> I was there in Sydney last year and was about board on flight to Port
> Moresby via Brisbane.....
>
> I was really ashamed all because of one of my parliamentarians who was
> also about to board a Virgin Blue flight to Brisbane.
>
> It was 11 am in the daytime, hot summer. There was only 3 attendants
at
> the check in counters, and of course there was a long que of people.
>
> We were all waiting patiently and a short stocky black man just pushed
> his way to the front and threw his tickets and what appeared to be a
> brown very expensive brief case on the counter in front of the young
> attendant at the counter....everbody was growling and staff.....just
as
> he looked around at the people behind him whom he just disrespected by
> his actions in very angry kind of face, it realised it was none other
> that Hon. Patrick Pruaich. The young lady attendant politely told Mr.
> Pruaich to please go back and stand at the back of que and wait for
his
> turn to be served like everybody else. He demanded to be served and
> explained that there was no difference at the back or in the
> front.....he was already there to be served and he demanded to be
> served. On second attempt, he got agitated and angry, shouted at the
> attendant, "Do you know who I am?"....just then the attended reached
for
> the microphone next to her and in nice polite voice......"attention
> please, may I have your attention, Could somebody come and identify a
> man here in front on the Virgin Blue Check in counter with a brief
case,
> who is lost and does not know who he is.....please someone identify
this
> man".....went on the whole airport PA system.
>
> Honest, ....Mr. Pruaich dropped his
> head in shame....stood there stunned, speechless as a crowd started to
> build to see who the person was......I just felt as if it was me....I
> disappeared into crowd and over to cafeteria I went.......I do not
know
> want happened to Mr.
> Pruaich as I left him standing there....
>
> The reason I am sharing this experience is that PNG MPs think they are
> at the top of the food chain.....they maybe in PNG but in other parts
of
> the world, other big fishes control the pond and they do not realise
> that...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Willies
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