Some of the questions I get asked on check in make me seriously wonder about the agent's awareness :
This was at Frankfurt, question directed at my travelling companion who has a Spanish passport :
"Ver ist your visa to South Africa".
"I don't need one"
"Ja, you do, only ze EU passport holders can go without one"
"Spain is part of the EU"
"Nein"
So we hold up the passport where it says :
'Comunidad Europea' on the cover page.
"Und vat does zis mean".