if this family are citizens of the USA, perhaps they don't know Hawaii is the 50th state of the the USA? Hence passports are not necessary to enter or exit the state of Hawaii.
Always best to assume they aren't necessarily in the U.S. unless they specifically say they are. Heck, even then, expect some cultural things to be lost in translation since most of these stories are from Japanese channels.
True, they aren't strictly needed within the United States. However, they are accepted as ID to fly. It's necessary if a passenger lacks an EDL (Enhanced Driver's License).
@@janemorrow8802 ...excellent points but the primary point of my post was to mock that small group of Americans who believe Hawaii is a foreign country. And did you know there are some Americans who believe New Mexico and Alaska are also foreign countries?
Regardless of where this is in the world, one thing is apparent that the MiL, who is also a DiL, suffered at the hands of her MiL and now she is passing that bitterness down to her sons wife! It is a vicious cycle!!
@noelle3551 Before writing, maybe whoever it is should, I don't know.... learn more about another country. Look up "Hawaii" in Wikipedia. It will show that it's a part of the 50 states. Bug off.
5:44 Here's me praying that they don't say they're from America or "the states" or anything like that. AMERICANS DO NOT NEED A PASSPORT TO GO TO HAWAII. If they say she couldn't travel without a passport to Hawaii, they had best own up and say that they are Japanese or whatever Asian country these stories are usually from. But for some reason, they insist that when they translate to English, they MUST use "American" names and places, EVEN WHEN IT MAKES NO SENSE. I'll be happy, though, if they just refrain from talking about living in "the states," or something like that. Really, if you're going to write about Americans not being able to travel without a passport, send them to another country, not another state! Jamaica or Tonga, but NOT HAWAII. Also, in the USA, destroying a passport is a FEDERAL CRIME and if someone did that to me, with my passport, I'd be on the phone with the cops, pressing charges, right away. Especially if I actually DID plan to travel. But then again, I'm frequently telling these imaginary people on the internet to call the police, already, and they NEVER listen to me!
How about the crazy idea, this might take place in the UK, Irleland, Australia, Canada or New Zealand? Those countries also have "american" names like those and they need passports to travel to Hawaii. Even tough the idea of this beeing a story from asia is also very appealing
then there's school and high school. when they are talking about getting into a high school it's the 4th and 5th preparatory to college/university. Japan
@@nannettepolcastro4799 True. So just written by someone who fid not realize that Hawaii is a state and no passport is needed to go there for US citizens.
did they come from another country if not a passport is not needed to travel to and from Hawaii, also as mentioned in other comments it is a federal crime to destroy someone's passport
Stop trying to pretend this is anything but a story about a terrible culture. No American, just a question of which asian country this represents. Sad and ridiculous.
I know this is completely fiction and not written by someone who has familiarity with the States, but I (unfortunately) know a few people who don’t know that Hawaii or Alaska are part of the U.S.
Yet another “family trip” gone awry thanks to the mother in law. How did Barbara get her passport? Why didn’t Sydney go to the airport with Theo? I wonder what “the plan” is? What? Why is Sydney taking care of Theo’s sister? So, Katy’s Theo’s sister but not “family”? What ? A “fake” passport that looks like a notepad? So, the plan was to move Katy out? Pretty complicated plan! What? Now Theo’s flying to Paris? Declared estrangement? He’s a grown man. Now the husband, Dan is leaving too! Uh oh! Dan’s been cheating! Quite a convoluted story!
