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Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
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On 2/17/2015 7:25 AM, wrote:

>> Thinking about a lack of geography classes makes me think of people who
>> confuse Australia and Austria (etc.).

>
> I had that happen in the bank! I wanted to transmit a sum to
> Australia and she came back with a Euro MO. I pointed out Australia
> had its own dollars and she argued the point until I asked her to
> fetch the manager so we could clear this up. It was only when the
> manager looked up Australia as opposed to Austria I finally had some
> success. Thank goodness for e-transfers these days.
>


Must have been the same person now working as a TSA agent at the
airport. One agent demanded to see a guys passport since his driver's
license was from the District of Columbia. Well, they are sort of like
their own country at times.