Good Luck Card Was Bad Luck

By Miss Cellania in Everything Else on Mar 4, 2009 at 12:35 pm

An unnamed Mexican chef was detained at the Manchester Airport when he was suspected to be an illegal immigrant to the UK. He claimed to be on a short visit, but a search of his luggage yielded a greeting card that wished him good luck with his “new life in the UK”.

The man, arriving at Manchester Airport from Los Angeles, claimed he was on a brief visit to a friend who was opening a restaurant in England’s North West.

But he admitted planning to work illegally after border officers found the card and pages of Mexican recipes.

Link -via reddit

Tags: illegal immigration

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xadrian
Mar 4th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
My two brothers in law had this happen. One was a guitar player wanting to follow in the footsteps of Hendricks and so went to the UK. A card from the other b-i-l wished him good luck and hope he got work. It was mostly a joke seeing as the guy was there to play music and be on basically a pilgrimage. However, security didn’t think it funny and turned him away. He never got to England to complete his odyssey.
JayTwilight
Mar 4th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I can’t help but crack up when I think about how the chef would call his friend and say, “I hate you for writing me a good luck card. You suck.”
Byrd Brain
Mar 5th, 2009 at 10:09 am
He just wanted to do a job that the English wouldn’t do: cooking nasty, greasy food in lard… oh wait.
Gail Pink
Mar 5th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
People just don’t think ahead.

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