patience please

A flight was canceled.
A single agent was rebooking
a long line of inconvenienced travelers.

Suddenly an angry passenger
pushed his way to the desk.

He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said,
"I have to be on this flight and it has to be first class."

The agent replied,
"I'm sorry sir, I'll be happy to try to help you,
but I've got to help these folks first,
and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out."

The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly,
so that the passengers behind him could hear,
"Do you have any idea who I am?"

Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled
and grabbed her public address microphone.

"May I have your attention please?" she began,
her voice bellowing throughout the terminal.

"We have a passenger here at the gate
who does not know who he is.
If anyone can help him find his identity,
please come to the gate."

With the folks in line behind him laughing hysterically,
the man glared at the agent, gritted his teeth
and swore, "F*** you."

Without flinching, she smiled and said,
"I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to stand in line for that, too."