A client called in, inquiring about a trip package to Hawaii.
After I had gone over all the cost information, she asked, “Wouldn’t
it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to
Hawaii?” |
I got a call from a man who asked, “Is
it possible to see England from Canada?” I said “No” but he replied
“They look so close on the map!”
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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.” |
I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown. I started
to explain the length of the flight and the passport info when she
interrupted me with “I’m not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown
is in Massachusetts.” I calmly explained that Cape Cod is in Massachusetts,
and Capetown is in Africa. Her response: CLICK! |
My customer just called from the airport. His question:
“How do I know which plane to get on? My flight number is 823, but
none of these planes have numbers on them.” |
A businessman called with 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 card.” |
A client called to arrange for a rental car in Dallas. I asked
why, since his layover was only an hour. He answered, “I heard Dallas
is a huge airport, so I’ll need to drive between gates to save time.”
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A secretary called, looking for a hotel in Los Angeles. She gave
me various names off a list, none of which I could find; I finally
had her fax me the list. To my surprise, it was a list of hotels
in New Orleans, Louisiana. She thought that the “LA” stood for Los
Angeles, and that New Orleans was a suburb of Los Angeles. When
I called her back, she wasn’t even embarrassed. |
A man called, furious about a Florida package that I was arranging for him.
I asked what was wrong with the vacation accommodations in Orlando.
He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that this
was impossible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. “Don’t
lie to me,” he replied, “I looked on the map, and Florida is a very
thin state!” |
A puzzled lady wanted to know how it was possible that her flight
from Detroit left at 8:20 am and got into Chicago at 8:33 am. I
tried to explain but she could not understand time zones.
Finally I told her that the plane went very fast. |
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 so I could “look
into it” (I was holding back laughter), I came back on and explained that
the code letters for the Fresno airport were F-A-T, and that the
airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
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