At Houston Hobby airport a few months after 9/11, I was at the head of
the line for a short flt to Dallas, Southwest Airlines (cattle line).
The gate attendant announces, Anyone who would like to volunteer for a
random security check will get on the plane first. Aside from the fact
that if you had to go through that process you would be about #30 on the
plane, I stupidly could not resist asking him, , How can it be random
if you volunteer? He said, Well, then you just volunteered and the
woman behind me (#2 in line) got /seriously /upset that she couldn't
volunteer to be randomly searched to be first in line. I got to do the
stupid human tricks, was about #30 on the plane.
I learned from that experience never to question empirical reality.
Then I see this in today's paper:
*Houston Chronicle, by Mike Glenn* Original Article
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3267228
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A Houston-based rapper said his decision to call himself the Arabic
Assassin was meant to stir up a bit of controversy in the music
business. The stage persona -- along with some incendiary lyrics in one
of his songs -- also helped get Bassam Khalaf fired this month from his
job as a baggage screener at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
There is more to the story, but it just makes one wonder, or maybe not...
--R
Royce Engler wrote:
You should probably know that all those folks are now working as security
screeners at the airport since the gummint took over that function.
Royce Engler
1985 300TD Turbo 265K
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Subject: [MBZ] [Fwd: IDIOTS I]
They walk among us!
IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the
local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer
Crossing sign on our road.
The reason: too many deer were being hit by cars and he didn't want
them to cross there anymore. This one was from Kingman, KS.
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IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE: My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and
ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for minimal
lettuce. He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg. And he was a
Kansas City chef!
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IDIOT SIGHTING: I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an
airport employee asked, Has anyone put anything in your baggage
without your nowledge? To which I replied, If it was without my
knowledge, how would I know? He smiled knowingly and nodded, That's
why we ask. Happened in Birmingham, Ala.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to
cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged
coworker of mine when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I
explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.
Appalled,she responded, What on earth are blind people doing
driving?! She was a probation officer in Wichita, KS
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IDIOT SIGHTING: At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who
was leaving the company due to downsizing, our manager commented
cheerfully, this is fun. We should do this more often. Not a word was
spoken. We all just looked at each other with that
deer-in-the-headlights stare. This was a bunch at Texas Instruments.
IDIOT SIGHTING: I work with an individual who plugged her power strip
back into itself and for the life of her couldn't understand why her
system would not turn on. A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff's
office no less.
IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an automobile
dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in
it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working
feverishly to unlock the driver's side door. As I watched from the
passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered
that it was unlocked. Hey, I announced to the technician, it's
open! To which he replied, I know - I already got that side.
This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, Mississippi!
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