Subject: Washington DC Airport Ticket Agent #1

A DC 'airport    ticket agent' offers some examples of why the US is in so    much trouble!

 

1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) 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 (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Cape Town . 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 Cape Town is in Massachusetts ..''

 

Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Cape Town is in South Africa ..''

His response -- click..

 

3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) 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!!'' 

 

4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada?''

 

I said, ''No.''

 

She said, ''But they look so close on the map'' 

 

5. An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) 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)