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To
Everything There is a Season: . A Time to Weep, A Time to
Laugh.
Ecclesiastes 3
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Travel Agent Tales
Why Americans Shouldn't Be Allowed to Travel
From a travel agent:
1. I had someone ask for an aisle seat so that their hair wouldn't get
messed up by being near the window.
2. A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii. After going
over all the cost information, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly
to California and then take the train to Hawaii?"
3. A man 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."
4. I got a call from a man who
asked, "Is it possible to see England from Canada?" I said, "No." He
said, "But they look so close on the map."
5. Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When
I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had 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 I need a car to drive between the gates
to save time."
6. A nice lady just called. She needed to know how it was possible that
her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am.
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!
7. A woman called and asked, "Do airlines put your physical description
on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to who?" 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, is there any connection?" After putting her on hold for a
minute while "I looked into it," (I was actually laughing) I came back
and explained that the city code for Fresno is FAT, and that the
airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
8. I just got off the phone with a man 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.
9. "A woman called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-cola on one of
those computer planes." I asked if she meant to fly to Pensacola on a
commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever."
10. A woman called to make reservations. "I want to go from Chicago to
Hippopotamus, New York." The agent was at a loss for words. Finally,
the agent asked, "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what
flights do you have?" replied the customer. 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 Hippopotamus anywhere." The
customer 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."
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