Check it out...thought this was funny...and sad..more sad than funny.?
A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of 'why' our country is in trouble via our congressional reps/aides..........! 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 Capetown. 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 Capetown is in Massachusetts .'' Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts , Capetown is in Africa '' his response -- click. 3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about his Florida trip package we arranged. 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 at8:30 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 (D) from Alaska 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 (D) 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. Mary Landrieu (D) La. Senator called and had a question about the documents she needed in order to flyto 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 that it's in! Could anyone be this DUMB? Politicians. ________________________________ Craig at home..(pefect place for you) I simply stated it was funny yet sad...and as a sister of a travel agent I have heard of far worse from my local politicians..so maybe you should take a breath and not be so rude..or just stay at home. And DUCKY...as far as a waste of time for you..You are on here constantly so I have a feeling all you have is time so suck it up. And Morpheus ..sure this funny email is just some big conspiracy from the Republicans to get all people to hate politicians..(sheesh?) Patrick B...Thank you for that funny story!Like I said to Craig I have heard of far worse from my local politicians..so yes every one has a duh moment..just thought it was funny..=D
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I got that email a few years ago, except all of the names were different from your version. It is entertaining though.
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Could anyone be this DUMB? Only those who post stuff that never happened... from a 2003 bogus email... http://www.snopes.com/travel/trap/congress.asp
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everything you said had already been debunked as being made up none of it is true what a waste of time ------------------------- at least I'm honest you should try telling the truth some time, you "might" like it
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It sure makes ya wonder who's running the store YIKES!!!!
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This is awesome. This should be posted on youtube or something.
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Hummmm! A VERY long fake rant about politicians.... I wonder what that's all about? There is a popular republican lie which says that "All Politicians Lie To You" - and this is told so that you lose confidence in all politicians which benefits the Huge Corporations which would love to control things behind the scenes - without any politicians getting in the way. Perhaps this song and dance is the same thing.
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I served in the Marine Corps as a Small systems Computer tech. I dealt with all forms of computer problems. 1 officer came into my office furious that his internet was slower than the internet of his aide. He demanded that I fix it. He ran way too many programs and didn't realize that they were bogging his system down. He wouldn't believe my explanation and kept demanding that I do something to make "his" internet faster. His LAN cable was coiled up on the floor because it was too long. I told him that the internet ran on a binary system (1's and 0's) and since his cable was coiled up, the 1's weren't flowing smoothly. The 0's could run through the coils with no problems, but 1's were getting caught, and that's what slowed down his system. I straightened his cable, reset his system (shut down most of his programs) and when it booted back up, it ran fast and smooth. He thanked me and everytime I saw him he told me again how great it was that I taught him about the coiled LAN cable. He even told other officers about this. He was a GENERAL. One of the highest ranking members in our armed forces who defends our country was dumb enough to believe that #'s travel through LAN cables and get stuck. Everyone has an idiot moment, it happens.
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