very, very sad

[lindaj]

"Hello, United Airlines."
"Hi, I'd like to book a ticket from Boston to Santa Fe."
"Is that Santa Fe, Argentina, or Santa Fe, New Mexico?"
"Oh, sorry. That would be New Mexico."
"Well, you'll need to phone our International Reservations department."
"And why exactly would that be?"
"Because you want to buy a ticket to New Mexico."

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I Got My Basic Education...

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...in the UK, where they don't teach the US states/commonwealths/whatever. I picked up my pitiful understanding of US geography along the way; I don't believe I ever took a US geography class.

And I Know New Mexico Is A State.

Grrr...