In this episode, I speak to a truck driver who has been on the road for a few days now. He is on his way back from picking up some water from a refuelling stop in Mexico when he is stopped by a border patrol officer. The officer asks him a bunch of questions about his truck and what he is carrying on board.
00:00:00.000Hi, how are you? I'm good, you? Good. It's good, where do you live? In Chilua. And how long were you away?
00:00:23.000Oh, just a day. I delivered yesterday some Nestle water in five feet.
00:00:29.000You crossed before or after 6 pm yesterday? Yesterday after 6 pm. Shopping for you?
00:00:35.000What's that? Any shopping? I just got that CB radio, it's for the truck. This one is getting older.
00:00:41.000Anything for alcohol or tobacco products? Any cannabis?
00:00:45.000Pardon me? No cannabis products? Oh, no, no, no. What is the load today?
00:00:49.000Nothing, it's empty. What was the load going down? Water, Nestle water, bottle water.
00:00:56.000Regular rum for you there? No, no, it was something just because it's not too much, not too many loads going down south just to fill up the time, you know.
00:01:06.000And then is there anyone traveling with you today? No, not yesterday, not today.
00:01:11.000Are you the owner of the truck and the trailer? Yes. Well, you know how it goes, the banks still own it. Yeah, sure, sure. Yeah.
00:01:20.000Do you have your arrived cannabis receipt number? No, you see, I'm recording just in case, I don't submit nor consent to illegal applications and all that stuff.
00:01:32.000Oh, so you did not do the ArriveCAN? No, I don't have to. It's illegal. So then, the last time crossing, what happened last time you crossed?
00:01:41.000Oh, it was like, I don't know, three, four days ago coming back from Texas. You crossed this one? Yes, right here.
00:01:47.000Okay. Do you recall what happened with the ArriveCAN procedures then? No, nothing happened. I said the same thing. I don't submit nor consent to the illegal questions or applications.
00:01:59.000So then, what happened after you said that? What would occur? Just the stamp and I was let go.
00:02:06.000Okay. And anything for any alcohol, tobacco, you said no? No, no. Do you have any cash, $10,000 or no?
00:02:14.000Oh, I wish I have that in my bank. Okay, that's a no though? Yeah. All right. And anything for any mace, pepper, spray, knives, tasers, firearms or ammunition? No.
00:02:24.000No duty, free items purchased or required? No.
00:02:27.000I had just 401 meal, took it yesterday from home, finished it today. Fridge is empty. Some blueberries, but that's from yesterday.
00:02:40.000Okay. And those are from Canada? The blueberries actually were from Walmart in, I think, in Texas somewhere.
00:02:46.000Oh, in Texas. So you came back? Yeah, I came back three, four days ago with them. Now yesterday went back in the States. Now today it's, it's leftover, right? Because I use them.
00:02:55.000Okay. And you're with the company called Dedicated.
00:02:58.000I was giving you one second here. Are you living, which broker are you using? Oh, this one is empty. Do I have to use them?
00:03:12.000Or do you do your, sorry, I should rephrase the question. Do you use your own company?
00:03:18.000No, no, no, no, no. I'm an owner operator with this guy, so I don't know what the dispatch is using.
00:03:23.000Or sorry, yeah, like you produce this document yourself, the number? No. Someone else.
00:03:27.000No, the dispatch. Oh, okay. Who's the dispatch?
00:03:30.000Okay, so then you didn't do the arrive tent, fair enough. The next question I'm just going to ask you is about the vaccination. Do you have your vaccination card with you?
00:03:56.000No, I'm telling you. I'm not submitting, not consenting to illegal questioning.
00:04:01.000Oh, I see. So you're not going to answer that question. No, because it's illegal. It's my privacy. I'm not gonna... I mean, I'm getting fed up to tell you guys that I have antibodies. I've been tested and it's more than enough.
00:04:16.000Yeah, I understand your position in terms of what you're explaining to me. I appreciate your position in terms of that. However, I have to do...
00:04:25.000I know, you've got to do your job. Yeah, exactly. And I'm quite confident most of the time it's against your will, guys, too, but...
00:05:16.000So once you park there, you want to walk around the loading dock. It's a double glass door entrance, number two floor upstairs, and they will help you with that, okay?