Originally Posted by
Turkpilot
The delta FA handed it to her on the way OUT. So I am sure she asssuend it was ok. Yes sounds like a very HONEST MISTAKE
It's not quite what she said, but I can see that it may have been just an honest mistake anyway.
Tadlock says a Delta flight attendant handed her an apple toward the end of her flight from Paris.
I don't know what that means exactly, but typically they might give you a piece of fruit some time before TOD.
May have been later in this case, but not at the door on the way out. The FA probably had a reasonable expectation that the apple was about to be eaten.
Me? I'd have politely refused the apple if I didn't want it.
Also, before condemning the CBP person for being overly zealous I'd like to hear their side of the story.
I can't help but be suspicious that there is more to this story than the newspaper is telling us.