Don't let your congressman book your travel.

[Trickie Dick]

Subject: Washington DC Airport Ticket Agent (unbelievable)]

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!)
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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!!'' (OMG) ​

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'' (OMG, again!) ​

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) ​

6. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. ​

She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from ​

Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m. ​

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, (Jerrold Nadler) 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?' ​

He 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 him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. ​

(I was dying laughing). I came back and explained the city code ​

for Fresno , Ca. is (FAT - Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline ​

was just putting a destination tag on his luggage. ​

8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) 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, Bobby ​

Bright from Ala. 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 Senator Dianne Feinstein 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 and fly on a commuter plane. ​

She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!'' ​

11 Mary Landrieu , La. Senator, called and had a question about ​

the documents she needed in order to fly to China . After a ​

lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she ​

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, her stay required a visa. When ​

I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been to China four times ​

and every time they have accepted my American Express!'' ​

12 A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) 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 man. ​

After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've ​

looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a ​

Rhino anywhere." ​

''The man 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 the Government is in the shape it's in! ​

Could ANYONE be this DUMB? ​

 

[Chupaca]

Ohhh Yeah..!!

How can I put this...oh yeah, for sure, no doubt, just plain yes..!! :roflblack:

 

[boborgera]

Could anyone be that dumb, Quite a few I'm sorry to say , There called Voters.

 

[granpa in Cincy]

Could anyone be that dumb, Quite a few I'm sorry to say , There called Voters.

They're called voters:lecturef_smilie:

 

[ThreeFeet]

Lame brains

Just think VOTERS CAN BREED!!! And the worst of em are in congress!!! Amazing how they get ANYTHING done when they don't know where they are going, can't read a map, and don't know their geography!!!:lecturef_smilie:

 

[grumpybob]

Let us not be to hard on politicans, after all the just passed some tax cuts.:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[rcdurango]

Wow!

What a great way to wake up on a Cold Saturday morning:roflblack::roflblack:. thanks for sharing!

 

[Rayelljay]

They certainly do nothing positive for the gene pool, do they

 

[Bob Denman]

:gaah::gaah::gaah::gaah:
Although I must admit that it'd be funnier than anything; if they had actually been elected to run the Country! :yikes:

 

[Pennyrick]

Trickie Dick you got sucked into helping circulate a political message for the Republicans. The names mentioned in the (supposed) travel agent story are all Democrats and this is just a sneaky way of throwing stones at the opposition.

Most of these stories have been used by stand up comics in their routines for many years.

I'm not even a Democrat but I still don't like these kind of political hatchet jobs.

 

[ARtraveler]

Interesting catch about the incidents all being caused by one party instead of being a mixed bag of offenders. I read it as a sign of the times and would guess that there are equal offenders on both sides of the aisle.

That aside: all I can say is Wow!--and these people (Congress in general) are going to save our country from ultimate collapse. Almost makes you glad they took a long week end holiday and let the Sequester begin.

 

[Bob Denman]

Well; if it's true that they all said it... :dontknow:
Res ipsa loquitar...:roflblack:
(It speaks for itself)

 

[Trickie Dick]

I really didn't notice the party affiliations. Sorry, if I offended anyone. It was not my intent. :bowdown:

 

[Bob Denman]

:thumbup: Understood... It's all good!
Party affiliations were NEVER mentioned...

 

[bruiser]

Hey, it was funny to me. I'm not going to mention my party affilliation but at this point they're all :cus:.

 

[Bob Denman]

I'm not going to mention my party affilliation but at this point they're all :cus:.

:agree::gaah: