T&T: B'dos customs officers reached where they're going!

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Yuh know dis dotishness wid T&T an' Barbados gone too far when Trinis start to boo de Bajans who performin' at fete...it go reach to blows soon, an' not here in T&T but in Bimshire where last Saturday Customs did stop a Bajan citizen who did go back home on a BWEE flight after shopping in T&T fuh clothes an' tings to sell. Well, is who sen' she...de Customs officers did inspect every last ting she had in she luggage an' anyting dat was made in T&T or bought in T&T dey take from she. Dey had de poor woman in tears, an' yuh know what dem heartlessso-an'-so's do nex'? Dey dump everyting in de garbage bin. Now I ent see how de Customs feel dey solving anyting wid dat attitude...is what dey go do wid a Trini? De way tings shapin' up dem look like dey tryin' to to make de US Immigration people look like Mother Theresa an' she nuns by comparison!

For those who don't speak Trini or Caribbean, let me offer a near verbatim translation . Sorry to spoil your prose, Tante, but you know how it is. You all should read Adaora Lily Ulasi's Many Thing You No Understand and Many Thing Begin For Change to get the sweetness of this one.

You know this nonsense with T&T and Barbados has gone too far when Trinis booed the Bajans who were performing at a fete. Curiously enough, things will come to blows soon, and not here in T&T but in Barbados where, last Saturday, Customs stopped a Bajan citizen who returned home on a BWIA flight after shopping in T&T for clothes and other items to sell. Well, I guess she shouldn't have done that because the Customs officers inspected every item in her luggage and seized everything that was manufactured or bought in T&T. Customs officers made the woman cry because, in their heartlessness, their next act was to dump everything in the garbage bins. Now, I don't see how Customs feel that they are solving anything with that attitude. What will they do with a Trini? The way things are looking, it seems Barbados Customs are making the US Immigration authorities look like Mother Theresa and her nuns by comparison!

The sheer pettiness of Barbados' customs officials is astonishing. Who wants to bet that one of them "rescued" the items from the garbage bin and took them home? Petty, really petty.
Anyway, keep an eye out for Trinidiary. It's wild, fun, and seriously informative.