Government officials and travel plans -- have a good laugh

[radfringe]

I received the following in an e-mail:

For thirty Years I have been a Travel Agent, serving our legislators and their staffs. This is how I know we're in trouble!


I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat on the
plane, so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.

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).

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."

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."

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."

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!

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.

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?"

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."

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!"

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."

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! knew it was a big animal," she said.


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

[7th_Sephiroth]

1. *lol*

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!"

we get the cola joke alot here, funny, too, cause theres a coca cola bottleing plant here