Why our country is in trouble

Why our country is in trouble!

A Washington, DC, airport ticket agent offers some
examples of why our 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. (On an airplane!)

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!" (OMG)

4. 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." (OMG, again!)

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." (Aghhhh)

6. An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She
needed to know how it was possible that her flight
from Detroit left at8:30 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 - Fresno Air Terminal),
and the airline was just putting a destination tag on
her luggage.

8. 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?"

9. 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 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."

Now you know why the Government is in the shape that
it's in!