Googling While Working

16. December 2008 by admin.

I’m not sure how I really feel about this.  One morning last week while I was commuting to work, I disembarked the Tunnel Bus and entered the US Immigration Office.  I was one of the first persons off the Bus and noticed the Immigration Officer was working on his computer.  This particular computer monitor was stationed so that incoming passengers could see the screen.  Most of the time, the computer screen has a screen on top of it so that no one other than the operator immediately in front of the screen can read it.  However, this day, the screen was off.  As I approached the officer, I could see he was busy surfing Google.  I’m really not sure what he was looking up, nor do I really care.  But I am concerned that US Customs and Immigration Officers have time to Google while working.  There have been plenty of times when I have waited long periods of time to cross the border and now I have to wonder, were the officers on Google and therefore delaying my entry?  If that’s not enough, without the protective screen, personal information about the person being screened is displayed on screen for all remaining passengers to see. 

 I’ll end to day the way I started, I’m sure how I feel about Customs and Immigration Officers have time to Google during the morning rush hour?  If you’ve had to wait to cross the border into Detroit, would you expect the delay to be an officer Googling?  I certainly wouldn’t think that but now I might!

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