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Janet

In article >, lid
says...
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:03:35 -0700 (PDT),
> wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 5:24:49 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:31:13 -0700 (PDT),
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> One was a 41-year-old woman who was a chef and she had arrived with
> >>> 25 copies of her C V (Curriculum Vitae) plus a separate suitcase full of
> >>> her professional knives. She denied she was coming there to work but
> >>> why all the knives? She was going to 'cook for her uncle' and 'cook for
> >>> friends' but not work. The question then was why not just use their
> >>> knives? "I a.l.w.a.y.s. travel with ALL my knives and certificates" was her
> >>> answer. They did state due to her age she did not qualify for a work
> >>> visa.
> >>>
> >> Chefs and most restaurant kitchen prep staff always carry their own
> >> knives. And you don't borrow anybody elses. And when I'm cooking at
> >> somebody else's house, I usually miss my own knives.
> >>
> > On 'vacation'??? Highly, highly doubtful that every time a chef steps out
> > their door they've packed their knives and take them with them. That is,
> > unless you are planning on entering a country illegally and hope to gain
> > employment there.
>
> Well, I admit that I'm not well versed in this show nor the U.K.
> border protection, immigration, or vacation laws. But it sounds
> like she wasn't too keen on them either.
>

UK has very strict laws to control carrying knives in public places.
Chefs are allowed to carry their knives to and from work (required for
professional purposes). She had no UK work permit, and denied she was
entering the UK to work as a chef.

If she'd brought a gun we'd say she shot herself in both feet.

Janet UK