Americans, sigh

anksta

anksta

anksta

Soldato
Joined
19 Jan 2005
Posts
2,722
Just found this, yet more tales of idiocy:

Why America's Shouldn't be Allowed to Fly said:
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!"
Click to expand...
 
Geography has never been their strong point. I remember seeing a program a while back that asked people from Miami (I think) to point out where the city was on a US political map. Around 30% or so were able.

Another was with a world map - but the country names had been swapped around. They were asked to point to Iraq or Afghan and they just followed the names to some other part of the world. :/
 
It's not just Americans I'm afraid. Here in Korea, I've yet to meet a single person under 18 who can point out America, Canada, Australia, or any European country on the map. I've been here 8 months and wish I was joking. Not one; and it's a question I ask most days!
 
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."

This one's just plain sad.:eek:
 
Greenlizard0 said:
Geography has never been their strong point.
Click to expand...

No excuse at all. How hard is it to locate a place on a map, especially the place you live? It's not, and whoever can't do it is an idiot.

Reminds me of the American footballer (I think) who thought English was not spoken in London.

“Former UF Linebacker Channing Crowder told The Palm Beach Post he didn’t know people in London spoke English”
Click to expand...

:rolleyes:
 
I honestly don't believe these are true. People who do believe things they read on the web are gospel, those are the idiots ;)
 
Well a large amount of Americans have an IQ thats in minus figures, we English too have a lot of thick people, we like to call them people from Essex. (no offence to people from essex)
 
Jon1818 said:
Well a large amount of Americans have an IQ thats in minus figures, we English too have a lot of thick people, we like to call them people from Essex. (no offence to people from essex)
Click to expand...

Just goes to show that you must be one of them :p - minus IQ?? :confused:
Score under 70 = Definite feeble-mindedness
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom