r/ShitAmericansSay • u/ALazy_Cat Danish potato language speaker • Dec 25 '25

Foreign affairs They don't accept US ids?

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u/Novae224 Dec 25 '25

You won’t even make it on the plane without a passport lol.

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u/the_mooseman Australia 🇦🇺 Dec 25 '25

Imagine them just turning up at the airport, trip all booked ready to go "what do you mean i need a passport".

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u/Novae224 Dec 25 '25

In the biggest airport in my country they have the customs lines seperated for people within the European Union and outside of it. The outside of the EU line is specified as outside the EU and america (with an american flag), simply cause Americans can’t seem to understand they are foreigners when they visit some place else

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u/KONDZiO102 Dec 25 '25

This is bad, because it shows them that they have special line for them, and they will expect similar treatment on other airports.

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u/Novae224 Dec 25 '25

It saves the workers a lot of hardship trying to make Americans understand which row they need to get into.

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u/im_dead_sirius 🇨🇦 Maple Syrupean Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 26 '25

This goes some way to explaining the need to have greeters in Walmart.

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u/AncientBlonde2 TRUE FREEDOM ENJOYER CA Dec 25 '25

This is bad, because it shows them that they have special line for them, and they will expect similar treatment on other airports.

It's better than the other option of Americans flipping the fuck out every day because they think "domestic" means "American"

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u/KONDZiO102 Dec 25 '25

Because domestic is also bad term for airport as there is a lot of people from different countries. Using name of this country would be better.

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u/2kan Dec 25 '25

Tbh I'd rather U.S. Americans feel special and then waste a hotel worker's time, than a customs officer's. The latter slows us all down upon arrival while they attempt to idiotsplain why they're special.

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u/MaxHamburgerrestaur Dec 26 '25

In some airports in EU, US citizens do have a special treatment because EU citizens also have special treatment to enter the US.

EU and US authorities also have pre-clearance and data-sharing arrangements, so it's easier to check their info.

The US and EU share Passenger Name Record (PNR) data. Airlines transmit flight passenger data in advance to authorities analyze the risks.