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Journal nizo's Journal: New Mexico, the invisible state (no really, it is a state) 27

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Here is a recent response I got when ordering an overnight package which didn't ship like it was supposed to:


We don't offer overnight service to Mexico. There's Global Priority mail (same price as overnight for US orders) that you paid for that takes about a week. Unfortunately the shipping service to Mexico is not as reliable as within the US.

I was absolutely floored; I haven't seen anyone that didn't know NM was a state since I lived in North Carolina. Anyway, I responded thusly:

New Mexico is a state in the United States, right between Texas and Arizona, as of 1912. Don't let the name fool you; we really are a part of the US. We are home to Los Alamos (famous for winning World War II by developing the atomic bomb), the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque (most photographed event in the world), the largest state fair anywhere, and the best green chili on the planet. Heck I even voted in the last election, though with only 1.2 million other American voters, we are a pretty insignificant state to most politicians, with a mere 5 votes in the electoral college. Anyway, is it possible to have the order re-shipped so that it arrives by Tuesday? I really needed it yesterday, but if I can get it by Tuesday that would be fine.

Sincerely,
A proud American born and raised in the state of New Mexico, the invisible state between Texas and Arizona.

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  • I know New Mexico is a state , I have never been to the USA , or even North America and i know more than a postal service _ worker , you have to wonder how the hell this person got a job
  • That's...odd. But I loved your response. I'm staying tuned for further developments.

    I was going to write more but don't have anything to say. Good luck -- it's really annoying to pay for (and need) the overnight shipping and then have them screw it up. Hope things turn out all right for you.
  • Its our standard operating procedure to only use maps from before 1910; you simply don't exist on our map. This also explains why a certain archipelago of polynesian islands get so mad when we won't ship to them; they complain about us hijacking their queen and taking their islands. Not according to my map, buddy!
  • The Lobos? That's a US state univ mascot? Please. If New Mexico is really a state, then why can't you find a casino in Las Vegas?

    Are the chilis in yet? Let me know how hot the green is this year.
  • That response was awesome. Thanks for making me smile today.
  • What's this about you having the best green chili?

    No, seriously, I've talked to people who didn't know NM was a state, also. Like mentioning at work a lone POP we had out there ("we have a POP in Mexico?") My guess is, though, if you were emailing your complaint, whoever read the complaint skimmed it fast, and gave a cut & paste answer. That happens in all too many companies these days. Just the same, I think it would be interesting for you to send a copy of the email to your congressperson, asking why
  • They keep their all their smog in one town. That way, to get some fresh air, you just drive over the mountains and voila, clean, desert air.

    Here in Illinois we keep our smog scattered about. A coal plant here, a hog farm there. Humidity so thick you can slice it.

    I think I like your way better.
    • northern new mexico is beautiful

      i drove to a conference in denver about a year ago (i live in tempe, az). i decided to skip around santa fe and drive up through taos and cimarron. it added about 45 minutes to my trip, but it was well worth it. take a member of the opposite sex there with a marvin gaye cd, and find a nice place ... oh my

      much like az, northern nm is very nice. the temperatures aren't nearly as hellish, it smells clean, etc. if that part of nm gets monsoon storms like we do here in centr

  • and the best green chili on the planet.

    chili. Chili. CHILI. CHILI! CHILI?!?!

    You are a Texan hiding in NM and I claim my 5 cents.

    *mutters darkly about the state of the people in NM these days*

    -Former NMican.

    • Geez I spelled it wrong. I will punish myself by eating some of this [hatch-chile.com] as soon as possible. And my three favorite Texas jokes (just to prove I am from NM :-) ):
      Why does the wind blow east all the time in NM? Because Texas sucks.
      Don't mess with Texas; it's messed up enough already.
      Texas: the only state named after someone's butt.

      I will now calmly await the wrath of all Texans as I eat Hatch green chile mmmmmm.

      • heh.

        You're partially redeemed with the Texan jokes. We'll put ya on probation. Don't slip again. Or we'll stake ya out in the sun outside Socorro with habenaro sauce smeared all over ya. Consider yourself warned. ;)

        You might want to go look for a copy of One of Our Fifty is Missing [amazon.com]. It's chock full of stories about NM being treated as a foreign country. IIRC, that included Domenici being told that he was traveling to a foreign country by the travel office of the Senate when he was trying to come

  • BTW (Score:2)

    by ces ( 119879 ) *
    Care to say who the idiots were who didn't know NM was a US state?

    I want to be sure not to order anything from them as they seem to be the type who will insist my address doesn't exsist in the District of Columbia. (I live in Washington State and every once in a while I have to deal with some moron who thinks Seattle must be a neighborhood in DC)

    • Re:BTW (Score:2)

      by nizo ( 81281 ) *
      Well, the guy mailed back and claimed his mail software thought I was in Mexico, so I dunno if I should posted the guilty party. It is a company that sells distro (linux/bsd/etc) disk. Normally I use Cheapbytes (great company btw: http://www.cheapbytes.com/ [cheapbytes.com]), but they don't ship overnight. I should have however, since this company hasn't been able to get me my cds yet. Anyway, if they can't get me my package by Tuesday, I will make sure to post a flaming journal entry then :-)

      • Re:BTW (Score:2)

        by ces ( 119879 ) *
        Well, the guy mailed back and claimed his mail software thought I was in Mexico, so I dunno if I should posted the guilty party. It is a company that sells distro (linux/bsd/etc) disk. Normally I use Cheapbytes, but they don't ship overnight. I should have however, since this company hasn't been able to get me my cds yet. Anyway, if they can't get me my package by Tuesday, I will make sure to post a flaming journal entry then

        Yikes, I hope that mail software isn't too popular. I'd hate to see what other s

        • Re:BTW (Score:2)

          by turg ( 19864 ) *
          Yikes, I hope that mail software isn't too popular.

          I see two possibilities here:

          1. It's a bogus blame-the-computer excuse
          2. He wrote the software himself

          Is there any mailing list software (made in the USA and used by someone other than it's author) that doesn't either have a drop-down list for the state or require a (valid) two-letter abreviation?

  • with Selma Hyak, knows that the Hoover dam divides a canyon, and has the state line between New Mexico and Nevada at its midpoint.

    I remember sending an International Postal Money Order, in US funds, to someone in Tennessee, and they couldn't cash it anywhere, even though it clearly states that it's officially currency in the United States ... sigh.
  • I was also born there, though I have not been back more than once. From what my parents said, it was a paradise to live in (that is, up in the mountains, not down in the hot dry nothing-ness of the south eastern part).

    jason
  • Delaware is just a conspiracy set up by international jewish bankers to control the US government.

    Or something.

    I mean, have you ever actually MET anybody from Delaware?
  • My wife grew up in Lovington New Mexico. She has told me many of the missing state stories.

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