The last time I tried to get back to Port Angeles from Victoria was maybe 4 or 5 years back, and I had to go through 3 checkpoints. Once, when waiting with the car in the ferry line, a second time when actually driving the car onto the ferry, and a third time when exiting the ferry in Port Angeles. Each time with the same stupid time-wasting questions.
I have a pre-1987 ("permanent resident"
green card without expiration date and I always get hassled because of it. I understand I've aged since the picture was taken but I refuse to get a new one because it would cost me $450 and be a lot of trouble. They don't like it when I tell them that "permanent is permanent". As of recently, green card holders must now be fingerprinted along with the rest of the rabble and that takes time also.
Additionally, I suspect I must be on some list somewhere that only applies to Washington State. I have the same problem flying. Arriving at Sea-Tac from a foreign country, I nearly always have to open my suitcases and get a lot of extra question, such as "where do you work?", "Can you prove that?", that I don't get elsewhere, and that I'm just itching to answer with "none of your f*cking business!"
They deny that I'm being targeted and that it's "completely random", but I never get this at any other airport.
Maybe it's just me. I've been told that when I try to put on a friendly and harmless expression, I actually look sneering and mocking, and the TSA people just hate that.
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