one69chev Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Sorry if this is a repost, but it offers a unique insight into the state of our Government. Shame on us all............:lol: WHY WE ARE IN TROUBLE 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 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 the 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!' (OMG) 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 and 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 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 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, Florida 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.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimy101 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I call BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebpda9 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Wow...ONE agent ended up with all these stupid people...I see a trend here. And since when is someone stupid because their spouse is? BS +1 It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gire Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Some are too far-fetched, but funny nonetheless. "Florida's a really thin State!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTATV Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Funny and totally possible overal, yes.... one person actually getting all these specific people, not so much. either way was a funny read im sure people have called and said things such as this over the years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerboa113 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I cant find the BS flag smiley. so I call BS with a variety of random smileys :icon_idea:icon_excl:icon_neut:icon_razz:icon_arro still funny tho, and not surprising that some of these may be true. "The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one69chev Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 i cannot attest to the validity of these anecdotes, but the possibility that people are this stupid is what makes stuff like this amusing....... and given the current state of our government, i'd bet more are closer to the truth than we'd care to know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Horizon Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 whatever, but thanks for pulling all this together.. mucho appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 BS. Funny BS, but BS nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinlsb Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 WE are in trouble because some people believe this kind of claptrap:lol: "Belief does not make truth. Evidence makes truth. And belief does not make evidence." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one69chev Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 clap trap: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNXElmEUIJo]YouTube - Kent "Toast" French, The World's Fastest Clapper[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 WE are in trouble because some people believe this kind of claptrap:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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