TA - Laugh for the day: Fact or Fiction

[cruznliz]

Received this from an ol' high school chum. Neither of us our TA's. Don't know where he got it.

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The following are actual stories provided by travel agents:

 

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 & then take the train to Hawaii?"

 

3. I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to

tell her the length of the flight and the passport information when she

interrupted me with "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town

is in Massachusetts." Without trying to make her look like the stupid one,

I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in South

Africa." Her response was "click".

 

4. 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."

 

5. 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."

 

6. 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."

 

7. 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

explain to her 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!

 

8. 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.

 

9. 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."

 

10. 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."

 

11. 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 needs 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 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!"

[Howlev34]

Got to be the truth. No one could make that stuff up. PS: Give us more. I'm still laughing.

[arlenemilt]

This stuff circulates every few months, but I still chuckle every time I read it.

 

Arlene

[prophotogirl]

I go this as an email a few months ago. Still think it's funny!

[cruzinj]

very funny...LOL:D

[beckers]

Unbeliveable..... how do these people function?

 

I still like the one for cruising. Does the crew sleep on the ship?

[Sillyjilly]

Kinda scary. They are probably allowed to vote. Yikes :D

[Deb in Cali]

FYI

 

Fresno's Airport has been changed to Fresno Yosemite International. So now we are FYI instead of FAT. ;)

[psupa]

Yep, I believe it.

[WeBeGone]

I had a man call and want a cruise from NY to Hawaii over Memorial Day weekend because he had exta days off.... and a lady who wanted a one way cruise from NY to Barbados because she was afraid to fly.....and another lady who wanted a cruise to Germany, again because she didn't want to fly.....and a family that wanted to have 8 people in one cabin because they have 8 in their bedroom at home....the list goes on and on. Makes for a fun job!

[bearette]

I had never seen those travel agent stories before. They are pretty funny. The funniest stories always seem to happen on the job! I think it is a way to keep us going to work!