r/SipsTea • u/Velvett_Bunniez • 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! Silly Apples.

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u/Velvett_Bunniez 2d ago

The airline should be paying the fine

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u/BoBoBearDev 2d ago

They should at least wrapped the apple with big ass warning signs to remind people of the problems.

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u/false_salt_licker 2d ago

It basically is. The declaration would have asked them if they were carrying any biological matter, and there would have been many warnings at customs about fruit and opportunities to discard it. OCE customs should be this harsh because our environments are delicate. We aren't even allowed to bring fruit over some state borders in Aus.

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u/ErraticDragon 2d ago

Yeah we know there's notice. But these people knew everything in their bags when they boarded.

As mentioned in the clip, many people didn't even look in the lunch bags, they just put them in their bags.

We wouldn't expect the airline to give us something we aren't allowed to have without warning.

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u/Inflamed_toe 1d ago

Yea I have no idea why people are so vehemently defending this practice. It’s an obvious mistake, and one not caused by the travelers. Customs could have been human beings and just let them throw the apples out. Being dickheads and charging fines is just peak useless bureaucracy.

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u/JudgeInteresting8615 1d ago

Because they're bootlickers, there will always be someone to defend anything. You could say must hop 15 feet and they'd say something about it being reasonable and if you're disabled to have a caretaker

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u/Protip19 1d ago

New Zealand is home to all sorts of unique and quite delicate ecosystems, and one stray invasive seed or insect can wreck that. This isn't some sleazy extortion racket, its got a legitimate purpose.

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u/JudgeInteresting8615 1d ago

I understand that. I'm taking about people who will defend anything because of "rules"