? Just like the comedian said, suddenly my mind was blank and there was a flash of panic. Come on, no one is sneaking more expensive beer, cigarettes, cheese, etc... from Canada into the US! lol That's a question we're used to hearing on our way home.
Bro, I attended Niagara college in Welland back in the late 80s. We crossed the border to the clubs in Niagara, US too. I miss Giligan’s in Welland. Good music back-in the day.
Ahhhh yes over the river for wings and pizza.
I borrowed a friend's van once for a weekend trip to an American church with a youth choir. Our only issue crossing the border was one youth who got confused when asked if he was Canadian. He was born in Sri Lanka and honestly did not really know (this was before passports were required). Twenty minutes of explaining and a phone call straightened it out. On the way back to Canada I was pulled over and the van was pretty much strip searched. Basically the opposite of what the comedian described.
Small sample sizes will do that. I lived in a border town for a decade. On the whole, he's right. The Canadian border guards were infamous for just waving you through. My mom got the full gun-drawn treatment on the American side because she had had radiation therapy for cancer and it triggered radiation detector they had set up. She had to sit and wait for an isotope-specific system to be brought 2 hours from another location. The kicker? _Every last American border guard knew who she was._
I have been in about 42 of the 50 states and will simply say most Americans are just like Canadians. "Nice People"" We are first cousins and that counts. We will always be there for each other.
Not if you vote trump in 😡
@@christianheidt5733 shut up you evil troll!!!
Mee Arse
I have the exact opposite experiences at the US-Canadian border.
Going into America all they ask is where and how long you will be in the States for.
On the other hand when coming back to Canada I feel like I’m a criminal. It’s nerve wracking because you have to have all your receipts together and you hope you’re not over on alcohol you are bringing back. If you are Canadian coming back into Canada Border services is there to ensure they collect taxes on goods we are bringing back.
The comedian really missed the mark on the fact that Canadians often go to the states to buy cheap booze. You’re right on that one.
This hour has 22 Minutes is really funny, Shaun Majumder is a very well known canadian comedian. Old Canadian kids shows are great too, Mr Dressup, The Polkadot Door, The Raccoons, YTV shows like Uh-Oh, Freaky Stories, Stickin' Around
My experience visiting the US and returning to Canada is exactly the opposite from the comedian's. I've never had any issue going into the US and the only time I ever had a delay coming back was when crossing to NB from Calais, ME. I think the woman just could not understand that I drove from Southern Ontario through New England to get to the Maritimes. That and the fact that my wife decided to bring her sewing machine along with her when we were going on vacation.
As a Canadian I actually do love my American cousins AND my UK cousins to bro 😊❤❤😂😂
Yeah, the border….. I was shouted at when going through American Customs in Vancouver Airport. They asked about food and I held up a clear plastic bag with two oranges in it we were going to eat on the plane. I wasn’t being deceptive. They were grown in the US. All they had to say was that it wasn’t allowed and to put it in the garbage can provided. But no, they asked the question, we answered it holding up the oranges. We then were told to go to a certain desk where a female customs officer ranted at us for 5 minutes. It felt like we were in a Monty Python sketch.
At which point, I'd be tempted to say, "Well, if we eat them now before we get over the border, would that be ok?"
Probably not. They don't tend to operate on logic. It's not like those two oranges could get together and have baby oranges.
My friend had a similar thing with a bottle of water. Afterwards, she said to me, "I feel like I'm now on an American criminal list."
It is what it is. You can't bring food that are not identified in a packaging. Even my mom (canadian) when she travels she has to throw her water bottle and buy a new one after crossing the bipbip lol. It sucks and stupid but it's like that. Airports are very restrictive to avoid any kind of contamination and drugs. If there was no laws they would probably tell you to burn all of your clothes just to make sure you don't bring viruses and bacterias from another country 🤣
Being a Yank that has lived the last 7 years in Canada, I've found that the amount of angst by Canadians toward America tends to be age related. Younger people that I know have little in the way of negative attitudes toward the states. Older people around my age, however, can find a lot of ways to wax negatively toward America. My take? Canada is America's best ally and friend. We have a symbiotic relationship that happens because both countries consist of a mostly free society with similar interests. Of course, there's differences, but for the most part, the two countries are pretty good neighbors.
I think the issue is when the US does something either by law or just by inertia, Canada often can get caught in the blowback. Our economies are tied to each other. Canadians are very aware of it. Americans are often oblivious.
When they dump the trump things will be better but really I’ll never go to that shithole country any time soon
I wish more could understand that out fates are common. If the US suffers, so will Canada. And vice versa. We have a heck of a lot more in common than differences.
I worked with US citizens a few times in Toronto,found them nice and hard working
I grew up in Michigan, which is on the boarder with Canada. So I've been over a couple of times. We took school trips to Canada. It was never worrisome to me. Canada and the US have the longest undefended boarder in the world. Yeah, there's the little boarder stops, but we're not posting forts and military stations. It's more like a speed bump so that someone who commits a crime in one country can't nip over the boarder into the other country to escape.
I did have an economics teacher who said he ALWAYS got pulled over at the boarder. He was a sweet man, and like I said, taught economics, the most boring and mundane class. He did not look like he could hurt a fly. Don't know why he had boarder problems.
As to the relationship between the US and Canada, we're probably two of the closest countries in the world in terms of relationship. This is not to say we always get along.
Think of the US as the older brother (which we are in terms of years). We're physically stronger. Sometimes we noogie our younger sibling. And if you get us started on politics we can always find something to argue over. Canada is the younger, cuter, more charismatic sibling that Mom likes better because Canada didn't have to beat Mom up to gain independence. Everyone thinks Canada is nice. And the US is willing to let Canada go around being the nice one since that usually pays off for us anyway since we're allies. Sometimes, we're really just playing a game of Good Cop, Bad Cop with the rest of the world. Canada is the good cop, and the US is the scary cop with all the guns and a short fuse.
In the past, during the War of 1812 when Canada was still the UK, it invaded us and burned the White House. We remember that for First Lady Dolly Madison being a national heroine and saving a picture of George Washington from the flames.
I believe this was retaliation for burning a Canadian capital during the Revolution (as you do during revolutions).
We haven't fought each other since then, and I don't think we'll see any reason to change that policy any time soon. I don't think the US has been invaded since then either.
Anyway, we managed to get over our little burning national property spat in our early history, and have settled down. And though we have different outlooks, we have a lot of similarities in our history of settlement regarding indigenous people and bringing slavery to North America, so we kind of understand each other's social problems better than anyone outside our respective countries can. But that doesn't mean we handle things in the same way.
i drove on of my grandparents car's down to their house in florida for them absolutely loaded with stuff. at the US border it turned out we hadn't filled out the proper paperwork so we had to pull aside. we sat in the station for ten minutes while they filled out the form for us and we were on our way. the americans have been fantastic to deal with in my experience. to sum up: not my car, loaded to the ceiling with stuff. they didn't dig through it and had no problem with me driving the car that was not mine other than the paperwork that they filled out for me. top notch.
I’m from Windsor Ontario. And here I find people are nice depending on what part of town they’re from. And I’ve spent a ton of time in Detroit. I’ve found that Black people in Detroit are super friendly especially when they find out you’re Canadian.
I moved to Toronto and found out that they are friendlier there than in Windsor. Then I spent some time in the Ottawa/Gatineau region and the niceness and friendliness of both French and English people was off the chart. Like if they were any more nice to you it would start to seem scary. lol.
So I guess it depends on where you go, but if you go to certain areas in Canada, we tend to live up to that moniker.
I used to cross the border frequently when I lived and worked in Ontario. The funniest experience I had was with a US customs agent in Sarnia. I get up to the booth and the agent comes out like a marine "Good afternoon mam and where are we headed today in the beautiful USA" I told him where I was going. He asked for my passport, glanced at my picture, and handed it back with the comment "Mam, you have a great day in the best country on earth!" I laughed out loud.
However, I can also tell numerous stories about the opposite treatment at the border.
As a Canadian, I would find it insulting to be told by a border agent that I was entering the BEST country on earth.
It's actually illegal in Canada to kill "Birds of Prey', which includes Bald Eagles... Fun fact: There are more Bald Eagles in the Province of New Brunswick than there are in the entire continental United States. Not-so-fun fact: Americans actually hunted their 'National Bird' to the brink of extinction (Officially they were 'Endangered") and had to rely on help from Canadian Conversationalists to help repopulate the Bald Eagle populations in their country.
Apparently pesticides were a big problem for eagles too. I heard that a lot of the relocated eagles allegedly flew back to Canada.
@@judibrady422 Yes, Eagles and Falcons are particularly sensitive to pesticides. Even in Canada Falcons are still struggling to recover. I hadn’t heard about the relocated Eagles flying back to Canada though. Perhaps that has to do with relocating Adults? I’ll look into this. Thanks !
That was awesome! Thank you!
Never heard of this guy, but absolutely - this is my experience of crossing the border in Southern ontario. Spot on!
We're all polite not nice 😂😂
Not all of us are nice or polite. Our basic culture is different from that of the US. The US is more of a military country and some Americans are very prideful of what they consider their superiority. Canadian culture is probably less aggressive but I can't speak for the whole of my country as it is very large and there are vast differences throughout. Both Canadians and Americans like making fun of each other and Canadians love making fun of themselves., It is more difficult going across the border either way nowadays but in the old days it was fine. It was unheard of for people to have passports in those days unless they traveled overseas but the world has changed drastically. I think the long dark cold winters and hardships through much of our country made us Canadians appreciate the comfort of humour and gave us a way to express our perverse pride in our survival.
Speak for yourself
No you're not, you just think you are. Thats how you ended up with a deluded PM, he's just like you.
@@Aitch-102 I'm sorry I'm nothing like Trudeau. Didn't vote for him. Take your attitude elsewhere Thanks. Polite enough for you no I'm not being nice
@@RockinMamaT He's the idiot you deserve.
I remember going through US customs one time and the officer kept scrutinizing the picture on my passport and looking back up at me with a suspicious look.... I still literally had the exact same haircut and was wearing the same shirt I had on in my passport picture.
That's probably why! The officer was trying to figure out if you were just trying to look like the person in the picture.
@@evakatrinaa well, I definitely looked like the person in the picture.... Because it's me. Haha
Watch ‘Rick Mercer Talking to Americans.’ 🙂
So funny! Last line of defence, lol 😂
I went got lost in Quebec trying to cross over to Vermont and at like midnight I found a border very frustrated not knowing where I was the border patrol person at one point but serious voice and told me I’m the one who’s asking the questions. I listen to him and he was nice passport drivers license and then gave us directions to the closest town where we found a hotel. We were somewhere in farmland. It was a great experience and a great story
We crossed a few years ago to visit my oldest childhood friend, whose husband was in palliative care. It was a weekday, and the border cop wanted to know why we could travel, when we should have been at work.
Canadians are kind. Unfortunately, people mistake kindness for weakness.
As Canadians, we have visited the U.S. more times than I can possibly remember. Whether by air or by car, I can't recall a negative experience, we have always been treated with respect and dignity. I wish I could say the same for our return home to Canada.
Because it is candaian customs on way to states and American customs on way back
@@RySte-ju1uono it isn't.... that's not how Customs work
It depends on which state you're visiting.
I was almost denied entry at the Detroit/Windsor border. I was taking a cab from the railroad in Windsor to Detroit.
The cab driver had a bowling ball in the trunk.
I am Canadian, and the nicest people I ever met were in the southern USA.
I have a life time of stories crossing back and forth. My father was Canadian born of a US mother and a British born father. My mother was US born of two American parents, but had, on multiple occasions, resided in Canada. My mother changed citizenship to Canadian (for political reasons) and my father was granted US citizenship based on his mother finally being granted full rights as an American woman in the 90's.
Back in the day, I would travel by bus with my younger brother we were 12 and 14 the first time. Customs was a birth certificate and a letter from my mother as to our itinerary. It is the only time I was ever searched thoroughly. Detroit didn't like kids coming into the riot zone in the early 70's.
During COVID, coming back into Canada, I was turned back to be arbitrarily tested after a guard questioned my eligibility status. The next guard apologized for his co-workers decision. I can honestly say the happiest guards were in the US...but Assholes can be found on both sides.
The fastest check through involved a private flight charter into Victoria from Port Angeles...The pilot did a radio check through when we landed and the customs agent didn't bother to come out at all.
I enjoyed this, a suggestion for another comedic show is “This hour has 22 Minutes”. The skits on Marijuana in particular might give you a chuckle or two.
I drove to the US once, the guy in the booth was the most expressionless faced ever, like a robot. Returning to Canada the via Nova Scotia, the border guy was a cheerful person. I think maybe agents are not so concerned about returning citizens than about visitors.
Absolutely True! 🇨🇦🍁 We really aren’t that nice. 😂
It is the longest "undefended" border in the world. I imagine people are having different border crossing experiences as much dependant on where they're doing the crossing as which way they were crossing or what their citizenship was.
9/11 put paid to that 'undefended' myth.
@@bluerock4456 The majority of the US-Can border is called "The Slash", which is a 20' wide strip of clearcut forest marking where the border is. There are only border checkpoints at the comparatively few places where civilization is near the border at both sides. The deep woods border is wide open to anyone with hiking boots... and camping gear, and supplies, and firearms powerful enough to stop a charging bear... okay, no one was saying it's a SAFE crossing, but it is technically, "undefended". Not even a fence.
My Dad and me drove a car that he bought from the U.S. into Canada. The young American border guard was exceptionally rude and difficult. Threatened to send us back into the U.S. until they could "process our request". Luckily his superior liked my Dad's ride and waved us through. Canadian border folks were so chill. Like coming home baby!
Love your 'finds' on Canadian comedy, Rob, always good for a laugh! I'm Canadian, and although I tend to watch more movies as opposed to stand up comedy, I cannot pass on your videos that feature "funny/weird things" about Canadians, most of which are true. How's things going in the music biz, wondering what drew you to Malaysia?
love the channel lol thanks for watching canadian stuff..
Oh my goodness yes. Even with a note they are still flabbergasted when I tell them my parents let me borrow the car to visit my grandma 😂
Recently found your channel & just binge watching one video to the next. LOVE your interest in Canada & it’s been awesome to reflect on so many of our stereotypes here & a lot of memories from ‘days past’ (ie: beer commercials, different actors/comedians, dads army stories/Scottish tattoos). Although we have influences from US, I grew up with more in common from UK (ie: same sarcastic dry humour, watched a lot of UK comedy & mystery’s)… favourite accent from UK is Scottish!! (Glasgow warriors made me a fan of rugby!)
Anyway, love your channel, now a subscriber! Lovin it from 🇨🇦❤️
It is fair description of the border crossing. If you drive a vw camper, be prepared for 2 hours waiting to enter the States.
I used to travel to the US for work quite a bit. The border, when you travel commercially, can take anywhere from 10 minutes to 3 hours to cross after reaching the booth. Coming home, like 15 minutes every time.
Stripped search twice at different stages of my life crossing the American border They are just like they said It has never been easy except for one time going into Alaska and one time going into Montana
I fell asleep while my wife was driving through the border. She woke me up just as the guards were asking for passports. They looked at me and asked how do you know this woman? I thought it was a trick question😂
It’s exactly this way lol
I prefer to drive across the border and it’s been no trouble either way. Gotta be ready for the dry humour though. One time I asked to use the restroom and the directions were “go up ahead… there’s lots of trees…. “ it was a joke, and of course the directions to the restroom followed.
We travel with our small dog. going through American customs (especially at the airport), they say anything to declare "yes the dog and some dog food' and they always just put us through. With Canada customs, (even though I'm Canadian) I always get sent to secondary with all the miscreants so they can look at the paperwork - seriously he got into the USA, what's the problem? Even had a Canadian border agent yell at me for not having him in a crate. FYI, they are not allowed to ask any questions about your health.
Crossing the border into the USA with your dog is supposed to get more difficult as of Aug. 1
I HAVE seen this piece by Rob Bebenek before. Unfortunately there is not much of his material on-line (although this pretty much same material is on RUclips from different venues.) I don't know if he decided not to continue to pursue his career in comedy or if it just isn't online but I find him very funny & would have loved for him to have put out more.
I'm canadian and I once Married an American,, that was an eye opener
I'm Canadian and Americans are great people, love going there.
East side is different from the West side. East has a much easier time it seems. I'm in the west....wayyyyy different experience. This guy speaks the truth for the west. The U.S. border guards like to get PMS if you don't have grey hair. This is one of my fave Stand up videos. It's so accurate in many ways. Another great one is Sean Collins. The video in particular is "Canada vs USA - Drinking Game."
Yes, we used to travel to Montana from Alberta every year to visit friends and were always very apprehensive as we reached the Border. The Border officials were so aggressive in their questioning - we were immigrants and had British and Irish passports - that we felt like criminals.
I don't live too far from the border, and I have a lot of friends I met online. I'm a Canadian, most of my friends are American. One day, one of my friends and I made plans to meet for coffee face to face. The border officer had no idea how to handle that. Got detained for over an hour. For coffee.
School classmate of my brother was a scattered kid but a high achiever. Finished a math Ph.D and got an internship in the states. So to get there he decides to see the country. Gets his motorcycle all set up, puts on his black leathers and heads to the border. "Where you headed?" "I'm going down to do nuclear research at Los Alamos."
Two days later, when they released him...
I once crossed the border into Vermont on foot as I was chasing our dog who had got away from us. My in-laws lived just over on the Quebec side and we had briefly stopped there. The border agent, gun prominently displayed, came out of her hut (very small border crossing) and demanded to know what I was doing. I told her I was chasing my beagle before it disappeared altogether into the wilds of northern Vermont. She huffed around a bit and said “you still have to report”, and I answered, I’m going after that dog!
Perhaps as a young mother with a child, she thought I wasn’t a threat as she made no move to stop me. I quickly caught the dog and headed back to Canada. The Canadian border agent was sitting on her hut’s steps eating an apple - chuckling and waving at me. This happened many years ago and am sure the response might have been quite different today. 5:26
I feel the same way about crossing to the U.S. I suppose that border officials are trained to be suspicious as a part of the job but it always makes me a bit nervous even though I have absolutely nothing to hide. Having said that I can say that I’ve never really had any problems doing so. Coming back into Canada is always less stressful but of course I’m also a Canadian citizen coming home so that stands to reason.
Ok, so I’m old but I can remember crossing the border as kids without our parents! We walked down town, hopped on a ferry and over the river we went to go see a movie in the States. It was a nicer movie theatre than ours, got movies earlier and I could buy Root Beer Barrels from the candy machine 😄
He's dead right about Customs. We once pulled up to Canadian Customs and my four year old started singing Oh Canada when he saw all the flags. The guard was doubled over laughing and just waved us through.
One time I went to Montana with a woman I had gone to school with. She, for some reason, got really nervous at the border, and the border guards were asking me why she was so nervous, and I truly didn’t know. I am pretty positive that she wasn’t hiding anything, so I don’t know what her deal was. Afraid of authority is all I can think of.
It’s funny because I was calm as could be, and I’m the one with the panic and anxiety disorders.
we are not nice we are just helpful in the right situation
I went to school with that guy! Good to see he's done well! :D
In Canada we have an old joke.."What is a Canadian?" " An unarmed American with healthcare!!" Ha!!!!
That's true.
The USA border always treats you like you're the biggest criminal on the planet.
I got yelled at for forgetting to declare a protein bar. When I read the question again, I realized I missed the word "food", so it was my mistake and when I admitted that and took the full blame for my mistake, it threw her. Ironic part is I was still in Toronto but pre clearing at Pearson airport.
Just came back into Canada with food and nuts and guy was so nice. Lol
I'm going on 62 years old..... I'm Canadian born and raised here.....this Canada I don't recognized...i was younger way younger we we're nice and polite in the country which the mentality is way different from the big cities but ...today ........put this way I don't like to go nowhere I have everything delivered.....I find this is sad so sad
I'm a bit older and I agree. We weren't as strident as we are now.
My colleague got hassled by a US border guard on the way to NY when he found a copy of Nelson Mandela's autobiography in his luggage. The guard asked him "Why are you reading this? Don't you know that Nelson Mandela hates the United States?" The guard basically thought that Nelson Mandella was a terrorist and my colleague had to justify reading his autobiography.
Nelson Mandela died in prison in my old timeline. His funeral was televised. I remember how his mom cried as the pallbearers carried the casket.
I'm from Northern Ontario and I find that a lot of Americans like to camp on the Canadian side of the border with - trailers, cabins, cottages, tents, RV's, fishing & hunting resorts, etc. The US citizens of Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, South & North Dakota sound pretty similar to Canadians. Not exactly 100%, but probably around 75%.
Lol oh hard yes. Still proud to be Canadian.
I lived in Windsor, ON. Bordering Detroit. My family is in Detroit. So, frequent border crosser you could say. EVERY WORD IS TRUE AND MORE. I have too many stories and not all of them are good. ON THE OTHER HAND - I heard CBP (our side) are even worse, but since I am Canadian, I didn't see that...
As a Canadian I have crossed the border many times both ways. I have only had one negative experience cross into the States with the American customs. It was partially my own fault as I started going to the wrong booth and had to back up to get into the correct lane. The Officer detained me for about an hour as I was interrogated and not really treated with respect. However I have had several negative experiences with Canadian customs Officers while crossing back into Canada. I actually find that Canadian customs are about the same as the American customs. Certainly not as the comedian portrayed Canadian customs.
As a Canadian, I’ve been to the US. I don’t know how many times I’ve had great US border guards and total a-holes. Never had a tough time coming back in. It’s almost exactly like the comedian comedically explained. One of the ones that stand out coming back was 3 of my bud snd I went to the US on a bit of a shopping spree. Only one of us came back with quite a bit of stuff. The border guard felt bad that we’re gonna be held up in duty for just one guy in the vehicle so he said Hay you’re on your way. ❤❤❤
I grew up in a border town to Alaska, we used to hop across everyother month. Went to Skagway just to eat at a Thai Food restaurant once. Always had more trouble with the return trip to Canada as the border guards were essentially the aforementioned morons being told that they were the last line of defense. US side always just asked about Canadian hunting/fishing so got to know them after a while.
I have US and Canadian passports. US boarder guards have always been nice to me, wish I could say the same about the Canadian boarder guards.
I’m Canadian and I always say, we’re actually fake nice… we just want to be left alone and you stay over there… we stay over here..
Yessss American customs officers act like military generals…. Like…... “ I said look at me!” , “ I’m talking to you!”🇨🇦 But We love the USA, got family in New England area and my happy place, DisneyWorld in Florida. 😂😂🥰🇨🇦
I have had good times every time I have visited America. Fun to hang out with but differences show when talking politics
The last time I crossed to the US,, I hadn't gone in 20 years and the border guard asked, "What... do you hate the United States, Son?"
Then there is the automated toll roads that your not signed up too scan your license then issue fines........
As a Canadian I sometimes find coming back into Canada feels more intimidating.
just as he said although a little more questions on the Canadian side
His take is 💯 bang on target 😂!!
And yes, American border guards #1 goal is to intimidate the hell out of you.. it’s a very unpleasant and anxiety inducing experience!
he is 100% correct
He ain't foolin' me. I know why most of the Geneva convention was written.
My uncle tried to cross the border in the eighties and the US border patrol took his car apart. Then told him to put it back together, they gave him a hand drill. They even took the doors off. 😳😆
Canadian here, who crossed the border to work for many years. I found the U.S. border officials very professional and sometimes even friendly. However, one experience is stuck in my mind. Crossing into the U.S., I was asked if I brought a lunch. I replied that I did and the officer asked what it was. I told him it was a small tossed salad that I made. He immediately came out of the booth and wanted to see it. He opened the container and with his bare hands, he picked out 3 cherry tomatoes in the salad and tossed them into a nearby trash can. He then replaced the lid on the salad bowl and handed it back to me and said “next time, no tomatoes. Have a nice day”. Needless to say when I got to work I tossed the salad, container and all. I laughed thinking he would actually believe I would eat the salad after he had his hands in it. Yikes. LOL
Good thing he caught those cherry tomatoes! It’s fried chicken on salad in USA, not tomatoes, silly 🙃
Yes. Both before and after 9/11, there are certain types of produce they won't let you bring across the border. I think Canada and the USA have different rules for where certain produce comes from that may enter the country. I know bananas are usually taken from you.
@@michaelmarkowski204 Yes, that’s true. Citrus fruits are not allowed to be brought in either.
I dont know a single canadian who truly likes Americans as a whole
I've always found Canadian law enforcement of all kinds to be easier to deal with. Probably has to do with the sheer difference in training standards.
He channels Bill Burr with that voice
I only had bad experience with Canadian border patrol when driving cross borders, never with American!!!! I'm Canadian, flying, the Canadian and American are both good!
My dad was nervously shaking 5 km before going through.
One time coming back home to Canada from the US, I declared four cans of beer. “Why four,” the border agent asked. I said “I bought a six pack and drank two.” He told me wasn’t a “real Canadian,” otherwise I would’ve drank all six.
Snacks 😂😂😂
Truth about us Canadians 🤣🤣🤣💯💯 and American border guards
Its pretty quick most times, never been stopped or detained. It is however quicker coming back but that could be from being a Canadian reentering the country. Is it the same ease going back to the states for americans?
Last time I was down in the US was prior to 9-11. Had a heck of a time getting into the US but was allowed through. They were worried I wasn't going to come back due to only having a one way bus ticket to NM (at the time could not buy a round trip ticket from Canada so had to purchase in Buffalo) Two weeks later I had just as much trouble trying to get back into Canada. Like come on people make up your mind lol.
I don't remember any bad experiences coming back to Canada...either by land or air. Going to the US, I have had both good and bad. It honestly comes down to the individual but, being customs officers, they do like to flex especially if they are ignorant of world geography.
The US border guards I dealt with were all very overly serious and rude, they really do not make you feel welcome to come spend you money in their country. Now yes the Canadian ones were very nice and polite but I am a Canadian so I cannot speak about the experience of a foreigner entering Canada.
We are not nice... We are "freindly"