How The *bleep* Did This Happen???

[Kisa]

I'm currently a biller for a trucking company. My job is to take scans of bills ans put the information into the computer. My company services the USA, Canada and Mexico ONLY so I was reasonably confused when I got a bill for a shipment destined for BRAZIL....in SOUTH AMERICA....from a huge company who has an equally huge account with us. The company (which I will call Sargent Engines or SE for short) submits an average of (guesstimate here) 500 orders daily. By now, they know our policys and they know how things work but, somehow, they thought it was a-ok to ask us to drive to Brazil even though we never ever serviced South America.

So, in order for this bill to get to me, SE had to place the order, one department got the order and had to find the correct terminal and a driver to send it to, and the driver had to get the bill, review it and send it to me. Given all the people this had to go thru, HOW THE FLIP DID THIS EVER REACH MY COMPUTER SCREEN??!?!?!????!!!!

SE Employee: Hmm, I need to send my crap to Brazil but Eastern Trucking doesn't deliver to Brazil. Oh well, we're a big account so they won't mind. *send!*
Reciever: I'll send this to terminal 123 and let Tony do this one. Oh hey it's to Brazil and we don't do Brazil...oh well! *send!*
Driver: Hmm.....blablablah yadayadayada Brazil that ain't far! *send!*

For the COUNTRY: tab, we have a pulldown menu with USA, CANADA, or MEXICO to pick from and NO option to type in your own. With no other options, I sent it to complex and in the REASON: box, I wrote, "It's destined for Brazil....somehow".

This shoun't happen....ever.....

My poor brain

[Akasa]

I'd be calling over a supervisor for that one.

[Kisa]

I'd be calling over a supervisor for that one.

Oh, I did. I asked my mentor if we were starting to expand into Brazil and she said no and admitted she was just as confused as I was about how it got this far and told me to send the bill to complex

[dalesys]

Perhaps it is Brazil, Indiana? ... near Mud Snoot (Terre Haute).

[Mr Hero]

Better brush up on your Portuguese.

[Kisa]

Perhaps it is Brazil, Indiana? ... near Mud Snoot (Terre Haute).

Nope The frieght was consigned to Jaguariuna, Brazil

[Dreamstalker]

Only thing I can come up with is that someone (possibly many someones), somehow thought Brazil was in Mexico

[thansal]

Only thing I can come up with is that someone (possibly many someones), somehow thought Brazil was in Mexico

It isn't?!!!!!????


/me ducks

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Only thing I can come up with is that someone (possibly many someones), somehow thought Brazil was in Mexico

Sadly, that wouldn't surprise me in the least.

I mean, if you have people walking around who think that New Mexico is a separate country, then it's not surprising that somebody would think Brazil was a section of Mexico.

[Merriweather]

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Going WAY off topic as an excuse to tell my favourite geography story.

At one point, hubby thought he might get posted to Naples. Upon hearing this, my daughter starts carrying on very loudly - "I don't want to move to Naples! I can't move to Naples! I don't speak German! "

Of course, she was only 12 at the time

(and we didn't go to Naples after all, we actually ended up in Wales that time)

[mikoyan29]

One time I took a trip to Austria. I was disappointed because I didn't see any kangaroos.

[MoonCat]

I had a manager once who tried to give away some tickets to a concert. It was for a men's choir from Belgrade. He asked, "Doesn't anyone want to go hear a nice Irish choir?"

[BeenThereDoneThat]

When my brother, cousin and I were young teenagers we did young, stupid teenage things. My cousin was easily persuaded to do the dirty work (poor guy). One day we were making prank phone calls and Brother and I told Cousin to call someone and claim he was from Wichita, Kansas. (Note - this was before Caller ID.) He forgot what he was supposed to say so we tried to whisper it to him...instead he said he was from Wichita, Canada. He had to hang up quickly when Brother and I busted out laughing hysterically.

Tsk tsk...kids, don't try this at home

[Blade_Raver]

Maybe someone actually listened to Ron White's solution to get us out of debt.

Brazil's just next door to the US now? j/k

Reference: Youtube search Ron White's financial solution.

[Lots42]

I've heard a trillion insane geography stories. Maybe the person heard 'South America' and thought Brazil was somewhere near Texas.