Ticket agent vs. Politicians

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Ticket agent vs. Politicians

Viesti Kirjoittaja Robert Sixcones » To 01.04.2010 10:35

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A DC airport ticket
> agent offers some examples of 'why' our country is in
> trouble:
>
> 1. I had a
> New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) 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 Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted
> to go to Cape Town. I started to explain the length of the flight
> and the passport information, and then he interrupted me with, ''I'm
> not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in
> Massachusetts ..''
> Without trying to make him look stupid, I
> calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts , Cape Town is in
> Africa”, his response -- click.
>
> 3. A senior
> Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) 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 t o 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!'' (OMG)
>
> 4. I got
> a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) 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(Janet Napolitano) once
> called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas . I pulled up the
> reservation and 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 (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to
> know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30
> a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.
>
> 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,
> (Jerrold Nadler) 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?' He 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 him on hold for a minute, while I
> looked into it. (I was dying 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 his luggage.
>
>
> 8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross)
> 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, Bobby
> Bright from Ala 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. Senator Dianne
> Feinstein
> 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. Mary Landrieu (D) La. Senator called and had a
> question about the documents she needed in order to fly to China .
> After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her
> that she 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, her stay required a visa. When I told her this she
> said, ''Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have
> accepted my American Express!''
>
> 12. A New Jersey
> Congressman (John Adler) 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 man. After some
> searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up every
> airport code in the country and can't find a rhino anywhere."
> The man 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.''
>
TT
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