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Our Political Class
Airline Reservations
~ How Dumb Can They Get?????
And we wonder why nothing
gets done in DC
From a CNO Reader
This is priceless funny stuff; but alas, is only a small indication of
how much trouble our country is in. God Bless America!
A 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 Kansas Congressman's staffer who wanted to go to
Capetown. 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 Capetown is in Massachusetts....''
Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod
is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa ''
His response -- click.
3. A 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!'' (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.
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 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. 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?'
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 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 Congressman 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 that number on
them.''
10. A 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 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 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.''
Now you know why the Government is in the shape that it's in!
Could anyone be this DUMB? YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS,
AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.
I don't write it, I just offer it for your consideration.
Like manure, you just gotta spread it around.
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