~ Why we are in Trouble ~
From the desk of a travel agency consultant:
A
Washington , DC , airport ticket agent offers some examples
of why
this country is in trouble ! 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that
her hair
2. I got a call
from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to Capetown. I
started to
explain the length of the flight and the passport information, then she interrupted me with, "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts."
Without
trying to make her look stupid, I calmly explained, "Cape
Cod is in
Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa." Her response - click . 3. A senior
Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package
we
4. I got a
call from a lawmaker's wife who asked, "Is it possible to
see England
from Canada?" I said, "No." She said, "But they look so close on the map." (OMG, again!) 5. An aide for a
cabinet member once called and asked if he could rent a car
in
6. An
Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know
how it was
possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 AM got to Chicago at 8:33 AM. I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones.
Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she
bought that.
7. A New
York lawmaker called and asked, "Do airlines put your
physical
description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?" I said, "No, why do you ask?" She replied, "Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!"
After putting her on hold for a minute while I looked
into it (I was laughing).
I came back and explained the city code for Fresno, CA is ( FAT - Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage. 8. A
Senator's aide called to inquire about a trip package to
Hawaii. After going
9. I just
got off the phone with a freshman Congressman who asked,
"How do I
know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, "I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them."
10. A lady
Senator called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola,
Florida.
Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?" I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola, Fl. on a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever, smarty!"
11. A
senior Senator called and had a question about the documents
he needed
in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him that he needed a visa. "Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!"
12. A New
Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations.
"I want to
go from Chicago to Rhino, New York."
I was
at a loss for words. Finally, I said, "Are you sure that's
the name of the
town?" "Yes, what flights do you have?" replied the lady.
After some
searching, I came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked
up every
airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino anywhere.
"The lady
retorted, "Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is.
Check your
map!" So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?"
The reply!
"Whatever! I knew it was a big animal."
Now you know why the Government is in the shape that it's in ! |