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Travel Agent's Headache
Contributed by Jeff Schulte
Wednesday, 25 August 2004
I have been a Travel Agent for thirty Years. The following information shows why we're in trouble! (Humorous notes from a Congressional travel agent -- This will make you wonder.)
THEY RUN OUR COUNTRY !!!

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.
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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!"
***

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."
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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?"
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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 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! I knew it was a big animal," she said.
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Now you know why Government is in the shape that it's in.