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ellefliesWell, I was going to post a Star Trek review, but I just commercialed into Kuwait and at the moment I would rather talk about all the hoops I'm having to jump through to prove I don't have swine flue.
And it's not just me having to jump, it's everyone that enters the freaking country.
Now I understand how serious swine flu is and I actually commend Kuwait for taking steps to prevent it from entering their country. I only wish The States was as preventative (apparently New York's nod to the flu is to add hand sanitizer to the customs line. Way to go US Customs and Immigration)
So, ANYWAYS.
Usually there's no paperwork to get into Kuwait, but since the whole flu scare Kuwait now has a health form you have to fill out. It makes the Grammar/Punctuation/Spelling freak in me twitch and foam at the mouth (seriously, its the kind of form where you kind of get what they're saying but the lack of proofreader makes it somewhat difficult). Basically this form says that upon landing in Kuwait you have 72 hours to report to a medical facility to be checked out for Swine Flu. There is no leaving the country if you do not get your form stamped and authorized, and if you do not stop and get checked out within that 72 hours you can thrown in jail for a month and you will be fined 50 Kuwait Dinars (a little over 150 US Dollars)
Fair enough.
We get off the plane and are met by two little ladies in full face masks and plastic gowns who are taking the temperature of every person walking off that plane. I loved their look, it made me think they were expecting all passengers to come off sweating profusely and vomiting everywhere.
Then another line, before customs, to get our forms stamped and for the white, green and pink copies to be confiscated so they will know who you are if you don't show up for the medical check. SO YOU CAN GO TO JAIL. YAY!
With yellow form in hand we finally made it through customs.
But wait! It's not over yet! Instead of bumming around resting tomorrow morning like I should be doing the entire crew is getting together at 9 in the morning to be bused over to a medical facility so we can prove, once and for all, that we don't have Swine Flu.
I do get the logic behind the 72 hours thing as it usually takes about that long for flu symptoms to manifest. I really really do get it. But I still find the whole thing hysterical.
And it's not just me having to jump, it's everyone that enters the freaking country.
Now I understand how serious swine flu is and I actually commend Kuwait for taking steps to prevent it from entering their country. I only wish The States was as preventative (apparently New York's nod to the flu is to add hand sanitizer to the customs line. Way to go US Customs and Immigration)
So, ANYWAYS.
Usually there's no paperwork to get into Kuwait, but since the whole flu scare Kuwait now has a health form you have to fill out. It makes the Grammar/Punctuation/Spelling freak in me twitch and foam at the mouth (seriously, its the kind of form where you kind of get what they're saying but the lack of proofreader makes it somewhat difficult). Basically this form says that upon landing in Kuwait you have 72 hours to report to a medical facility to be checked out for Swine Flu. There is no leaving the country if you do not get your form stamped and authorized, and if you do not stop and get checked out within that 72 hours you can thrown in jail for a month and you will be fined 50 Kuwait Dinars (a little over 150 US Dollars)
Fair enough.
We get off the plane and are met by two little ladies in full face masks and plastic gowns who are taking the temperature of every person walking off that plane. I loved their look, it made me think they were expecting all passengers to come off sweating profusely and vomiting everywhere.
Then another line, before customs, to get our forms stamped and for the white, green and pink copies to be confiscated so they will know who you are if you don't show up for the medical check. SO YOU CAN GO TO JAIL. YAY!
With yellow form in hand we finally made it through customs.
But wait! It's not over yet! Instead of bumming around resting tomorrow morning like I should be doing the entire crew is getting together at 9 in the morning to be bused over to a medical facility so we can prove, once and for all, that we don't have Swine Flu.
I do get the logic behind the 72 hours thing as it usually takes about that long for flu symptoms to manifest. I really really do get it. But I still find the whole thing hysterical.
