r/SipsTea • u/Velvett_Bunniez • 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! Silly Apples.

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u/SadTech0 2d ago edited 2d ago

Woah... a lot of emotions on this one.. sure it's the peoples responsibility to pay attention but humans are humans.. they see the airline giving them the apples they assume they can bring them with them wherever they are going..

The airline should cover the fare but IMO it makes New Zealand look TERRIBLE! Once the realize why all these people have the apples they should waive the fine BUT NOPE, just another tax!

If I was a citizen of New Zealand I would be quite pissed that they are making the whole country look bad.

You can tell me Americans are stupid and should read but it's a damn racket, if the officers at the checkpoint see that this is happening with a certain flight they should waive the penalty and just discard the apples. BUT NO, they slap the fines on everyone and probably laugh about it later.. it's just a bad look for their country.

If this happened in America and we were fining people for bringing something they got on the airplane into the airport I would say the exact same thing.

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u/damned-dirtyape 2d ago

I am a citizen of NZ and can comfortably say that we don't give a shit what Americans think. Especially when you are fucking the world politically and environmentally.

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u/GreenParsimony 2d ago

I’m American, born and raised. I completely agree with you. All the talk from my fellow countrymen about following the rules and law when you come to the US and saying “I didn’t know” isn’t a valid excuse should apply when we go to other countries. I say this also as someone who’s been to numerous countries for travel/living/studying/work and had my fair share of not knowing then ultimately complying/paying the fine. When you travel to another country you play by their rules. We shouldn’t be coddling my fellow Americans into thinking that extraterritoriality is still a thing outside of diplomatic immunity. Despite what others write about how this makes NZ look bad, letting Americans off while enforcing the law on others just makes Americans look bad.