735769 wrote: > > He did not correct any of even the most egregious errors. Later I asked him > why and he told me - brace yourself for this - people would not understand > or believe the truth so it is better to tell them what they want to hear or > already believe. Reminds me of the story of a friend of mine from my Latin American business jaunt days who boarded a local airline at midnight in Panama on a flight to Peru. When they got to Lima on an early Sunday morning, the passengers who had boarded in Panama waited for their luggage while others who had boarded further north in Miami were picking up theirs. Finally an airline representative came up to this small group and started asking for them all to describe their bags. It seems the airline had arbitrarily decided to leave the baggage in Panama because the flight was overloaded. My friend, indignantly asked "Why didn't you tell us this back in Panama?" The airline rep said "The passengers, they would not understand." ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 12 2000 - 06:12:30 PDT
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