[2105] in Humor
Airport Humor
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Natalie T Garner)
Tue Jun 10 18:36:16 1997
From: Natalie T Garner <ngarner@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 18:31:47 EDT
As reported by the San Jose Mercury News:
During the final days at Denver's old Stapleton airport, a crowded United
flight was cancelled.
A single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers.
Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his
ticket down on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight and it has
to be first class."
The agent replied, "I'm sorry, sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but
I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work
something out."
The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers
behind him could hear, "Do you have any idea who I am?"
Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address
microphone. "May I have your attention please?" she began, her voice
bellowing throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at the gate
WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity,
please come to the gate."
With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at
the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore, "F**k you."
Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to
stand in line for that, too."
The man retreated as the people in the terminal applauded loudly.
Although the flight was cancelled and people were late, they were no longer
angry at United.
