More on my blog post A breathtaking lack of knowledge of basic United States geography...
Today a telemarketer called me from "Doctors Group", 732-242-6502, trying to schedule me for a Chiropractic screening. After having fun with the telemarketer asking her what movie was he screening, I asked her where was the doctor located, since I didn't recognize the 732 area code.
She said he was Doctor Rodney Sweet, on what she called "Portolia", on Lynchberg drive, across from some hospital. I told her I didn't know that hospital, what city was he in, and she said it was called "Portolia", and then she spelled Petaluma. I repeatedly asked her if she was sure that was how to pronounce it, and she was sure.
She then asked me "That's your city right. Aren't you in Portolia?" Of course I never give the telemarketers the satisfication of thinking they've reached someone in their target area. I like to see if I can convince them I'm thousands of miles away, and get them wondering why their auto-dialer is misdialing the wrong places. Could it be a virus? Maybe it's one of them, what do they call them, hackings?
I responded that I was in Cincinnati. Not missing a beat, sure she'd found someone who would schedule an appointment, she then assured me that Portolia was in the state of Cincinnati! Oh really? Last time I checked, Cincinnati was happily a city in the state of Ohio.
I had a lot of fun repeatedly asking her if she was sure that Petaluma was a city in the state of Cincinnati, and how the last time I checked a map, Cincinnati seemed to be part of a state called Ohio, which is almost 3000 miles away from a state called California where I last saw Petaluma. This must have something to do with the gerrymandering and redistricting that that the democrats are doing to try to ensure that Hilary-ous Clinton wins the presidency. I imagine plenty of people in Cincinnati will be amused to hear that they are now considered to be a state of their own! Many in California have always wanted to disown Berkley by calling it the the "Peoples Republic of Berkley", but this is the first I've ever heard of a movement to turn Cincinnati into it's own state!
This reminds me of the time I was in stranded in Bulgaria after their national airline went bankrupt. I called expedia.com for help on getting home, and some rocket scientist there asked me which state Bulgaria was in. "Uh, Florida, maybe Texas, I'm not really sure. How about try Eastern Europe. Did you go to a public school?" I asked the telephone agent. She told me she did, but it wasn't nice of me to point it out in that way. I told her it wasn't nice that I was depending on her to get me home, and she didn't have any clue that I was even outside the country!
BTW, today I managed to get almost 8 minutes of entertainment and training in geography, as well as saving some other person from dealing with this clueless individual! High Five!
Telemarketing call information:
- Caller ID: (732)242-6502 - Doctors Group
- Time: Repeated. Most recently 6/11 8:20am
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