Community Magazine February 2003

ADAR I 5763 FEBRUARY 2003 29 s ” xc “A man called from the airport asking, ‘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’.” “I had someone ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.” Rick W. Minneapolis MN “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’.” “Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reserva- tion, I noticed he had only a one-hour lay-over in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said: ‘I heard Dallas is a big airport, and I need a car to drive between the gates to save time.” Wanda P. New York, NY “A nice lady just called asking to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20 am and got into Chicago at 8:33 am. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her that it was a special plane that went very fast …she was very happy with that answer.” Donald C. Chicago, IL “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 air- line, they put a tag on my lug- gage that said FAT, and I'm overweight?’ I calmly explained that the city code for her destination, Fresno California is FAT, and that the airline was just putting a desti- nation tag on her luggage.” Carrie L. Denver, CO “A secretary called in looking for hotel in Los Angles. She gave me various names off a list, none of which I could find. I finally had her fax me the list. It turned out to be a list of hotels in New Orleans, LA (Louisiana). She thought the LA stood for Los Angles, and that New Orleans was a suburb of Los Angeles. I called her back to explain the situation and to my surprise she was not even a little bit embarrassed … maybe this kind of thing hap- pens all the time.” Jenny G.. San Francisco, CA Travel Agent Travesties Actual stories from US travel agents LISTEN ... Search Database of Halachot by Keyword I N E NGLISH WWW . DAILYHALACHA . COM daily halacha By Rabbi Eli Mansour