Hertz Wants Passport to Rent Car to Man from Puerto Rico

[@John_Ridley]

Turning off a body camera while interacting with the public should be immediate disciplinary action if not firing.

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

Should be a felony for tampering with evidence

[@jenniferlabathe5117]

Agree. It should be considered tampering with evidence and prosecuted as a crime.

[@coldlakealta4043]

agreed. the only reason to do so is to avoid accountability for their actions - meaning that they may in fact be up to no good

[@bean420man]

It shouldn't even be able to be turned off by the officer.

[@stewartthompson72]

Absolutely! Why is it every time there is a bad interaction by cops the Body Camera is mysteriously turned off, or didn't record at that time for some reason. Signs of a corrupt department that needs to be investigated for human and constitutional rights violations.

[@elrobo3568]

I have been a cop in Arizona for almost 5 decades and I thought I have seen everything...until this. A highway patrol trooper in Flagstaff Arizona stopped a car in the freeway and called another officer to help him with this car that had "illegals from Puerto Rico" the officer responding was from Puerto Rico and rather gruffly told the other officer that they were American and hinted at how dumb he was.

[@johnprodject3403]

Says a lot about the lot of you that he was comfortable calling people "illegals" over the radio. Almost like your entire profession is a bunch of ignorant scumbags, or something.

[@ronstrong9560]

*hinted? Ha, ha.

[@nolongeramused8135]

@@ronstrong9560 For some people being told "you're a f***ing moron and your parents were brother and sister" is a "hint."

[@lrmackmcbride7498]

​@trumpisthemessiah7017 no, the butthole is definitely florida. Not that arpaio made maricopa the butt of msny jokes and the county is still embroiled in a 15 year old lawsuit. They are currently facing federal fines of the annual salary of five officers per day.

[@MrTrailerman2]

I honestly can not believe the ignorant people we have in this country. We have regressed so much in education and common sense that I am actually losing hope that we will ever recover.

[@aliccolo]

I'm from Alaska and I've been asked to provide my green card information during multiple job orientations. One HR manager looked like she was gonna have a heart attack when I told her I don't have a green card until she finally realized Alaska is a state. A former boss once complimented me for picking up English so quickly. It is truly absurd how far people can go in life without a basic grasp of their own country's geography and history.

[@5ryane]

My wife is a Yupik and we moved to the States from Alaska 57 years ago,A department store clerk was checking the wife out at the counter, she asked the wife where are you from, just we thought chit chat.The wife said Alaska.The clerk replied in a bad accent you speak English pretty well.

[@Hatbox948]

That is bad. Our educational system is churning out morons.

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

Okay, at least with Puerto Rico and Guam it kind of makes sense because the fact that the US still has colonies goes largely unmentioned in the average history class. Not knowing about Alaska is something else entirely.

[@Hatbox948]

​@@5ryaneI saw a comment once where a Mexican fast food worker told a guy who was a real Spaniard from Spain that he'd picked up Spanish fast.

[@Hatbox948]

@@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013 I think Puerto Rico has only been officially a State since December 2022.

[@lvbfan]

My ex-GF was from Puerto Rico. She worked in the medical research field. Because of PR's tough liability and tort laws in the 90s, the island was a center for medical research (it was hard to sue the pharma companies if something went wrong). So my then-GF and her boss were going to go down there. The Boss REPEATEDLY asked my GF about needing a passport, and my GF kept insisting that PR was part of the United States, and that US citizens don't need passports to go there. Every time my GF said this, her boss would say "okkkkkkaaaaayyy" (as in "I don't believe you'). She also asked my GF a dozen times if she was 100% SURE she could use US currency down there, and not exchange it for "Puerto Rican pesos" (which aren't a thing). I should mention The Boss had a master's degree in biology... which apparently doesn't make you smart.

[@jl687]

Master degree in biology and 0 in geography and USA history.

[@josecenteno9043]

😂lol 😂

[@jjsifo1]

Then there is the one about using a credit card , VISA from a bank in Puerto Rico.This happened to me in Wichita ,Kansas at a Walmart.They needed to figure out how to call the bank in Spain. I handed them a American Express card and problem solved, was on a training and did not have time to waste.

[@henryperez606]

Lots of extremely educated people have no idea or concept about anything in Latin America

[@emma5068]

That employee needs to be fired, not "retrained". If I did that at my job I'd be fired before I even realized what happened.

[@jaejampro1]

I agree completely. I posted to the KZbin video about this incident that very sentiment. Also the police officer. I served in the military with men from Puerto Rico and can't believe people in the U.S. don't know their own countrymen.

[@PalBatey]

Exactly...retrained on what? That employee needs to go back to elementary school and pay attention this time around.

[@stephenlee5929]

No, please no. The employee is at Hertz, we all know to avoid Hertz, if fired she might move to a real hire company.

[@lamplighter5545]

I've rented from Hertz and I've bought food from McDonald's. I'm reasonably certain the quality of training for a McDonald's counterperson is vastly superior to the training of a Hertz counterperson.

[@ravengrey6874]

At the very least you are less likely to get arrested for simply ordering from McDonald’s

Not to mention the training of a cop… ah, right, that's why you didn't mention it. ;-)

[@tristancoffin]

After working at an alleged golden arches and co. Restaurant I would say that isn't possible unless they don't train employees

[@mizmoose]

I have a tale about renting from Hertz called "The Five Rental Cars." Long story short: 2 week rental. 1st car had a registration expiring in 3 days. 2nd car's hatch wouldn't unlock (I had "how to unlock a car" explained to me 15 times before they admitted it was broken & replaced the car). 3rd car's alarm went off and wouldn't stop. 4th car's check engine light came on & they tried to tell me to ignore it. Fifth car got me home again. Every person I dealt with was nearly impossible. Never rent from Hertz.

[@anastasijachamkina9001]

I would have to agree with your assessment

[@MrPerfesser]

I live eight blocks from the White House, have been an elected official and have government credentials. Upon entering the security line at San Francisco Airport (SFO), the TSA agent asked me for my passport because my driver's license said District of Columbia and Columbia - she said - was a foreign country and so I needed a passport. We had to get a supervisor to clear up the fact that the District of Columbia - the nation;s capital - is part of the United States.

[@BrankoRNtheotherBranko]

I don't blame Hertz and I don't blame the employee or the cop. We have a failing education system that local/state/federal governments don't do anything to fix.

[@MarkReadPickens]

Just a minute! Columbian spies _eight blocks_ from the White House?

@@BrankoRNtheotherBranko I blame the US mindset.

[@freethebirds3578]

@@BrankoRNtheotherBranko So, how often do you vote in school board elections? Do you realize that those responsible for destroying a system are the last people you want to task with fixing it? You're correct that schools don't teach geography anymore, but not because teachers don't want to. It's because school boards decide what teachers can teach, and the boards and the government have decided that teaching students how to take multiple-choice tests takes precedence.

[@Entiox]

I've lived most of my life in the DC area and could not tell you the number of times I've had friends with DC licenses come back from trips and tell me about their problems with people not wanting to accept their license.

[@tanek_09]

Any time a police officer turns off a body cam, courts should be required to accept whatever the victim says happened as fact. Seriously, what is the point of a body cam if it can just be turned off when the officer does not want to be recorded?

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

One problem with that is telling the difference between an officer turning one off and it running out of battery or other failure like overheating. Though it would be possible to make a bodycam that records things like that too.

[@josephrogers5337]

Turn off body cam, be expected that Law ENforcement officer say is and should be suspect.

[@TimoRutanen]

The cameras need to have 'on/off' switches that actually don't turn off the camera.

[@roccovalenti3514]

When I worked for a chain pharmacy, I loved it when people paid with two's. I have quite a collection.

[@robertc.9503]

@@TheAkashicTraveller It really wouldn't be that hard to build in auditing features into the device that would allow an examiner to determine the cause for shutdown. In fact, I'd be surprised if they didn't already have that feature, if only for the manufacturer to run diagnostics.

[@DerickDickens]

My mom is from Puerto Rico. I was told of a story about my step-grandfather who served in WWII in the European theater. At one time, he was separated from the rest of the Puerto Rican platoon and found himself around other U.S. GI's. Because he didn't speak English, he was suspected to be a spy, arrested, and spent several days in a POW camp until they could verify his identity. After his relief, he rejoined his platoon, where he served our country with honor.

[@trstmeimadctr]

At first I thought it was reasonable to be suscipicous of someone speaking Spanish who can't speak English in a war zone when Spain was a Nazi lapdog, but then I thought about it some more. Who sends a spy that can't even speak the language? Ah yes, he was there to steal all of that secret information that he couldn't understand in the first place.

[@neilopfer5687]

This story reminds me of the news story at the time of people in New Mexico calling Atlanta for tickets for the 1996 Summer Olympics. They were being told to call another number by those staffing the phones since they only handled ticket sales domestically. Fortunately I had a solid K-12 education where we learned about all the states and territories for the U.S. This included the Federal District that is D.C., Commonwealths (Puerto Rico, Northern Marianas Islands) and regular Territories (Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, etc.). Clearly the news that in 1898 Puerto Rico became affiliated with the U.S. as a Commonwealth still hasn't made it through the inter-departmental mail system at Hertz. Nice job Hertz!!

[@rafaeltorre1643]

Because of the popularity of Breaking Bad, I have never had a problem with this ever again. Even foreigners know where it is! Crazy.

[@kstricl]

The news was lost when Wilbur crashed...

[@johnmcleodvii]

I grew up in New Mexico. I've been accused of not being a US citizen multiple times.

[@matthewpoff2077]

This doesn't surprise me at all. I was born in Guam. You would be amazed at how many people ask me if it was hard to get a green card/citizenship. When I was applying for financial aid for college I had someone assisting me. She saw that I put Guam down for where I was born and kept insisting that I needed additional documents since I wasn't born in the U.S. Eventually we were able to contact someone else who explained that Guam was part of the U.S. and should be treated exactly the same as if I had been born in Puerto Rico. Ultimately it shouldn't have mattered, even if I was born in a foreign country, as both parents were American and I was born on a U.S. military base. On the other hand, when we first came to the states my mother got pulled over for speeding. The police officer was so confused by her Guam drivers license that he just let her go after 10 minutes of not being able to figure it out. So it came in handy for her at least once.

[@GamesFromSpace]

Officer hurt itself in its confusion!

[@roy19491]

cops are too stupid to "figure out" a ballpoint pen, let alone a driver's license.....

[@gcanada3005]

Americans average general knowledge of geography is absurdly bad

A US cop being unable to figure something out. What a surprise.

[@quintrankid8045]

Wikipedia has an article, Territories of the United States. IMHO worth a look. I think it raises some interesting questions.

[@atkravitz]

This has to be in your top ten stories. Not only didn’t the hertz employee not know that Puerto Ricans are citizens, but the cops threatened him with deportation. Unbelievable. The poor guy had to wonder what airport he actually arrived at or if there was a glitch in the matrix.

[@MarkReadPickens]

If he was returning to Puerto Rico anyway, could he get himself deported just for the free ride?

[@spvillano]

When I came back to the US from our base in the Middle East, I had idiots threaten to have me deported. I then looked at the creature with contempt and asked in my finest South Philly accent, "To where, South Philly, jack-off?!". Universally, they wandered off before I could bite the other cheek. While I remarked loudly how the idiot wanted to deport me back to the very city our Constitution was written in to witnesses. Suffice it to say, there was much mirth. Karen vs US Army NCO, it's always Karen 0.

[@Yumi_Jay]

@peedee the US actually did deport its own citizens before. In fact there was a case over a decade which a man got deported because he didn't know who he was and was also homeless at the time, so he got sent to one country, then that country deported him, etc. Eventually it was figured out the man was a US citizen and was able to contact a relative to get him home.

[@boldCactuslad]

Are they going to start deporting people to Guam, Puerto Rico, New Mexico, and California? What do you mean none of those are foreign nations? smh

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

Congress has been holding up Puerto Rican statehood for over a decade. It may not help the ignorance, should they vote in favour of statehood, but the feds should at least hold a vote and let Puerto Ricans know where they officially stand in Washington. It's all rather embarrassing to just ignore their pleas.

[@alaskansummertime]

I never get tired of Hertz stories. This reads like a Monty Python skit. All its missing is a funny walk.

[@SayAhh]

I know you need a credit card to rent a car, otherwise I wouldn't be surprised if they called the Secret Service on someone using a 2-dollar bill. Edit: OMG. I should really wait to comment until I've finished watching the entire video.

[@arinerm1331]

Or a most impressive machine that goes "Ding."

[@shenmisheshou7002]

Best ever Hertz story comment!

[@ILovePancakes24]

Waiting for Hertz to finish dying off in bankruptcy hell

[@jerryh1895]

....and a dead parrot.

[@kevinmossman7982]

Back when the Olympics were in Atlanta, there was a legendary recording of people from New Mexico calling the ticket sales call center to buy tickets. They were told that they would need to get tickets through a sales facility in their own country, as only US citizens could buy tickets through the call center. They eventually asked for a supervisor who confirmed that residents of Mexico were not allowed to buy tickets through the call center. When the customer stressed that they were from NEW Mexico, the supervisor responded "New or old, doesn't matter..."

[@Rob2]

Should have treated residents of New York the same way, then...

[@lorenzoparedes2306]

This reminds me of an experience I had as a freshman in a New England (Maine) college. I was dancing at a "mixer" dance with a girl from Maine, and to make small conversation, she asked me "Where are you from?" I responded: "I'm from Mexico." She said: "Ah, so you're from up nawth". There is a town in Maine named Mexico. Nowadays, when someone asks me the same question, I tell them I'm from the South, the DEEP South, as in Mexico.

[@mechengr1731]

@@lorenzoparedes2306 I mean, that sounds kind of reasonable lol. Or maybe it was bad joke that didn't land.

[@lorenzoparedes2306]

@@mechengr1731 When I say I am from The Deep South, there is guessing. "Georgia?" "Alabama?" "Mississippi?" I just say "farther south".

[@angelsantiago1176]

I am Puerto Rican and a US ARMY Veteran. I served this great nation for 35 years and a Police Officer here in Puerto Rico for 29 years. When I saw this for the first time, I was very infuriated. A great number of Americans do not know that we are also Americans, have been since 1917. Nevertheless I am a proud American and Puerto Rican, just like everyone else is proud of their states. God Bless America of better yet the United States. America is comprised of many countries.

[@tayzonday]

Hertz might as well ask Puerto Ricans for freedom papers 😳

[@toolbaggers]

Papers please!

[@villedocvalle]

Chocolate Pain

[@BrankoRNtheotherBranko]

With some laws that are being passed in this country, I think in 18 years this will be more of a problem. If the cop would have called Border Patrol, there is a chance the guy would have been deported.

[@jst_TV]

@@villedocvalle "some stay dry while others feel the pain"

[@Sky-pt6lc]

Puerto Rico is a foreign country. Their language and culture not American. Still there’s people who don’t even speak English. There’s also people in America that are foreigners even though they have citizenship.

[@28ebdh3udnav]

As crazy as this sounds, I worked at a call center that takes part in ID theft protection and I had two coworkers who were from Puerto Rico. They got a lot of garbage because, "I demand to speak to somebody from America. An American Citizen!" My coworkers, "I am. I'm from Puerto Rico" and the customer, "Not that country! From America!" Edit: mind you, these are people who got an education and were high paying, highly respected jobs. We would Google their names and address, and we would find them on LinkedIn, Google, etc, people who were doctors, lawyers, and even dam government officials who sometimes didn't know that Puerto Rico is part of the U.S! You would be shocked how dumb people are who make a lot of money

[@Carahan]

After Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria in 2017 the polling firm Morning Consult did a poll of the rest of the US about Puerto Rico. Only 54% of the ~2200 polled knew Puerto Ricans were US citizens. Take one guess how support for aid dovetailed based on that, it isn't difficult. So this sort of thing never surprises me.

[@sativaburns6705]

I worked call centers for 13 years, most recently for the fraud team of a high end retailers credit card. It was hard enough for me with no accent. Coworkers who came from India or south Africa had a hell of a time. I felt bad for them because everyone needs a job, but I also didn't understand because they were basically signing up for an extra layer of hell on top of call center hell.

[@DeputyNordburg]

I was born in Ohio, but moved to Puerto Rico for 19 years. One problem that made situations like this worse was the Puerto Rico driver's license from 20+ years ago was a piece of thick paper. It was not even laminated, and obviously could be easily altered. It was real but looked fake. Sometimes people were deigned cars even with a passport. That was changed way back then, and a few years ago they were bumped up to the Real ID standards of today.

[@MrJonsonville5]

Ooh yeah, super educated. I mean racially unfit mentally.

[@bhambhole]

That doesn't surprise me

[@djcfrompt]

Turning off your bodycam before completing a citizen interaction and returning to your vehicle or duty station should be a statutory offense, or at the very least should allow a presumption of wrongdoing on the part of the officer.

[@coldlakealta4043]

the only reason to do so is to avoid accountability, which invariably means you're up to no good

[@diablominero]

We have the concept of adverse inference exactly for situations like that. Courts need to start using it.

[@djcfrompt]

@@diablominero interesting point. Can adverse inference be used in the case where the party did not destroy evidence, but instead failed to create evidence? May need legislation to make it so that it can, in this particular case.

[@josevalle9719]

Steve, this man is not just any man to me. He was one of my high school classmates! Humberto was a phenomenal basketball for Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, a Jesuit prep school in Puerto Rico which we attended and graduated from. It’s incredible the amount of ignorance not only at Hertz, but also in that jurisdiction’s police department. Wish you would have mentioned that Sonia Sotomayor, a judge in our own Supreme Court is Puerto Rican. Anyway, long time viewer, first time writer. I wholeheartedly enjoy your videos. A Puerto Rican anesthesiologist in Texas.

[@mizmoose]

I've read about people from the mainland US going to Hawaii and trying to exchange currency, as if Hawaii is a foreign country. The ignorance of the average US citizen about our own country is absurdly high. NPR had an online quiz (it's still there): Can you pass a US citizenship test? Only 1/3 of the people who took it passed!

[@GuillermoBenjamin]

(97%) nobody knows who or what is Publius! founder of the country!

[@Myxril]

Hertz is a measurement in the International System of Units equivalent to one event per second. That might have something to do with the _frequency_ of these Hertz stories. ....I'll see myself out.

[@iainballas]

A police officer turning off their bodycam should be treated exactly the same as an attempt to obstruct an investigation... or outright destruction of/tampering with evidence. Public Records-available write-up for the first offense. Second offense is termination from that department. Third offense is termination, and being banned from working in any police/security field again.

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

class A felony minimum 10 years

[@rebeccaholcombe9043]

I believe that but what about bathroom breaks? They still need an on off switch, but any interaction should occur with the camera rolling or it doesn't exist.

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@rebeccaholcombe9043 They should have a button to heavily restrict snippets of footage to only certain people that can only access it within specific parameters and those have an individual code that gets logged whenever it is ever accessed. _Everything_ gets recorded though. Loopholes must be closed off! Giving officers an out in the process negates the intent behind why it is even necessary in the first place.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou The editing can be done, if justified, when someone gets the footage via a FOIA request. THEN is when you can blur out a face or mute when someone gives their personal identifying information (DOB, address, etc.). But the original record should remain unedited and uncut. Otherwise it is meaningless as evidence, and the person giving sworn testimony against the cop who turned off their issued recording device should win by default.

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

@@MonkeyJedi99 What I am talking about is an officer choosing that the next 5 minutes is a bathroom, personal time or whatever, but this is still recorded but also restricted. It is not deleted or anything like that. If there becomes a question of something may be on it of reasonable interest, that footage would be officially reviewed and ruled on. It can only be shielded as long as it is not potentially part of something under investigation. Officers should most definitely refrain from discussing _business,_ whilst dropping a deuce, lest it be deemed applicable and open to release. This is not selective editing nor truly editing at all. It would be linear, unless it is during the restricted timeframe and ruled irrelevant. Also, should the officer be conducting duty, whilst on doody, a transcript could be all that is necessary. I don't know how exactly it would or should specifically work but do know that officer should never be given a loophole. A privacy button is likely the best balance of this though. Chances are that 999 times out of 1000 nothing is on the record of particular importance and can be forgotten and disregarded, but that one time can be absolutely critical.

[@uselesscommentrary6960]

Aw heck Steve. That's nothing. I had a friend from New Mexico that tried to write to a check for something. The business refused because they said they didn't take "foreign checks". When pressed the manager of the business got involved said they would only accept checks from the USA, not Mexico. After an explanation that "New Mexico" is indeed a state, in the USA, the brilliant manager didn't believe it and still refused.

[@mwduck]

Unbelievable.

[@paulmidsussex3409]

You should have asked to speak to a staff member who was educated outside the USA.

[@watsonwrote]

​@@mwduck There are a bunch of stories out there about Americans in charge of things not believing New Mexico is a state. It's funny in a depressing way

[@quintrankid8045]

I've heard of things like this too. But the story I heard was the US govt refusing to issue paper work of some kind to people who lived in NM. Some sort of IT snafu.

@@paulmidsussex3409 My money's on "We don't employ furriners". Oh, and no guarantees there… I can't recall ever learning about US states in school (granted, it's been a couple yea… decades). What I do know about the US I almost exclusively learned outside of school. Some non-USians are as ignorant as USians.

[@teamthoth]

My brother witnessed a cashier refuse to sell cigarettes to a man with a new Mexico ID. He said she said...old Mexico or new Mexico... She was only accepting American ID.

[@nairbvel]

The number of uneducated, uncaring, and totally clueless "service" people working in the U.S. is terrifying.

[@w3vjp568]

I’ve heard of people from New Mexico having similar problems. Unfortunately there’s no shortage of hapless people who slept through school running around loose in the world, with just enough power to screw up productive people’s lives.

[@Dj.MODÆO]

That happened to me 😂 I had been stationed at Kirtland AFB for a few years and gotten a NM license and when ever I went back home on leave to North Carolina half the cashiers refused my ID because they thought it was from another country.

[@georgesheffield1580]

Quality American education.

[@impishrebel5969]

@@Dj.MODÆO If it ever happens again, show them Wakko's 50 State Capitols. It's been uploaded somewhere.

[@DaveBigDawg]

I lived in New Mexico I had family that wanted to come to visit They ask if they needed a passport

[@newshodgepodge6329]

I just posted a comment about that further along in this chain, about the time someone from NM got an ignorant Ticketmaster call center agent on the phone who told them to order tickets in their own country. It's embarrassing.

[@vontar1]

when an officer turns off the camera, nothing they say can be trusted.

[@JasonW.]

The level of incompetency of the current Hertz corporation is hard to describe in friendly words.

[@sunbeam8866]

No to mention their local 'law enforcement' !

[@gcanada3005]

The level of incompetence in the average Americans geography knowledge is shocking

[@t.l.c7481]

@G Canada exactly! I’m American and I know all of our states. There are idiots who don’t understand that Hawaii is a state. It’s f**king ridiculous.

[@MtHoodMikeZ]

Why would you try to use friendly words? Hertz is a shit show, plain and simple.

[@gcanada3005]

@@t.l.c7481 I am in no way talking about knowing your states. Your statement absolutely proves my premise. I’m talking about the fact the 40% of Americans can’t find Canada on a map of North America. Also they know very little about world geography. The fact you would even proudly state, “I know all the states”, is absurd at best. You do know there’s a big wide world outside the USA. By your statement I’m thinking it’s a resounding “No”. It’s what I’ve come to expect, sadly

[@sandrajones2262]

I am an United States Military Veteran and I was in basic training with a girl from Puerto Rico. I thought it was great that she grew up bilingual.

[@namle198818]

I am from the island of Saipan and we are a US commonwealth and part of the US Territory.. We are US Citizen.

[@Grumpini]

I'm from Quebec and I've never had to show a passport to rent a car in the U.S even though my driver's license is in French. I've used both Avis and Enterprise multiple times across 5 states.

[@sunbeam8866]

Next time - try Hertz! 🙂

[@mikiiforpert6083]

Canada is the only foreign country who's drivers licence is considered valid id in the US.

[@loishendricks9720]

@@mikiiforpert6083 except for that one time a Canadian citizen was arrested in Georgia because the cop who pulled her over thought her Canadian driver’s license was not valid.

[@HenryLoenwind]

@@mikiiforpert6083 You mean valid as a means of identification. Plenty of foreign driver's licences are valid as a means of proving you're allowed to drive a car.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

​@@mikiiforpert6083 *whose Who's is a contraction of _who is_ or _who has,_ whose is the possessive form of who/whom.

[@Elucidus4]

When I was in the Air Force and moving bases from Colorado to Alaska, I refused to get a military passport as I already had a normal passport, the Military Personnel Flight told me that I had to get one or I might be deported....from Alaska. She went up her chain trying to force me to get one, It went all of the way to her commander and I know this because I got an email from her commander to her, telling her to sign off on my paperwork.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

Yep, I would've told her to go shit in her hat.

[@robertjune1221]

We need to start a new thread about the incompetency of Air Force Support personnel. It would be a very long thread. Mine involved Supply refusing to buy HP-51CV - (edit: the correct model was HP-41CV, "Skank or You Can Call Me Maurice" was correct on that, see additional comments below) calculators for air crew. The specific model was mandated by HQ SAC because they were providing program chips (made for that calculator) for KC-135 weight and balance. A little more subtle than this, but equally stupid.

[@Z-Ack]

I needed a passport when i flew to alaska from ky.. because we were flying over canada and was told i needed it in case of an emergency landing..

[@ILovePancakes24]

Oh no, not getting kicked out of Alaska. Oh no. Who would want to live in that icebox.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

@@robertjune1221 I was looking on HP legacy calculator websites and couldn't find HP-51 calculators at all, but I saw an HP-41CV. I was going to call you Captain Cheap-Ass until I saw that it was a $395 item in 1979, which is $1650 in today's dollars. I'd have a significant bitch with that.

[@diegocella6791]

I'm sure the Hertz woman and the Policeman are American, you can tell by their knowledge of geography!

[@kirstenspencer3630]

BINGO !!

[@myrnacolon1507]

USN retired puerto rican,, thank you

[@melodiek5282]

After college, I moved from Des Moines, Iowa to southern Indiana to start my new job, but hadn’t gotten my new drivers license yet. I had to show my ID for some reason, and this clerk insisted that Des Moines didn’t exist.

[@thecdn]

I'm a Canadian who moved to the US about 22 years ago. I was amazed by the geographic ignorance of the average American, even educated people in the IT field. I came to realize it's not that they are stupid, but that they don't care. If it's not the US, they don't care. If it's not their own state, they don't care. The education system and culture is so insular that for the most part if it's not about the US, and in many cases, their own little part of it, it just doesn't matter.

[@josephrogers5337]

I worked at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California and they have an international department and I knew the senior admin assistant. We met in the grocery store and I asked what was the latest country sending a student to our School. She replied and said Moldova, and I replied it was a former soviet republics on the under belly of Russia near the black sea. She was surprised I knew that. Another time I worked at the Armed Forces Staff college in Norfolk Va. We had a Student from the country of Turkey, so I asked how was every thing on the Anatolia Peninsula and he replied you know more about my country that most any American he has met. I am not widely traveled but I love travelogs. I have only been to Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bavaria, Mexico, Canada,. Have been in Airports in Paris, and the Netherlands. .

[@ateamfan42]

"I came to realize it's not that they are stupid, but that they don't care." As an American, I can confirm your assessment of (many of) my foolish countrymen.

Sometime in the last 12-24 months I learned (from at least one KZbinr I feel (yeah… ;-)) is trustworthy) that a lot of US kids get taught, in school, that basically everything was invented in the US. They are not just willfully ignorant, they are also arrogant as hell. *Exceptions exist,* of course. This is of course talking about averages and general feel.

[@rosehawke2577]

I believe you are correct. They don't care. If asked to point to any particular country on a map, I may not always get it spot on (especially Eastern Europe and Africa) but I can usually get the region. That said, world geography *and* geology interest me so I consider myself the odd one out. I don't recall ever having a geography class per se in school what little I recall was rolled into Social Studies somewhereabouts 6th grade.

[@quintrankid8045]

Ever ask an American about John Hanson?

[@scotthannan8669]

“Disproportionate number of customers being arrested” what a wonderful turn of phrase

[@MarkReadPickens]

I once cut myself shaving and lost a disproportionate amount of blood. I almost died.

[@SayAhh]

"Go back to your country!" "I'm already here."

[@svt.787]

😅💯

[@tekcomputers]

"Welcome to America! Now learn ENGLISH!" The Bumper sticker that was on a truck that spent several minutes behind me and honking at me at a red light in the right turn lane with a sign saying "NO TURN ON RED".

[@bleebu5448]

I had a friend who moved to Georgia from New Mexico. When he tried to transfer his driver's license, they asked him for his green card.

[@garolstipock]

Residents from Guam and St. Croix are sweating bullets about their next visit to the mainland.

[@BonanzaPilot]

I have a bunch of friends who live in NM and its amazing how many places will refuse to accept a New Mexico ID because their store/restaurant policy is to only accept State IDs or Passports

[@jimrollin23]

I have a similar story. I was at a U.S. Embasy (I will not ID the time or location). Our group was part of a State Department funded project. We were invited to meet the ambasador. We sat down around a table, the Ambasador & Community Relations person came in. We were asked to introduce ourselves. We went around the table and my colleague introduced himself and said he was from Puerto Rico. The Ambassador responded. I thought people in this program needed to be U.S. citizens. The Community Relations persons had a surprised look on her face and quickly responded about Puerto Rico being part of the U.S. and moved on quickly My friend later commented that this was not unusual.

[@kirstenspencer3630]

OMG!!

[@spvillano]

Most people don't realize, ambassadors aren't selected on merit or education, but are appointees and are far too frequently awarded as a favor by our executive branch to "friends".

[@KevinWrightVE7ZZTPICTURES]

Next they will ask Hawaiians for there passports. When flying to the continent. 😂

[@danielschick7554]

Ambassador's are political appts often given as favors, so not surprised

[@jimrollin23]

@@danielschick7554 many in undesirable posts are career state department employees.

[@walterlowe8322]

I was denied the right to vote in Collin County, Texas, using my Dept of Defense CAC (ID card) - definitely a valid government-issued ID. (My wife finally said, "Just use your driver's license. You're holding up the line!" So I used my Concealed Carry permit, which looks like a TX DL)

[@tomhenry897]

Surprisingly a number of state departments and banks do not consider military Id as approved Id Yet a Mexican Id is ok to cash checks and open bank accounts

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Cool story.

[@angrydragonslayer]

Murica

[@annelarrybrunelle3570]

Surprised at this, since we have found the Collin County offices remarkably friendly, helpful, and competent. However, a poll worker (not a county employee) may not be fully informed. Would suggest reporting the experience to the county, because perhaps the instructions issued to poll workers might need an edit.

[@Reed-2big]

@@tomhenry897 recently we were told that a military I’d was not sufficient I’d to open a bank account if it didn’t have an expiration date. In this state even the voter id requirements, that the courts said were too cumbersome, include indefinite as a valid date!

[@matthewconner7800]

“Would you like me to call the police?” “Yes, because I want to press charges for your theft of my pre-paid funds.”

[@bjbosche]

What stuns me is it wasn't only Hertz, but apparently the NOLA police don't understand either!

[@FnRenner]

The guy who said Leto makes satanic hand signs must be flipping out right now over Leto's shirt lol

[@avalanche1990]

😂 it's such a weird thing to be hung up on about, too. Has the person never seen an emotive speaker before

[@kentogletree9509]

We lived in Costa Rica for a few years, and every time a Hurricane threatened Puerto Rica, we would get messages and Facebook posts from family telling us to be safe, and maybe we should evacuate! The most persistent of the family members was a high school teacher, so you can't blame it on lack of education. The number of stupid questions about living on an island was sometimes mind-boggling.

[@nicoradv3923]

@@ralphgesler5110 somewhat agree. look on youtube for a person that asks college/university students question pertaining to diff states/country. hard to fathom they have no idea about USA states, nor the world (all of it) around them

[@johannesnoneoftheabove9957]

Send them a map with both areas circled in red.

[@IowaKim]

I live in Iowa, and my English relatives heard about a tornado in Ohio and wanted to make sure I was ok.

[@Yumi_Jay]

Several years ago, there was a news story about TSA not wanting to accept IDs from people who are from the District of Columbia or from New Mexico.

[@djcfrompt]

Do you recall if that was a TSA policy or just ignorant officers?

[@Yumi_Jay]

@@djcfrompt I think it was just ignorant TSA officiers but it was all at one airport. I don't recall if it happened in Oregon or some other state in the western region of the US.

[@roy19491]

@@djcfrompt ignorance is a TSA policy

[@johnm.3279]

@@Yumi_Jay "ignorant TSA officer" is a redundant statement.

[@tristancoffin]

​@@Yumi_Jay ouch I knew Oregon was stupid but still

[@thesaint1517]

Unfortunately, that's the degree of ignorance that we experience in our country.

[@ZiplockBob]

In my town we got pulled over by the cops I was driving and passenger was my girlfriend at the time whom was Puerto Rican. The cops swore UP AND DOWN, that her Puerto Rican ID meant she was in Tennessee Illegally. This is such a common misconception that is really stupid.

[@edkretchmer2167]

"Renting a car with any one of our competitors can sometimes be painful. So rent from Hertz. We make sure it hurts!"

[@donackerson5194]

My favorite one is when the Olympics were in the US and pre sale tickets were available. A man from New Mexico was trying to buy them and the ticket agent refused to sell and kept telling him pre sale was for US citizens only. 🤣

[@jameygroves8561]

That was 1996, happened here in Atlanta GA.

[@spvillano]

@@jameygroves8561 well, Atlanta is in the CSA, I've had other southerners tell me so. I suggested that reconstruction should be resumed for a century, as obviously the first one was halted prematurely.

[@jameygroves8561]

@@spvillano What a moronic statement.

[@darrylr.4983]

A pilot from my company was flying home from Chicago. He had switched into civilian clothes. He was from Alaska and still had a driver's license from there. At the TSA checkpoint he presented his driver's license to the screener. The screener looked at it for a few seconds then handed it back and said "I'm sorry sir, but I'll need to see your Alaska Passport". 🤦🤦🤦

[@jokeassasin7733]

I use to fly through that airport a lot. The TSA got confused by my shirt that said “paddle faster I hear banjoes” they didn’t know what a banjo was.

[@yazlaw1]

It is bizarre that as a CA public notary, you cannot accept a Puerto Rico driver's license as valid ID, but can accept a Canadian or Mexican driver's license.

[@hi55us2]

What happened to checking with others before denying a customer service? We've never had access to more information in human history, but employees like this will still make up the rules as they go along.

I'm sure that employee didn't think she made up a rule. And when you're as cocksure that you're right as she was, why would you "check with others"?

[@Yumi_Jay]

All she had to do was a simple Google search and a good 120 year history lesson on the territory of Puerto Rico.

[@mariegarside8830]

She could have "Googled" for clarification on the citizenship status of Puerto Ricians. Don't you just hate when smartphones are smarter than the humans who own them?

[@julietcunningham852]

I live in Boston, MA. We have an Italian enclave called the North End. One day I was called to Jury Duty, and the place to report was in (or near) the North End. My late husband's grandmother came from a prominent North End family. A notorious member of the Boston City Council was her nephew. I ended up sitting in a row of North End ladies. When I told them about my husband's grandmother, I was immediately accepted. In front of us was a row of Puerto Rican ladies. Sometimes there were two conversations going on, and sometimes the two groups were conversing with each other, until: One of the North End ladies opined that Puerto Rican people should "go back where they came from". I refrained from asking them when THEIR families had arrived in the US, but saw a whole row of backs stiffen, felt obliged to speak, and asked what citizenship they thought Puerto Ricans held. Not hearing a correct answer, I further asked what passport would a Puerto Rican need to make a business trip to (then still British) Hong Kong. When they couldn't answer that question either, I gave the answer: the USA, and saw a row of Puerto Rican backs relax. I was not put on a jury, but came home tired from battle.

[@davidb6576]

You should be a diplomat, you handled that awkward situation well.

[@kirstenspencer3630]

Thank you for your educational services. Must have been really painful.

[@donsachse]

Lots of Italian-Americans are quite bigoted.

[@siewheilou399]

Boston, of all the big cities. In stereotype Bostonians are well educated and well versed in high culture.

[@Makiotio]

My dad had an argument with United Airlines about if Puerto Rico counted as an international or domestic flight. They denied us check in saying we were late because Puerto Rico was an international flight. We were so confused. The customer service representative said it's both.

[@spvillano]

The CSR is an idiot. It's OCONUS, but it's still domestic. OCONUS, for those less traveled means Outside the CONtinental United States. Anyone who has worked S1, G1 or J1 in the military can speak volumes as to the gonad pain some travel OCONUS can become.

[@robatruth13]

It can be both, although its Domestic, some airlines consider it international, its happened to me before at JFK

[@PalBatey]

Back in the day, flying from NY to my country Dominican Republic was very expensive compared to flying to Puerto Rico eve3n though it's farther. The airlines always had these $99 round trip tickets to PR so if you had the time and didn;t mind the hassle, it was cheaper to fly to PR and then to DR than to catch a direct flight to the DR.

[@emarte]

@@PalBatey almost half of the cost of a ticket to DR comes from taxes. The Dominican government is the one to blame. The Dominican government even charges its own citizens a $10 tourist fee. Prices for direct flights have become cheaper because of supply and demand. Puerto Rico being part of the USA doesn’t have crazy taxes and fees associated with the air fare.

[@vernowen2083]

This speaks volumes about the American education system! Point in case; talking to a teacher recently about Guam and she didn't know it was part of the US and you can travel there without a passport.

[@CallieBiemer]

I closed accounts with a bank that charged me a "foreign transaction fee" for using my debit card in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

[@paulfournier6509]

Many years ago my sister-in-law who was born in Hawaii applied for a job in Massachusetts as a chambermaid and was asked if she had a work visa

[@randyeubanks2934]

I can "somewhat" understand the Puerto Rico, Guam, USVI confusion (They probably did learn this is early on, but didn't give it any thought after Elementary School), and I might even give slack to some people on the assumption that they didn't hear/see/comprehend the NEW part of New Mexico, but who in the ever loving HECK doesn't know that Alaska and Hawaii are states? Count the Stars people!

[@TheRealScooterGuy]

This story is so incredible (using the old meaning of "not credible") that I had to look up the date to make sure it isn't April 1st. Then I remembered that this is Hertz.

[@SharmClucas]

That woman should absolutely get fired, as should that crooked cop. I really think it should not be possible for police to turn off their own body cams. I also think that anyone who does during and interaction should be punished with something like tampering of evidence. Seriously, that whole precinct needs it's head screwed on straight. "We destroyed the evidence so that thing didn't happen because you can't prove it!" Is it any wonder no one respects cops anymore?

[@johannesnoneoftheabove9957]

Send them on a vacation to Puerto Rico. (Together)

[@89five3five]

How many time do you think that hertz employee has said the US is the greatest country in the world, but still has no knowledge of the US!

[@MrTravel4nutin]

I saw this happen back in the 90's when I was in college. I was in the return line at Costco in Orlando, FL. A woman infront of us was trying to cash a check from PR. The person at the counter and the manager thought PR was not in the US. Several other people in the line, and I tried to educate these people but they weren't having it. It's sad to think that in the age of the internet this still goes on.

[@triviabuff5682]

On my first visit to the US, I went to pick up a hire car with my British passport and driving licence. At the time, British driving licences were a computer print out on watermarked green paper in a plastic wallet. And it didn't have a photo. After a few minutes and after checking her computer, the agent asked me if England was in Australia. I took

[@MarkReadPickens]

The correct response is "England _was in_ Australia good and hard...not so much lately."

[@unbreakable7633]

My wife, many years ago, was in San Francisco having lunch with several people, one of whom had just flown in from Hawaii and when he told the rest that fact, one of the people at the table said, "Welcome to the United States." The guy looked at her and said in American-accented English: "You do know Hawaii is a State, right?"

[@TwoScoopsofDestroyer]

Oof, if he had said welcome to America he'd be right. Hawaii is not part of North or South America, Even if it is a State in the United States of America.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

When are we going to convert our money to Hawaiian money? (from a JeffFoxworthy skit.)

[@Tarkov.]

There's nothing in this world that will stop the stories coming from Hertz and Carvana. (Except total insolvency)

[@eelcosterringa1374]

And do not buy an RV

[@jamesodell3064]

Perhaps they should merge.

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

They should just merge already, this way; Hertz gets cars, and Carvana doesn't have to fudge the paperwork.

[@realShadowKat]

Next story from Hertz will be requesting a passport from a resident of New Mexico. Bonus points if it happens in Albuquerque.

[@mwwhited]

The number of people that have been arrested for using $2 bills is crazy.

[@dave_n8pu]

@Steve Lehto, I'm in my 70's (from Michigan too), one thing I think I've learned is to NEVER underestimate the stupidity of some people.

[@Natediggetydog]

On a similar note to the $2 bill story, I’ve had stores not accept 50 cent and $1 coins

[@lightningfantb3824]

Does Hertz ONLY hire people that rode the short bus to school?

[@jblyon2]

Only the ones that fell off the short bus

[@ILovePancakes24]

Hertz only hires those who are too stupid for politics.

[@Yumi_Jay]

I used to ride the short bus and I turn out fine. This is more of ignorance on their part.

[@glennrishton5679]

A company when hiring has to assume an applicant has some knowledge. Sometimes that assumption is wrong. I have heard stories of federal workers who didnt know New Mexico was a state.

[@shadmtmtn1603]

So fun to have this video cut by an Hertz ad 🤣🤣😜 They aren't ashamed of anything, corporate's stupidity pushed to its extreme ❤👍

[@jrod100]

I am from Puerto Rico. A retired U.S Navy sailor. During my first tour in Jacksonville, FL I went to a local bank branch that was located on base to open an account. The young lady (teller) on duty told me that I could not open and account with the Banco Popular check that I provided her with due to being a check from Puerto Rico and that it was puerto rican money. I asked her to please get her manager and everything was rectified once her manager arrived. This was back in 1986. Comes to show you that unfortunately, that ignorance has always existed in this country. I've got so many stories when it comes to the situations that i have been through just for being puerto rican that I could write a book about them.

[@rogerguinn4619]

"One of our 50 is Missing"- a regular column in New Mexico Magazine

[@timward4301]

Unbelievably, this is also an issue for people from New Mexico, which, for those who aren't up on current events, has been a state since 1912.

[@ramjam720]

Our educational system is failing us. I cannot imagine if someone from Saipan tried to rent a car. (Saipan Guam and Tinian are part of the Northern Mariana Islands)

[@gerardmdelaney]

Guam is a separate US possession, not part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, as Saipan and Tinian are.

[@mwduck]

The US Navy had a turkey shoot there once.

[@TheDuelManiacs]

Someone should be raising more of a stink about that cop turning off his body cam, I think that's a serious problem.

[@oliverw.douglas285]

I've got one that parallels your $2 dollar bill story. This happened about 23-years ago, at a local Burger King. I was in the drive thru to order a quick breakfast, & I had some of those bronze $1 coins, with the Indian Woman on the face, that I wanted to spend. When I pulled up to the window, I handed the young girl my payment, including several of the $1 coins. She looked at the coins, & questioned their validity. I explained to her that they were legit $1 coins. Looking back, still unconvinced, she stepped away to consult her manager, who in-turn reiterated my statement. When she returned to the window with my food, I asked her if she would have accepted a $3 bill, with President Clinton's likeness? She simply said, "Well, at least he's the President"! Dumbfounded, & very frustrated, I took my food & left. I guess I was mistaken, in thinking people in this country had a foundational knowledge of reality. Very scary! :|

[@sachiperez]

Oh yes please call border patrol. This is about to get good.

[@BrankoRNtheotherBranko]

Good chance he would have been deported.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

They will be confused because the dude wasn't even in his swim trunks.

[@iggyboo]

They should talk directly to the President of Puerto Rico across the big water to settle this

[@iggyboo]

If anyone uses Hertz at this point then they need to learn to use Google first as it's kinda on them when they get burned now

[@667crash]

I grew up in New Mexico, and have been repeatedly told that I speak surprisingly good English for someone from a foreign country.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Hawaiians do too.

[@mikestevanovic5000]

The shining beacon of America's education on display 😆😆😆 These are the new educated class of America, they are Moronikkkans.

[@cdrone4066]

Haven’t you seen the videos of someone asking questions like what state is Utah in or name 5 states n the US. Our education system is embarrassing.

[@TenMinuteTrips]

Thank you for mentioning New Mexico. That was my first thought at the beginning of your video. Way back in 1975, I got my first Air Force assignment to a base in New Mexico. My grandmother in Chicago was very proud of me for joining the Air Force and was very curious about whether they spoke English in New Mexico. It was difficult to keep from laughing out loud.

[@spvillano]

That's OK, I remember right after Trump won, idiots blathering how Hawaii wasn't a state. All, based upon some Russian bot BS that kept being accepted as fact.

[@witchy90210]

I had similar problems in the past when I gave my PR drivers license. The problem magically disappeared when I changed it over after moving. Though the problem still happened cuz I still have two last names and now I have had to change most things to have them hyphenated to avoid so many problems cuz so much of US based systems dont accept spaces in the last name sections.

[@freethebirds3578]

We lived in Saipan for 6 years. When we moved back to the states, the state MVD would not just give us state driver's licenses. We had to take our driving tests again (after over a decade of driving). My husband had the interesting experience of having to parallel park in front of his grandmother's house, because that just happens to be where the tester told him to.

[@Maplicito]

Your joke about Puerto Rico being real reminds me of an experience I had in Brazil. I met a woman who legitimately had thought that Canada, the US, places outside of Brazil were just fiction - that they were just places that existed on TV only. I was in the North of Brazil, in an area where the particularly poor could exist without leaving their neighbourhood and surrounding areas, and never meet a foreigner - so meeting me was quite the experience for her!

[@menachemsalomon]

"Is a Frenchmen a man?" -- Jim, in _Huckleberry Finn_

[@glintinggold]

@@sparkyUSA1976 These two things cannot be mere coincidence. You seem to have discovered an Easter Egg of sorts :) a sly historical and literary homage

[@davidhoward4715]

That woman in Brazil was joking........ Damn, I hope she was joking!

[@Maplicito]

@@davidhoward4715 No, no she definitely wasn't. I wish she had been.

[@GargantuanMonster]

This poor woman's mind must be blown. If Canadians are real, does that mean that Klingons are real too?

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I have heard similar stories about New Mexico, will idiocy never cease

[@warrior6246]

when I visited Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the tour guided made change in $2.00 dollar bills. Jefferson is on the $2.00 dollar bill.

[@oldguy3378]

All he has to do is apply for a passport at the Puerto Rican embassy. I sent $50 to the Puerto Rican embassy in Lagos, because the ambassador is a personal friend of Prince Ibo, my financial advisor.

[@xenaguy01]

There's a guy from British Columbia (Canada) who drives down to the LA area several times a year. He drives exotic cars. He continually posts videos of being stopped by COPS, mostly for loud exhaust. Several of the COPS have either cited him or threatened to do so, for not having a California driver's license.

[@Mesa_Mike]

Don't capitalize "cops" like that. It's not an acronym.

[@xenaguy01]

@@Mesa_Mike It's my way of recognizing them as a _special and unique class_ of people, with special privileges.

[@johnm.3279]

@@xenaguy01 In that case, it would only be appropriate to use subscript.

[@xenaguy01]

@@johnm.3279 A-a-nd, now I'm done feeding trolls.

[@snakeplissken526]

There was a story of a poor girl who was arrested and kept in jail for a few days for having the nerve to drive in the USA with a Canadian license - can't remember which state (but does it matter)?

[@navado75]

My wife was once asked if she is worried about being deported back to PR by a co-worker 😂

[@MarkReadPickens]

If she wants to visit relatives there, being deported could save airfare.

[@sombojoe]

Maybe the guy should have pulled out his SLIGSHOT!

[@johnhouchins3156]

I wonder if he told them he was travelling to New Mexico...

[@MrVitoriooo]

It would be funny if someone from georgia the country shows up with only a drivers license and and hertz is like yes sure no problem

[@rosehawke2577]

I would not be surprised. I'm fairly active on a science fiction fan forum with members from all over and it's very common to write "Georgia the country" or "Georgia the state" to differentiate.

[@MrVitoriooo]

@@rosehawke2577 now I'm thinking about a story where a group of teenagers from Georgia find a secret portal to the other Georgia. And the sequel would be the same just a different group from the other Georgia

[@mistered4421]

Speaking of $2 bills not being accepted, some cashiers from the younger generation have also refused to accept Eisenhower dollars and half dollars.

[@MarkReadPickens]

At a restaurant, I once needed change for an eighteen dollar bill so I could leave a tip. The cashier asked if I wanted three sixes or two nines.

[@MrsM714]

When I went to my appointment to get my concealed carry permit, the lady asked me where i was born. I answered, "Guam." She looked at me funny, then asked me if i had brought my passport and I responded that I didn't and asked why. She says that because I was born outside of the US, I would have to bring in my passport. 😮 I looked at her and said, "Even though Guam is an American territory, just like Puerto Rico?" She had to go check with someone else because she didn't know if I was right. 🙄

[@okaro6595]

It can be confusing as those born in the American Samoa are not US citizens but are US Nationals - essentially they cannot vote even if they move to any of the states. What is also confusing that is a US citizen moves to a foreign country he can still vote but if he moves to Guam or Puerto Rico he cannot.

[@anthonyegreene]

At least she had the good sense to check it out.

[@spvillano]

@@okaro6595 not quite. I voted while in Qatar and other nations in the theater. I voted in my home state by mail. Something Trump wanted to eliminate, which would've stripped the right to vote to all deployed military.

[@johnathonrusk5853]

​@@spvillano Please reference the House Bill, Senate Bill, or Executive Order drafted during the Trump presidency that would have stripped the right to vote from deployed servicemen.

[@spvillano]

@@johnathonrusk5853 as I said he said that after losing, how could he issue an executive order canceling all mail ballots? His statements to the news media are online.

[@terryrussel3369]

So much for Public Education in America. School Voucher Now !

[@brianwebb8136]

I’m reminded of that time President Trump stated something like “I’ve spoken with the President of Puerto Rico…” and all I could think was, ‘That’s you, Mr. President. You’re the President of Puerto Rico. You’re talking to yourself.’