Wherein I Tickle a Customer Pink!

[SmivMoc]

Geography Fail

SC: "I need to make an appointment to see [Doctor from Ontario]."
Me: [checks Caller ID and sees she's calling from Vancouver] "Okay, did you know that doctor is from Ontario? You would have to travel there to see her."
SC: "In Ontario? Oh, no. That won't do. That won't do at all."
Me: "Perhaps I could recommend some other doctor for you? In your area I have--"
SC: "No. I want to see Dr. [Ontario]."
Me: "I understand that, but she is from Ontario."
SC: "Surely he has a clinic in Vancouver!"
Me: "No, she only practices in Toronto, Ontario. If you really want to see her you would have to go to Toronto."
SC: "No. I want to see Dr. [Ontario]. AND I WILL SEE HIM IN VANCOUVER." [click]

We have clearly established that you are not Jack Bauer, because you were yelling loud enough that I could feel the spittle in my ear right through the phone. And astonishingly, in spite of the fact that you did indeed have the last word, nothing has changed. The doctor still practices in Ontario.

If she were Jack Bauer, she could use the handy CTU wormhole technology that allows them to drive from one side of LA county to the other in 15 minutes. Then again, if she was Jack Bauer, she wouldn't need a doctor.

[wolfie]

Please tell me there were no ZIP/Postal codes involved.

Please?

^-.-^

Why are you asking me to lie to you? There were various (unimportant for purposes of this thread) fields, then "Ontario" in the "city" field, "CA" in the province/state field, and a 5-digit number in the postal/ZIP code field. My guess is that since this place dealt with stuff going to Ontario (province) on a regular basis, somebody saw the word "Ontario", pointed their scanner gun at the barcode, and the rest was history.