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Why Americans Should Never Be Allowed To Travel
The following are actual stories provided by travel agents:
I had someone ask for an aisle seats so that his or her hair wouldn't 
get messed up by being near the window.
A client called in inquiring about a 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?"
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 information when she 
interrupted me with "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but 
Capetown is in Massachusetts. "Without trying to make her look like the 
stupid one, I calmly explained, "Capecod is in Massachusetts, Capetown 
is in Africa."  Her response ... click.
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."
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."
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 lay over 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."
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 llinois, but she 
could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally I told her the 
plane went very fast, and she bought that!
A woman called and asked, "Do airlines put your physical description on 
your bag so they know who's 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 
the city code for Fresno is FAT, and that the airline was just putting 
a destination tag on her luggage.
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, which he replied, 
"I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these darn planes have 
numbers on them."
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."
A businessman 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 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."
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: "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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