It happened at a New York Airport. This is hilarious. An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in New York for being smart and funny, while making her point, when confronted with a

It happened at a New York Airport. This is hilarious. An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in New York for being smart and funny, while making her point, when confronted with a grumpy passenger who had clearly missed his dose of decaf that morning.

The scene: The flight was overbooked, tensions were high, and the gate area was buzzing louder than a beehive during a sale on honey. Suddenly, a passenger pushed his way to the front of the line, slapped his boarding pass on the counter, and said, “I have to be on this flight, and it has to be first class!”

The gate agent, without missing a beat, smiled politely and said, “I’m sorry sir, but you’ll need to wait your turn like everyone else.”

He scoffed. “Do you know who I am?”

Without hesitation, the agent picked up the public address microphone, pressed the button, and said with the calmest voice:
“Ladies and gentlemen, we have a passenger at gate 17 who does not know who he is. If anyone can assist him in remembering, please come forward.”

The crowd behind him burst into laughter. The man, now red as a boiled lobster at a summer buffet, sputtered, “Well, I never...!”

The agent grinned and said, “Clearly, sir. But perhaps if you had, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.”

To top it off, a fellow passenger in line clapped slowly and said, “Ma’am, if this flying thing ever bores you, stand-up comedy is calling.”

Even the airport security guard cracked a smile—and that guy hadn’t laughed since 1993.

Needless to say, the man waited his turn like a reformed choir boy, and the rest of the line moved with surprising joy, all secretly hoping the agent would roast someone else next.