Overheard at work...
The following is a true story - I couldn't make this up**...
Sales Rep: Why can’t we ship to Hawaii by Ground shipping?
Order Management: Because there is a big ocean between us and them and every time the trucks drive into it, the drivers drown.
Sales Rep: Well, what about Alaska? Can’t we ship there using Ground shipping?
Order Management: Well, there is a whole country (Canada) between us and Alaska and they don’t like us driving through it whenever we feel like it.
Sales Rep: But there is a whole section of Alaska that is down by California.
Order Management: --blank stare--
Order Management: Because there is a big ocean between us and them and every time the trucks drive into it, the drivers drown.
Sales Rep: Well, what about Alaska? Can’t we ship there using Ground shipping?
Order Management: Well, there is a whole country (Canada) between us and Alaska and they don’t like us driving through it whenever we feel like it.
Sales Rep: But there is a whole section of Alaska that is down by California.
Order Management: --blank stare--
He’s right…there is a whole section of Alaska that is down by California. And Hawaii is just south of Texas!
**Parts of the above were paraphrased. I was laughing too hard to hear every word!
