A  Canberra airport ticket agent offers some examples of  why our country is in  trouble:

1. I  had a female politician  ask  for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed  up by being near the window.

    I  ask you, on an airplane?
 

2. I  got a call from a Queensland politician's  staffer, who wanted to go to  Cape Town. 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  Cape Town  is in Queensland''.

Without  trying to make him look stupid, I calmly  explained, ''Cooktown is in Qld, Capetown is in Africa.''  His response - nothing!

3. Former Prime Minister K***  R*** 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'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''


 

4. I  got a call from a politician’s  wife L***  R*** who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from  Canada?'' I  said, ''No.''
She  said, ''But they look so close on the  map”

5. Aide to cabinet member J***  N*** once  called and asked if she could rent a car in  Sydney. I  pulled up the reservation and noticed she had only a  1-hour lay-over in Sydney.
When  I asked her why she wanted to rent a car, she  said, ''I  heard Sydney was a big airport, and we will need a car  to drive between gates to save  time.''

6.  An Independent called last week. He needed to  know how it was possible that his flight from Sydney  left at 8:30 a.m., and  got to Perth at 8:33 a.m. I  explained that Sydney was three hours ahead of  Perth, but  he couldn't understand the concept of time  zones

Finally,  I told him the plane went really fast, and he  bought that.
 

7. A former Federal Treasurer 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  think that's very rude''
After  putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into  it, l  was dying laughing.

I  came back and  explained the city code for Fraser Island is (FAT -  Fraser Air Terminal), and the airline was just  putting a destination tag on his  luggage

8. A former Speaker of the House and a serial travel extravagant (at taxpayers’ expense) called  to enquire 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 Labour  politician, P*** G*** 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 that number on  them.'

10. P***  S***, Queensland  Snoozetician 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 he meant fly to Pensacola, Florida on  a commuter plane.
He  said, ''Yeah, whatever,  smarty.''

11. M***  L***, a former PM's aide, called and had a question about the  documents she  and her boss needed in order to fly to  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. Former Prime  Minister J*** G*** 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?'' she replied.
After  some searching, I came back with, ''I'm  sorry, I've looked up every airport code in  the country and can't find a Rhino  anywhere."
J***  said, ''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?  I  don't write it, I just offer it for your  consideration.