Student recruits unfit for service, say former border guards

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Posted by dEsidEL on Oct-15-2007 04:35:

Student recruits unfit for service, say former border guards

LOL hilarious.. Facebook strikes again!

(the article's a couple weeks old, but still a funny read)

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Student recruits unfit for service, say former border guards
Facebook postings show drinking and partying while officers in uniform

Canada Border Services Agency officers who work in B.C. are being accused of posting inappropriate and offensive material, some of it directly related to their jobs, on the internet.

more..
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-co...rderguards.html

Posted by Yohan on Oct-15-2007 04:40:

sounds like the army

Posted by UmmiE on Oct-15-2007 04:55:

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Originally posted by EvilTree
sounds like the army

2 beers a day.

Posted by Yohan on Oct-15-2007 05:47:

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Originally posted by Provocative_boi
2 beers a day.

bring back the days of rum ration!

hell, even the French still have wine as part of their field meals

Posted by UmmiE on Oct-15-2007 05:50:

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Originally posted by EvilTree
bring back the days of rum ration!

hell, even the French still have wine as part of their field meals

I know actually i was happy when i heard that im like doods in afghanistan and iraq have atleast something to chill out with......I dont drink but im all for the troops having 2 a day.

Posted by m2j on Oct-15-2007 07:16:

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Hughes and his former colleague, Levan Turner, both in their 40s, worked summers at the border until the government decided not to hire them permanently.

They claim they were passed over in favour of younger, cheaper, student recruits. Hughes claimed he has been tracking website postings by several of those recruits ever since.

Disgruntled ex-employees...

Posted by The Highroller on Oct-15-2007 11:17:

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They claim they were passed over in favour of younger, cheaper, student recruits. Hughes claimed he has been tracking website postings by several of those recruits ever since.

Lame. Because it's really the fault of the younger student reqruits that you didn't get hired right?

Posted by Orko on Oct-15-2007 17:37:

They partied and bonded a bit. No big deal.

If they start lynching people in their uniforms, then start talking.

Posted by Ozmozis on Oct-15-2007 17:40:

I love our border guards they are awesome!! Keep it up! haha

That way I can bring more shit back in from the US.

Posted by Yohan on Oct-15-2007 17:47:

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Originally posted by Orko
They partied and bonded a bit. No big deal.

If they start lynching people in their uniforms, then start talking.

Generally these type of jobs require people to act professionally when in uniform.

It'd be just like seeing cops get trashed and doing blue angels while in uniform

Posted by malek on Oct-15-2007 17:50:

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Originally posted by Orko
They partied and bonded a bit. No big deal.

If they start lynching people in their uniforms, then start talking.

yes its a big deal, when they're in uniform.

Don't forget these people are the first contact with travellers when visiting Canada.

This was news about 2 weeks ago, what took you so long to post it?

Posted by mr. poopyhead on Oct-16-2007 02:39:

my friends and i took a road-trip to boston 2 years ago, and i couldn't beleive how LAX the customs was coming back into canada... there were 7 of us in a van, and we pull up to the customs booth. the girl in the booth is reading a textbook the whole time...

customs: where have you been?
driver: boston
customs: how long have you been gone?
driver: 5 days
customs: where do you live?
driver: mississauga
customs: anything to declare?
driver: no
customs: ok, go ahead

the whole process of getting back into the country took 10 seconds... she didn't check our passports or really look at us at all... we could've had a van full of guns and drugs or something.... it's good that we didn't get hassled at the border, but kind of scary how porous it is.

Posted by armada3 on Oct-16-2007 03:23:

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Originally posted by mr. poopyhead

the whole process of getting back into the country took 10 seconds... she didn't check our passports or really look at us at all... we could've had a van full of guns and drugs or something.... it's good that we didn't get hassled at the border, but kind of scary how porous it is.

They've got scanners and you vehicle is being checked during its stay on the booth, even if it's less than a minute. They'll detect it if u're smuggling guns. As for drugs who'll be that stupid?

Posted by sixtysix on Oct-16-2007 06:25:

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Originally posted by Provocative_boi
I know actually i was happy when i heard that im like doods in afghanistan and iraq have atleast something to chill out with......I dont drink but im all for the troops having 2 a day.

I don't think the canadian army gets two beers a day. One of my best friends got back from a tour in afganistan about 6 months ago, and he was saying that they gave him 2 beers on 3-4 occasions. Im sure cause he was saying that he would buy beers of his buddies and then chug them as fast as possible

Posted by Yohan on Oct-16-2007 06:46:

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Originally posted by sixtysix
I don't think the canadian army gets two beers a day. One of my best friends got back from a tour in afganistan about 6 months ago, and he was saying that they gave him 2 beers on 3-4 occasions. Im sure cause he was saying that he would buy beers of his buddies and then chug them as fast as possible

lol. so true

Posted by zokissima on Oct-16-2007 12:15:

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Originally posted by armada3
They've got scanners and you vehicle is being checked during its stay on the booth, even if it's less than a minute. They'll detect it if u're smuggling guns. As for drugs who'll be that stupid?

This is a joke right? Who would be that stupid? There are plenty that are that 'stupid' on a daily basis.

Even though many are dismissing this as merely disgruntled employees, I would tend to disagree. There is definitely an undertone of bitterness at these two older farts not being hired, but at the same time, public exposure of unprofessional conduct while in uniform, is just disrespectful to the uniform. Further, Canada's border policy, at least while driving into the country, is far too lax at times.