They live and Walk
Among Us

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 he was

expecting an ocean-viewroom.  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 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 , 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, 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!'