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our heroes.....

our heroes.....
.... and GOOD riddance!!

time to CLEAN HOUSE!!

time to CLEAN HOUSE!!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

EXPLAINING WASHINGTON, D.C. - -

A Washington , DC airport ticket agent offers some
examples of why our country is in trouble!!
(and as a former railroad and airline reservations
clerk (top 10 in sales!!) i can tell you that all of these
stories are very very true!!

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, and 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 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.'

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.'

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. (oh that is priceless!!)

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, 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, he
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 inthe 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!!'

Now you know why the Government is in the
shape that it's in!!
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