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I kid you not. NM resident presents his driver's license in DC, is told he needs his passport because New Mexico is a foreign country. He argues with the clerk, asks for clerk's supervisor. The supe ALSO claims NM is a state in the United STATES of America! Meanwhile people behind him in line are openly laughing at the idiots behind the counter.
The man is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation and thinks he would've had an easier time if he'd presented that ID. Eventually the clerk relented and the license was issued. And a spokeswoman for the courts apologized in an email, recognizing that New Mexico became a state in 1912.
I have had the same problem where I'll order something over the phone and people will tell me that they can't ship outside of the country. And I'll say "Excuse me? We're the big space between Texas and Arizona and became a state in the same year as the state to our left?"
It's simply amazing at the ignorance of people these days.
HuffPo Article
The man is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation and thinks he would've had an easier time if he'd presented that ID. Eventually the clerk relented and the license was issued. And a spokeswoman for the courts apologized in an email, recognizing that New Mexico became a state in 1912.
I have had the same problem where I'll order something over the phone and people will tell me that they can't ship outside of the country. And I'll say "Excuse me? We're the big space between Texas and Arizona and became a state in the same year as the state to our left?"
It's simply amazing at the ignorance of people these days.
HuffPo Article
