There was a very pleasant lady who appeared to be flying alone from Melbourne to Brisbane when there was an unanticipated event. The plane was diverted to Sydney. The lovely flight attendant calmly and professionally explained what the passengers could expect as a result of this diversion. Of course, there would be an unavoidable short delay. So far, this does not qualify as a funny dog story, right?
Passengers were given the option of remaining on the plane or to disembark from the plane for a short period of time. If they chose to get off the plane, they would need to re-board promptly in 50 minutes. Every passenger but one decided to get off the plane for the 50 minute delay. The one remaining passenger was the lady who appeared to be traveling alone and she was blind.
A very kind man stopped to speak to her as he was walking down the aisle to disembark the plane. He had noticed the Seeing Eye dog that quietly lay underneath the seats immediately in front of her. This let him know that she was blind.
He observed the pilot stop to speak to this lady as though he knew her so he surmised that she had flown on this flight previously. He heard the pilot call her by name, further reinforcing the idea that she was known to the pilot and crew.
The man overheard the pilot say, “Kathy, we are in Sydney for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?” To which, Kathy replied, “No thanks, but maybe Max would Like to stretch his legs.”
This is where it becomes a funny dog story
Can you imagine what was happening with the disembarked passengers when they saw this?
The disembarked passengers milling about the gate area stopped what they were doing and came to a total standstill. When they noticed the pilot walking off the plane with a Seeing Eye Dog at his side, it really got their attention. When they realized that he was also wearing sunglasses, these passengers began to scatter.
As it turns out, these passengers were not just trying to change airplanes. They were requesting a change in airlines altogether!
This was reported as a true occurrence. I see a great lesson to be learned from this story.
Do not jump to conclusions because things aren’t always as they appear to be.
A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!!!
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