This reminds me of a tedious dialogue I witnessed at a department store checkout about 20 years ago. The man in front of me was buying something that was out of stock, so he agreed to have it shipped to his house. As the cashier entered the city and state for delivery, this sadly predictable exchange ensued:
"City and state?"
"I live in Washington, District of Columbia."
"What state is that in?"
"It's not in a state."
"Oh, we don't ship outside the U.S."
"I live in the U.S."
"So, what state is your city in?"
"It's not in a state"
The two went back and forth with "What state do you live in/It's not a state" several more times as I grew increasingly impatient for my turn to pay and go. Finally I stepped around the man in front of me and told the cashier, "The state is DC. Just type 'DC' into the computer and it will work."
Yes, the cashier was uneducated and the customer was correct, but he was being a complete idiot about it.