Rambling Insanities of a Bear’s mind

Travel Agent Bear…

Yeah, so like here I am, parked in front of the pc, issuing some tix just as the phone rings, *cue ringing phone* turns out this agent wanted the 3-letter code for the airport in Burkina Faso (???)
whip out Atlas, look at Africa, whaddaya know? There IS a place called Burkina Faso
and the capital is ermmm *whip out atlas* Ouagadougou (don’t even ask me to pronounce that!)
because she quite obviously does NOT know where the heck it is, except its in ‘Africa somewhere’
and being pretty oblivious, doesn’t know how to get the 3-letter code (its OUA, fyi :).
Seriously, I should be ‘Travel Agent Man’ Agent Double-Kopi-O-Latte or something like that.

Travel Agent Man, at your service, how may I ASS-ist you? (Maybe kick you in the head? Or
you prefer elsewhere?) Anyway, just fielded a call, agent has fare, wants to quote one-way,
I said 65%, here’s the clincher:

TAM: Hell-O, Travel Agency’s name
Agent: Hello, I got your fare to <place> how to sell ah if I want only vun-vey
TAM: [*think* vun-vey? dei, you mean one way ah?] oh, one way? you just take 65% of the fare
Agent: How ah? you take the fare and minus from it 65% ah?
TAM: [*cringe* and -I- failed math in HS] uhhh no, you take the fare, x 65 and hit the % key
Agent: Ahhh [can we say 'lightbulb'?] Thank you, thank you
TAM: You’re welcome, good bye {click} *cue Travel Agent Maaaaaan theme*

Yeah speaking of that, weird call just fielded.

TAM: Hell-O <Travel Agency Name>
Agent: hello, any special for destination A to destination B one way?
TAM: uhmmm no, just use the normal fare
Agent: Uhhh yeah, well the problem is, passenger is a deportee
TAM: Deportee? as in send back? [South American btw, guess he overstayed his welcome]
Agent: yeah, nationality is <destination B>
TAM: tell you what, I’ll check, but I don’t think we have any special fare for deportees [hah! you think? he's being SENT BACK to his own country!!! can we say 'good riddance'?]
Agent: ok, thanks.
TAM: Welcome {click} [eye-rollie and sigh time]

so anyway, enough rambling, maybe I should start a blog like this guy www.waiterrant.net
go check it out, he’s funny and cool. Peace out…

*cue Travel aaaaaaagent maaaaaan*