Seeing Eye Dog

As is often true, real life incidents are funnier than fictitious ones. The following is a true occurrence related by someone who travels often:

I was flying to Los Angeles and the plane had to make an unexpected stop in Sacramento. The flight attendant explained to us that there would be a delay, and if we wanted to get off the plane for a few minutes, we would reboard in 30 minutes.

Everybody got off except one gentleman who was blind.

I noticed him as I walked by and could tell he had flown before because his seeing eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of him throughout the entire flight. I could also tell that he had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached him and said, "Keith, we're in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?"

Keith replied, "No thanks, but maybe you could take my dog out and let him stretch his legs."

All of the passengers in the gate area came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with the seeing eye dog. The pilot was even wearing sunglasses.

People scattered. Many of them were trying to change planes, and several were also trying to change airlines.