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FailingComic t1_jctb5sw wrote

Reply to comment by uniquinP in Exway also won't ship to RI because it's apparently not a mainland state by nat2r

Eh.... a lot of people in western states think we are an island.

Source: was truck driver. A lot of people wonder how I got home for leave time whether it was by boat or air....

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Jilltro t1_jcte9yx wrote

I worked for a company in Rhode Island that sold products all over the United States and at least twice a week I talked to people who didn’t know we aren’t an island or thought we were part of NY.

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sumthinserious t1_jctrlut wrote

People in and from areas like the southwest that have never left it always respond, “Oh, New York” when I tell them I’m from RI. Happens so much that now I just reply, “Yeah.”

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CharizardX59 t1_jcw7a8b wrote

Once had a guy that KNEW Rhode Island was a state but didn't believe me when I said it was on the ocean nor that it's called the ocean state and told me to look at a map to prove me wrong. Apparently telling them I live in the state wasn't good enough to use as proof that he was wrong.

To this day, I don't know where he thought RI was.

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gines2634 t1_jcvzb5m wrote

I helped out at a school in California for a day. The TEACHER thought Rhode Island was part of New York 🤦🏻‍♀️

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