Oh so sad....they run our country...
I have been a Travel Agent for thirty Years. This is why we're in trouble!
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.
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 like the stupid one, I
calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa." Her
response ...(click).
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 is 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!"
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."
An aide for a Bush 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 the
gates to save time."
An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know how it was
possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20 a.m. and got into Chicago at
8:33 a.m. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but
she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the
plane went very fast, and she bought that!
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 is very rude?" After putting her on hold for a
minute while I 'looked into it' (I was actually laughing) I came back and
explained the city code for Fresno, CA is (FAT), and that the airline was just putting
a destination tag on her luggage.
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?"
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 darn planes have
numbers on them."
A lady Senator called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola, FL. 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!"
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!"
A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations, "I want to go from
Chicago to Rhino, New York." The agent was at a loss for words. Finally, the
agent said, "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do
you have?" replied the lady. After some
searching, the agent 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!" The
agent scoured a map of the state of New York and
finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?" "That's it! I knew it was
a big animal," she said.
Now you know why Government is in the shape that it's in.
