A True ‘Friendly Skies’ Story
Years ago, a united Airlines flight at Denver’s old Stapleton International Airport was canceled.
As a harried United agent was re-booking the inconvenienced passengers on other flights, an angry primmadonna flier pushed his way to the front of the line, slapped his ticket down on the counter and exclaimed, “I MUST be on THIS flight, and it must be FIRST CLASS!”
The agent was polite and apologized for the inconvenience the passenger was experiencing, but said that to be fair, she had to help those who were ahead of him in line first.
The passenger exploded and yelled, “Do you know who I am?”
Without hesitating, the agent grabbed the public address microphone and said, “Ladies & Gentlemen, may I please have your attention? We have a passenger here at Gate 17 WHO DOESN’T KNOW WHO HE IS. If you can help identify him, please see me at the United Airlines boarding counter. Thank you for flying United!”
The other passengers in line began laughing hysterically. The angry passenger got even angrier and said to the female agent, “Fuck you!”
The other passengers laughed even louder and began applauding when she responded, “You’ll have to stand in line for THAT, too!”