WHY OUR COUNTRY IS IN TROUBLE

A Washington , DC airport ticket agent offers some
examples of why our country is in trouble. I hope you get a
chuckle, too. . . . .

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 oceanview room. I
tried to explain that's not possible, because Orlando is in the
middle of the state.
He replied, 'Don't get smart with me,

I looked on the map and Florida is a very narrow 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 then 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 only had a one-hour layover in Dallas .

I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he replied,

'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 really fast,

and she accepted 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 that the code
for the Fresno, CA airport, 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 she was flying 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 also needed
a visa. 'Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and
I have 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!'

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 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!'

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 our Government is in the shape
that it is in, and who is causing it!