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Great story with a great moral
Another moral is that Americans are appallingly ignorant about US geography:
I called Encyclopedia Britannica once, and asked for something to be shipped to Dover, Delaware. They said "I don't think FedEx ships there" (this is back when FedEx didn't ship everywhere).
I said "I'm certain they do - it's the capital"
They asked "The capital of what?"
"Delaware"
"What state is Delaware in?"
I was in an elevator in Boston with 2 Harvard MBAs. They said "are you going back to Philadelphia today? What airport are you flying into? New York?"
"Why would I fly into one of the New York airports? I'm flying back to Philly."
"Philadelphia has its own airport?"
"It's the fifth largest city in America - yes it has its own airport"
"Fifth largest!!! By what measure?!!!"
"Uhhh....population." Needless to say, my respect for Harvard MBAs plummeted, even though both these guys were from California, so their sense of geography was really West Coast.
Lastly, and most excusably, I've run into some funny reactions to living near King of Prussia PA. The woman on the phone replacing my AMEX card said that only one site was open Saturdays in Pennsylvania - did I live anywhere near...uh...uh...Queen of Persia?
"You mean King of Prussia?"
"Uh, yeah, I guess"
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