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Finally touched down at SFO, after brilliantly forgetting my passport and rebooking to a later flight.

Apparently, one must continue trudging along through the exit, rather than pulling over to the side to make a phone call. Reason? “There’s an exit.” Frightened people I suppose.

• Why are cell phones banned while we line up to talk to a US customs officer? “Safety” I’m told, but what’s the danger, compared to before the lineup?
• Why do we maintain one line that feeds multiple agents? Why not multiple lines, with the next person standing close behind the person being interrogated? With a slow line that’s growing, saving that time where people wake up and shuffle over to the officer is precious!

Not that I need to be in a rush. I got to the gate in time to sit around for an hour and a bit. Thank goodness for the Internet.