True Stories????????????
An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in Denver for being
smart and funny, and making her point, when confronted with a passenger
who probably deserved to fly ascargo: During the final days at Denver's
old Stapleton airport, a crowded United flight was canceled. 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 "#@&$
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
line continued laughing at him.
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