Amidst all the concern, a little levity

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Marc Aniballi <marcaniballi () gmail com>
Date: June 17, 2006 6:10:05 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Amidst all the concern, a little levity

Hi Dave;



A bit of levity from a friend overseas;





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.



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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 inMassachusetts,"



Without trying to make her look stupid, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod  
is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa."



Her response - click.



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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!"



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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."



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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."



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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.



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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), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her  
luggage.



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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?"



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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."



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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!"



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