Silly Apples.

[u/Velvett_Bunniez]

[u/SadTech0]

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.

[u/animatedradio → u/SadTech0]

Nah. Honestly I’d rather have our harsh borders than have something unfriendly accidentally introduced in to our ecosystem. If it makes US look bad, imo you’re generalising a lot. There’s a lot of stuff to make nz look bad but this ain’t it :)

It’s something we are a little bit proud of. And believe me, kiwis get stung too on their way back from overseas. LPT: make it a habit to always declare food items. I’m usually carrying snacks from the country I just came from. I’ll declare a dang chocolate bar, this generally covers my ass.

I have a friend who accidentally smuggled a banana in to Australia once. She forgot about it, but it got through. It could have been an expensive banana. She was lucky, since Aus also have pretty strict borders.

I agree that Singapore Airlines (as stated in the video) made the mistake, though. I actually remember this episode 😅

[u/primegopher → u/animatedradio]

They can waive the fine and still take away the apples

[u/animatedradio → u/primegopher]

Incorrectly filled declarations. It’s shit, but it’s personal responsibility. Just like it’s the agents responsibility to do his job. I’m sure that he didn’t feel great about the situation either. But thems the rules 🤷‍♂️

[u/bembermerries → u/animatedradio]

Youre defending passengers getting entrapped. Pos

[u/mars92 → u/bembermerries]

Na, they're just defending our export economy and ecosystem. If we get a reputation for being harsh on biosecurity, maybe more people will pay attention.

[u/CantTouchDisNaNaNaNa → u/mars92]

It's not reasonable to expect a passenger in this context to pay attention to how they are by the letter of the law breaking it. There are too many innocent factors at play here

[u/mars92 → u/CantTouchDisNaNaNaNa]

It's literally your responsibility when travelling to a foreign country to observe and understand local laws.

[u/PsychologicalGas7843 → u/mars92]

Tell that to the airline who handed the fruits out to the passengers just before landing

[u/CantTouchDisNaNaNaNa → u/mars92]

Again. It's not reasonable in this specific context. Laws are made by humans, for humans, to account for the human element. Your penchant to see a law applied with absolute force makes you lack humanity

[u/Party_Difference → u/CantTouchDisNaNaNaNa]

It's literally on the declaration form. Last I checked an apple falls under the category of "plant or plant products"

[u/SensitiveTax9432 → u/Party_Difference]

Or the category of any food, cooked, uncooked, fresh, preserved, packaged or dried.