A Washington, DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of why
our country is in trouble..
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 view 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!' (Oh, my God!)
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.' (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
and got to Ch icago 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 th en 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!
I even entertained the idea that if it's almost 80 I could sit outside on the patio tomorrow!
At this point I have to hope the kids are stupid and dont make it to college and I die young so no need for retirement money. Then we will be fine! 
I swear that today, the longer Bush talked the faster the darned thing dropped!
At any rate, we expect a killing today.
Don't know anything about the team we are playing. Might be interesting.
And that was the good news of the day! 
I've never actually seen it happen before. WHAT is wrong with people?
No damage luckily. 
There used to be a time Id be just waking up at noon. 
Guess I get a new one!
weeee
