Posted on 08/07/2016 8:38:22 PM PDT by econjack
They walk among us Subject: From A Washington, D.C. Airport Ticket Agent
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Here is your laugh for the day!!!!
Tales From A Washington, D.C. Airport Ticket Agent:
They walk among us!!! This would be even funnier if these folks were not in charge of passing laws . . .
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. (This is THE Bernie Sanders). 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 one-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 (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 AL 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, Los Angeles 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? YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED.
I would definitely take the train to Hawaii. I hear it’s an unforgettable experience.
Mary Landrieu hails from LA/Louisiana, not LA/Los Angeles which does not have a Senator.
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That mistake rather discredited the entire article....
I think the fact that these stories have been floating around for years and they just added the names to it, might discredit it even more.
True or not, they’re still not very bright, maybe 5 watts, tops. And how’d they get into positions of power? Cheap talk, the only requirement...
LOL - Mary Landreu, Los Angeles Senator. LA Senator.
Funny, whether true or not, BUT...
I noticed that it is entirely prominent leftists, while purporting to be a cross-section of idiocy, which is a little too coincidental to take as fact in an election year.
Unfortunately not true.
I’m a retired airline employee and this one has made the rounds for years.
One I remember was someone arguing about a fare that required 7 days advance purchase. They wanted to count today as day 1 so day 7 would come in only 6 days. I finally said today is Sunday, a week from today will be Sunday there’s nothing I can do to change that.
You mean one ticket agent got all these calls? I highly doubt it.
Still very humorous.
The airline thing is obviously bogus, but Rep. Hank Johnson actually DID say this:
They probably aren’t true to the specific name. Then again Shelia Jackson Lee from Houston asked if NASA was going to find the flag the astronauts left on Mars. And that idiot from GA thought Guam would tip over.
That man is incredibly, catastrophically stupid.
Yep, which is why I wrote that I didn’t care if it’s true or not...still funny.
To me, one of the all-time classic dumbass remarks was by harry Reid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg
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