Beware Italy: the invasion of the pink soap blubbles has begun!
I received a letter from the customs in Milan saying I had to pay a fee for a soap I bought in Canada and I was trying to introduce illegally in my country.
Slight problem: I didn't buy soap in Canada...
Turns out it was a package my Canadian friend sent me for Christmas. Turns out customs don't care if it's a gift, for them I *bought* a soap in Canada and I wanted to sneak it inside my country... and what? Kill them all with a pink soap? My friend is very distressed Canada's plan to invade us with soap bubbles failed so miserably!!
The customs could keep the darn soap and send me the package... of course not! They would send it back to Canada and make my friend pay a huge fee o_O Owwwwkay, so let's pay the (luckily small) fee and gimme the darn package! Of course that would have been too easy... I had to sign a pile of documents certifying I took full responsibility for introducing a very dangerous product of unknown origins (I didn't know Canada moved to the Pegasus Galaxy lately), I had to give them a copy of my ID and of my medical card (why on Earth do they need that?) aaaaaaand... I still don't have my package... What are they expecting me to do, bow on my knees and beg for it? O_o
I also got a warning that they're going to track and open my friends and my packages for a while and if I try again to illegally introduce such a dangerous item in my country I'll end up in jail O__O
Sooooo for all of you living outside the European Union: if you decide to send me something as dangerous as soap or God forbid some biscuits or candies, please tell me in advance and I'll just fly over and kill Joe Mallozzi, at least this way I'll end up in jail for a good reason XD
Slight problem: I didn't buy soap in Canada...
Turns out it was a package my Canadian friend sent me for Christmas. Turns out customs don't care if it's a gift, for them I *bought* a soap in Canada and I wanted to sneak it inside my country... and what? Kill them all with a pink soap? My friend is very distressed Canada's plan to invade us with soap bubbles failed so miserably!!
The customs could keep the darn soap and send me the package... of course not! They would send it back to Canada and make my friend pay a huge fee o_O Owwwwkay, so let's pay the (luckily small) fee and gimme the darn package! Of course that would have been too easy... I had to sign a pile of documents certifying I took full responsibility for introducing a very dangerous product of unknown origins (I didn't know Canada moved to the Pegasus Galaxy lately), I had to give them a copy of my ID and of my medical card (why on Earth do they need that?) aaaaaaand... I still don't have my package... What are they expecting me to do, bow on my knees and beg for it? O_o
I also got a warning that they're going to track and open my friends and my packages for a while and if I try again to illegally introduce such a dangerous item in my country I'll end up in jail O__O
Sooooo for all of you living outside the European Union: if you decide to send me something as dangerous as soap or God forbid some biscuits or candies, please tell me in advance and I'll just fly over and kill Joe Mallozzi, at least this way I'll end up in jail for a good reason XD