On a flight getting ready to depart for Detroit ...
Doug was sitting on the
plane when a guy took the seat beside him. The guy was an emotional wreck, pale,
hands shaking, moaning in fear. "What's the matter?" Doug asked.
"I've
been transferred to Detroit , there's crazy people there. They've got lots of
shootings, gangs, race riots, drugs, poor public schools, and the highest crime
rate."
Doug replied, "I've lived in Detroit all my life. It's not as bad
as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind your own business, enroll
your kids in a nice private school. It's as safe a place as anywhere in the
world."
The guy relaxed and stopped shaking and said, "Oh, thank you.
I've been worried to death. But if you live there and say it's OK, I'll take
your word for it. What do you do for a living?"
"Me?" said Doug. "I'm a
tail gunner on a Budweiser truck!"
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