Early Reservations
After being
nearly snowbound for two weeks last winter, a Seattle man departed for his vacation in
Miami Beach, where he was to meet his wife the next day at the conclusion of her business
trip to Minneapolis. They were looking forward to pleasant weather and a nice time
together. Unfortunately, there was some sort of mix up at the boarding gate, and the man
was told he would have to wait for a later flight. He tried to appeal to a supervisor but
was told the airline was not responsible for the problem and it would do no good to
complain.
Upon arrival at the hotel the next day, he discovered that Miami Beach was having a heat
wave, and its weather was almost as uncomfortably hot as Seattle's was cold. The desk
clerk gave him a message that his wife would arrive as planned. He could hardly wait to
get to the pool area to cool off, and quickly sent his wife an e-mail, but due to his
haste, he made an error in the e-mail address. His message therefore arrived at the home
of an elderly preacher's wife whose even older husband had died only the day before. When
the grieving widow opened her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out an
anguished scream, and fell to the floor dead. Her family rushed to her room where they saw
this message on the screen:
Dearest Wife,
Departed yesterday as you know. Just now got checked in. Some confusion at the gate.
Appeal was denied. Received confirmation of your arrival tomorrow. Your loving husband.
P.S. Things are not as we thought. You're going to be surprised at how hot it is down
here.