Missing The Plane
Early one morning a man called for a taxi to take him to the airport, which was a couple of miles down the hgighway. He patiently waited for about thirty minutes, and called the taxi company again to say that cab had not arrived. This dispatcher again to say that cab had not arrived., This dispatcher assured the gentleman that it was on the way . However several minutes later, he was still waiting. He had to call a third time, saying.”I need that taxi in a hurry. I have got to make that flight to the West Coast that is due to leave in thirty minutes.”
The young lady on duty at the taxi companysaid,” I am sorry for the delay. Your cab should be there any second now. But, don’t worry. I am sure you won’t miss your plane because that flight is always late taking off.”
“Well one thing’s for sure,” the man said,”it will be very late taking off this morning because I’m the pilot.”
錯過飛機
有天清晨，一個男人打電話叫了一輛出租車送他去機場，從這里去機場大約要走幾英里。他耐心地等待了差不多30分鐘，接著他兩次給出租車公司打電話說，出租車還[沒有到。調度員對這位男士保證說，車已經在去他那里的途中了。然而，幾分鐘后，他仍然在等待。于是他第三次給出租車公司打電話：“我迫切需要一輛出租車，我要趕的飛往西海岸的航班，該航班在30分鐘之后就要起飛了。”出租車公司值班的女士回答說：“對于您叫的出租車遲到一事我深表歉意。您的車應該就快到了。不過請您放心，我保證您不會錯過您乘的飛機，因為該航班經常晚點起飛。”
‘但是，請搞清楚一件事，’這個男人說，“今天早上這班飛機的起飛一定會嚴重晚點，因為我是飛行員。”
