The Traveling Public!!!> Can you believe??? :A Washington, DC, airport
> ticket agent offers some examples of why our country is in trouble!
> 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that
> her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
>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 South Africa "Her response - click.
>3 A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package we
>did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me, I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!"
>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 Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had only a 1-hour
> layover in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he
> said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive
> between gates to save time." (Aghhhh)
>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 couldnt stop 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 over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to
> California, and then take the train to Hawaii?"
>
> 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 thes e 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 Congress woman 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?" "Y es, 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."
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