Posts: 7907
From: Las Cruces, NM, USA
Registered: DEC 2001

posted 08-02-2005 09:30 AM         

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THEY RUN OUR COUNTRY
I was  a Travel Agent for many years......and here are a few
memories: This is why we're in trouble here in the good old
USA.......Read on.......
 
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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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).
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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!"
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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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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."
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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!
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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.
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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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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."
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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!"
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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!"
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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.
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This message has been edited by pumpkin on 08-02-2005 at 09:31 AM

Posts: 4576
From: Alexandria, Virginian USA
Registered: OCT 2003

posted 08-02-2005 11:58 AM         

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This is also a true story.

In 1993 I was flying with a Congressional delegation aboard an Air Force jet to several overseas locations. On our way home to the United States, we were about an hour out of Honolulu where we planned to stop and take on fuel and spend the night.

A Congressional staff member with the House Foreign Affairs committee approached me in a panic stating that she looked in her passport and she didn't have a visa for Hawaii! I laughed until I realized she was dead serious!

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From: Las Cruces, NM, USA
Registered: DEC 2001

posted 08-02-2005 04:28 PM         

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Cross my heart, no.

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