So this is how I started my Monday. I get a call from a guy who is on his way from Los Angeles to Barbados. He left LA last night at 11pm PT. When he got to Miami to make his connection to Barbados, he was asked to present his passport. He did not bring his passport to leave the country. He then called us. I asked him why did not bring his passport as all of his documentation says he needed a valid passport to travel. He answered that figured that it was meant for people traveling to Europe and ignored it as he could not see why he would need one. I reminded him that the same of our company has the words Caribbean Resorts in it. Why would he think we send people to Europe? He laughed. I did not mean it as a joke. He is now stuck in Miami, where it is colder than LA while a friend fed-ex's him his passport. The level of stupidity I encounter on a daily basis never ceases to amaze me. Never. You just cannot make this stuff up.
Happy President's Day. I bet Lincoln and Washington would have been smart enough to remember their passports (had they had them back then)