Monday, October 28, 2013

Service with a smile

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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 as cargo.
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.
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 the terminal applauded loudly. Although the flight was canceled and people were late, they were no longer angry at United.


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Birthdays on October 28th

1955 - Bill Gates
1967 - Julia Roberts
1903 - Evelyn Waugh
1969 - Ben Harper
1962 - Daphne Zuniga
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This day in History


Lead Story
Gateway Arch completed, 1965
American Revolution
British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston, 1775
Automotive
Leif Erickson Tunnel completes 1,593-mile I-35, 1992
Civil War
The Second Battle of Fair Oaks concludes, 1864
Cold War
The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to an end, 1962
Crime
Chuck Berry goes on trial for the second time, 1961
Disaster
Cyclone intensifies near India, 1999
General Interest
Statue of Liberty dedicated, 1886
Congress enforces prohibition, 1919
Hollywood
Julia Roberts born, 1967
Literary
George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession is performed in New York, 1905
Music
President Bill Clinton signs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law, 1998
Old West
Workers complete the famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, 1965
Presidential
Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty, 1886
Sports
Princeton-Chicago football game is broadcast across the country, 1922
Vietnam War
Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, 1962
U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing of North Vietnam., 1964
Viet Cong commandos raid U.S. airfields, 1965
World War I
German sailors begin to mutiny, 1918
World War II
Italy invades Greece, 1940

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Casual Day


A brief history of Casual Day:
MEMO 1 to Employees: Effective immediately, the company is adopting Fridays as Casual Day, so that employees may express their diversity.

MEMO 2: Spandex and leather micro-miniskirts are not appropriate attire for Casual Day. Neither are string ties, rodeo belt buckles or moccasins.

MEMO 3: Casual Day refers to dress only, not attitude. When planning Friday's wardrobe, remember image is a key to our success.

MEMO 4: A seminar on how to dress for Casual Day will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the cafeteria. Fashion show to follow. Attendance is mandatory.

MEMO 5: As an outgrowth of Friday's seminar, a 14-member Casual Day Task Force has been appointed to prepare guidelines for proper dress.

MEMO 6: The Casual Day Task Force has completed a 30-page manual. A copy of "Relaxing Dress Without Relaxing Company Standards" has been mailed to each employee. Please review the chapter "You Are What You Wear," and consult the "home casual" versus "business casual" checklist before leaving for work each Friday. If you have doubts about the appropriateness of an item of clothing, contact your CDTF representative before 7 a.m. on Friday.

MEMO 7: Because of lack of participation, Casual Day has been discontinued, effective immediately.

Thanx  Mike M.

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This day in History
Lead Story
The Long March, 1934
American Revolution
Philadelphia Resolutions criticize Tea Act, 1773
Automotive
Chevrolet introduces the El Camino, 1958
Civil War
Abolitionist John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, 1859
Cold War
China joins A-bomb club, 1964
Crime
Twenty-three diners massacred at Texas restaurant, 1991
Disaster
Stampede kills 84 at World Cup match, 1996
General Interest
Marie-Antoinette is beheaded, 1793
Nazi war criminals executed, 1946
Baby Jessica rescued from a well as the world watches, 1987
Hollywood
Angela Lansbury born, 1925
Literary
Oscar Wilde's birthday, 1854
Music
"Disco Duck" hits the #1 spot on the U.S. pop chart, 1976
Old West
Psychopathic gunfighter "Wild Bill" Longley is born in Texas, 1851
Presidential
Lincoln speaks out against slavery, 1854
Sports
Fred Snodgrass drops ball and loses World Series, 1912
IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon is killed in crash, 2011
Vietnam War
Bombing halt discussed, 1968
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded Nobel Peace Prize, 1973
World War I
British soldier Henry Farr executed for cowardice, 1916
World War II
Alfred Rosenberg is executed, 1946