Is It Really This Bad????

Jack was sitting in an airplane when another guy took the seat beside him.
The new guy was an absolute wreck, pale, hands shaking, biting his nails and
moaning in fear.


"Hey, pal, what's the matter?" Jack asked.


"Oh man... I've been transferred to California," the other guy answered.
"There are crazy people in California and they have shootings, gangs, race
riots, drugs, the highest crime rate..."


"Hold on," Jack interrupted, "I've lived in California all my life, and it
is not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind your own
business, enroll your kids in a good school and it's as safe as anywhere in
the world."


The other passenger relaxed and stopped shaking for a moment 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 Jack, "I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck in Oakland."