At the Dallas Forth Worth AirPort (DFW)

Am finally in the US of A. Am gonna be here for a time interlude am

not certain sure of. It is my foremost time in the United States and

you can figuratively make out the new man in me. I must articulate am

just bored rigid of the wintry cold and worse still, the colloquial speech

these black Americans are using.


I remember, for instance, I passed through Chicago, Illinois, which

happened to be my Port of Entry. I was about to go back home!


I wanted to tell the port authorities to get me another plane predestined

to Kenya, I go home!


It was damn cold and things were not working out for me.


To make things worser, I remember at one time, during my clearance,

one of the port officials asked a question that only God and fate

gave the answer! I just remember she said, "Do you have,............" the

rest were like jargon to me. I got nothing! I just used common sense

and knew she was asking for my documents. So, I got ALL the

documents off the envelope and gave them to her. She honorably did

the rest. Thank God she did not ask me any other question. She just sort

the documents out, may be even the ones she did not really want, and after

she was done with the clearance, gave me back my stuff and thisam sure I

heard: "welcome to the US and have a good stay." I went without even

thanking her. i did not know it is a culture to do that here in the USA. It is

part of courtesy to do that. But you know when you are brought up in an

environment where you believe that being served in the public offices and

facilities is your right, though it is, you forget to do even the most basic and

essential things. Like saying, "Thanks" or "Welcome"


May be she knew who I was, where I was from and what I was made of. Otherwise,

I could have seen a long day!


That is America boy! You have always said it is wonderful.! One thing I have liked them

about is the great courtesy they treat people with, Especially when they know you are

new here abd need help.

I wish it could spread throughout the world.

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