Border Force Strike Backfires Hilariously With Exactly Zero Delays Reported


For all the havoc the Border Force’s strike was meant to unleash on Aussie travelers today, things seem to be operating pretty bloody smoothly.
No major disruptions have been reported at any of Australia’s eight international airports, despite the industrial action keeping nearly 5,000 Border Forcers off the job for 24 hours.
One traveler told the ABC it only took 20 seconds for her to waltz her way through customs. Another said they’d gotten through “in record time.”

Travelers had been warned the strike would royally mess up their travel plans unless they rocked up early; choosing not to risk it, passengers have formed long queues at Melbourne airport, but not a single flight has been delayed due to passengers being trapped in customs in the absence of BF workers.
All of which begs the question: what was the point of a strike if travelers aren’t really noticing your absence?

Let’s be clear. We appreciate customs for making sure some pretty nasty shit doesn’t make its way into ‘Straya, but we don’t exactly need a paramilitary organisation to sift through our luggage, ya know?

Oh well. You do you, Border Force. 

Story via ABC.
Image: Scott Barbour via Getty.

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