How many people know what State Chicago Is in?

[corarose]

I called about the Potato of the Month Club today and I asked the lady to mail me a Catalog and she asked me for my address and I figured that after I said Chicago that she would know where it was at. She then asked me what State Chicago was in.

That is the second time that has happened. One of the other times it was for Compaq Computers and they were answering the calls in India.

[PVnRT]

1. Probably just routine

99 times out of 100 they will ask the state - so it just becomes habit.

[corarose]

4. It wasn't habit

She didn't know because you could tell that she didn't know.

Are they teaching kids geography on computers these days?

[goobergunch]

2. It's in Illinois

But my best friend at one point didn't know that (earlier this year).

I then proceeded to ask him a bunch of cities for their states and congressional districts. :evilgrin:

[MrScorpio]

3. Welcome to the new global market

Somebody needs to send it back to school

[Lizz612]

5. When I was little I didn't know

My mind could not make the connection between Chicago, Illinois the big bustling city, and Illinois flat-land farm-land south of Wisconsin. Thought maybe there were two Illinois. :shrug:

[corarose]

8. She was on the East Coast

She wasn't a kid either but I didn't let on like I knew that she didn't know and I didn't act surprised.

Hey, I use to live in Buffalo Grove which is south of the WI borderline. It was so damn boring out there that you could actually hear the crickets chirping.

[Scimmio]

17. um, Chicago IL or Chicago WI

http://maps.yahoo.com/mapsch?ed=M7tNO.p_0TqT&csz=chicago&country=us

have your pick...I'd probably have to go with Chicago, WI up in the Kenosha area...those Wisonsin girls have such sexy accents...

[corarose]

6. My Dad is in his 70's

He can still name all of the States, Cities, Capitols, Birds of the States, Flowers of each State, etc.

He use to play a game and make you name the damn capital of each State and it got on my nerves.

[Exultant Democracy]

7. Chicago is a State, Chicago City is it's capital.

hehehehehhe:evilgrin:

[corarose]

11. Well hell I was going to tell her that we have snow right now

And we do have gang problems. LOL

[madrchsod]

9. it`s in wisconsin isn`t ????

never under estimate the stupidity of people..

[celestia671]

10. You would be amazed

at how many kids(and adults) in this country can't answer simple geography questions.

[corarose]

12. I am now ovvvvver I can't say it over hmmmm 40

We had tests on that kind of thing back in my days when we took a trolley car to school in the old days.

[FarLeftRage]

13. "I know the capitol of Cleveland."

From an old episode of M*A*S*H...

I been to Chicago and I know it's in Illinois.

[dflprincess]

14. Once I just said "Minneapolis" when asked for my address

The person on the phone said "what state?" After I said "Minnesota" she got very huffy and said "You know there is a Minneapolis in Indiana." I sighed and said, "That would be Indianapolis"

(Actually, there is another Minneapolis, but I can't remember what state it is in Kansas? Nebraska?)

[corarose]

15. How about the Twin Cities

When I worked for bands we would go to the twin cities and it got a bit confusing.

[RC]

16. Minneapolis is in...

Kansas, North Carolina & in that lakey state just East of here.