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.”
错过飞机
有天清晨，一个男人打电话叫了一辆出租车送他去机场，从这里去机场大约要走几英里。他耐心地等待了差不多30分钟，接着他两次给出租车公司打电话说，出租车还[没有到。调度员对这位男士保证说，车已经在去他那里的途中了。然而，几分钟后，他仍然在等待。于是他第三次给出租车公司打电话：“我迫切需要一辆出租车，我要赶的飞往西海岸的航班，该航班在30分钟之后就要起飞了。”出租车公司值班的女士回答说：“对于您叫的出租车迟到一事我深表歉意。您的车应该就快到了。不过请您放心，我保证您不会错过您乘的飞机，因为该航班经常晚点起飞。”
‘但是，请搞清楚一件事，’这个男人说，“今天早上这班飞机的起飞一定会严重晚点，因为我是飞行员。”
