Line cutters at the border

audsley

Well Known Member
Coming back yesterday we had had a 55-minute wait at the border. About 20 minutes into it, a Porsche Audi with Az plates races past the cars behind us and pulls up alongside us. The two middle-aged occupants are smiling sweetly and indicating they'd like to cut in. Our driver angrily motions that they need to get to the back of the line like everyone else. They quickly speed forward in the oncoming lane and try again farther up. Eventually someone lets them in, and I'm asking "where's a carjacking crew when you need one?"

I'm not embellishing. It really was a Porsche.

What can be done about these people? Sitting in line with too much time to think, I consider handing $10 to the surliest-looking window washer in the area and promising another $10 when I see the Porsche off the road with two punctured sidewalls. Or maybe walking ahead and just doing the job myself. Or borrowing a cell phone from a tortilla seller and phoning in a tip to US Customs that the white Porsche is carrying fentanyl.

Can anyone think of a way to deal with these entitled #$(*@&s that wouldn't get me in too much trouble on either side of the border? I realize they only cost me one more car to wait behind, but it just seems wrong that arrogant, self-centered people should get away with this just because one driver up ahead is too soft-headed to tell them to shove it. Or is it just me, and do I need to be in some anger management group?
 

Southbeacher

Well Known Member
As with online relationships, mainstream media, and bullies at the border, there are always enough suckers who yield, and make mischief worthwhile . . . .
 

JayT

Active Member
One thought - Could Sonoyta make it illegal to cut the line and have the Sonoyta municipal police enforce it with the diligence they show with speeders? It could be a new revenue generator for them that most tourists would actually appreciate and support.
 

audsley

Well Known Member
One thought - Could Sonoyta make it illegal to cut the line and have the Sonoyta municipal police enforce it with the diligence they show with speeders? It could be a new revenue generator for them that most tourists would actually appreciate and support.
Brilliant! I'm ashamed I didn't think of it.
 

mondone

Whitecaps
One thought - Could Sonoyta make it illegal to cut the line and have the Sonoyta municipal police enforce it with the diligence they show with speeders? It could be a new revenue generator for them that most tourists would actually appreciate and support.
Are you kidding? They already have been making a nice take taking bribe $$ for escorts to the front of the line for years now.
 

Southbeacher

Well Known Member
Yep -- I've watched as a guy on a scooter worked the line until cutting a deal with someone . . . then they and their friends in the car behind pulled out following the guy . . . meandered to the side streets en route to the border, where of course they would eventually take advantage of some kind souls who would let them turn into line a mile ahead . . . while the guy on the scooter came back to work the line.
 
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