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These are the people in charge of deciding what is good for the rest of us. There should be an IQ test before someone runs for office!
A Washington, DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of why this 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.
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, 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 New Jersey 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."
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."
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 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), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
8. A Massachusetts 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 from Delaware 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!"
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".
So does the above help make it clearer why our Government is in trouble? It did for me. |
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You got to be shitting me!!
--- MasterGunner <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Message 1 in Discussion
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> These are the people in charge of deciding what is
> good for the rest of us. There should be an IQ test
> before someone runs for office!
>
> A Washington, DC airport ticket agent offers some
> examples of why this 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.
>
> 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, 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 New Jersey 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."
>
> 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."
>
> 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
> 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), and the airline was just putting a
> destination tag on her luggage.
>
> 8. A Massachusetts 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 from Delaware 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!"
>
> 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".
>
> So does the above help make it clearer why our
> Government is in trouble? It did for me.
>
>
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Never underestimate the sheer ignorance of people. Two anecdotes from the local post office will illustrate how out of it some people are. In the first case, it was the Christmas card mailing season. One of the postal clerks wanted to know if she should charge the INTERNATIONAL mail rate for a letter going to the state of New Mexico. Last time I looked at a map of the United States, it was still in American territory. Another time, before of the Berlin wall in 1989, I had a three way discussion about the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany -- good guys) and the Democratic People's Republic of Germany (East Germany -- bad guys). The clerk did not know that there was a difference. Once we established that there was a difference, the clerk had a problem differentiating between the democratic and communist governments! Duh-h-h-h. How some people manage to get through life knowing so very little has never ceased to amaze me. What's more, people like this vote for these moron politicians! |
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