john
Veytaux,#2General Comment
Sun, September 16, 2012
I was travelling to the US with my Swiss passport and the custom authorities thought it was a good idea to keep me waiting at the customs desk and why do I ask? Because some dude with the same name as I boar had done a felony... and I was punished because of that.
Sh*t, it was as much as I could withstand but when you think that you are innocent and haven't been involved in any crime whatsoever do you think that the same authorities give you a blank card? The only apology I got was that it was some computer mishap.
It is a traumatizing experience but am I glad not to name myself John Smith otherwise it would have been havoc. Nevertheless, I had always thought that my names were not common but was I wrong. However I think it wrong to associate names to people whilst travelling hence creating unnecessary confusion.
I know that my case is not unique and that others have or will suffer of such disambiguation, but I do think and hope that the authorities will have not compassion but understanding in the near future.
Thanks for reading me and Good bless, not only America, but our World!