dont touch my bags if you please mr customs man

Something I was curious about, and found no info online, was customs and immigrations. I have heard the UK is one of the hardest countries to cross into. Since I went through on a ship I have reason to believe it was easier than flying. First I want to say that I , jason wray Huffman, took the high road and told the truth. If I would have lied (not that I approve of that) and told customs what they wanted to hear I would have had no problem. The first question customs asked (and for me the only important one) was "how long do you plan to stay in the UK?" The answer they are not looking for is "until I run out of money" anything longer than a week raises a red flag. I have (had) a plane ticket out of their country and into Czech two months later. Customs wanted to know, where I planned on staying (wrong answer: train station floor) who was funding my trip (wrong answer: myself) what I did for and proof of employment in the USA. (Unemployed) and how much money I have in the bank. The bank account and my ticket out of the UK were my only saving grace. Now with all this being said, things could have been worse. Despite being honest, I was not searched. Despite no visa my bags weren't searched. Things could have gone a lot worse. I can see where lots of people would be uncomfortable having to log into your bank account with some random immigrations official. I personally know what battles to pick and which to admit defeat on.