Stumble Upon... FAT American travelers?
As has been my habit of late, I was browsing around Flickr in the evening and ended up in the company blog where I discovered a few interesting websites including the O'Reilly Radar blog (not to be confused the infamous O'Reilly Factor of Fox News). From the O'Reilly Radar's blog article discussing Flickr's Interestingness algorithm and the corresponding comment thread, I discovered one commentators reference to a website he could not live without... namely http://www.StumbleUpon.com - it turns out to be one of the coolest Web2.0 app's out there, randomly giving you highly rated 'interesting' websites to browse... YES! finally, for those of us who relish the inexplicable attraction of channel-surfing the TV, http://www.StumbleUpon.com is a God-send for the internet! Hooray!!
And yes, as luck would have it, I 'StumbleUpon' this hilarious manifesto entitled 'Why Americans Should Never Be Allowed To Travel' at http://www.strangeplaces.net/weirdthings/travel.html - a compilation of actual stories from travel agents. This is one of the many little gems:
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.
For those of you that know me, Fresno is practically my hometown so, yes, I was ROTFLMAO when I read it...
Alright.. one more that makes you wonder... "Is this the best that American business can send to China?
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."
