Boy, do I empathize!!

"Sorry, we don't ship to Alaska. Mail gets lost there."

"Have you ever shipped to Alaska?"

"No."

"Then how can you say mail gets lost there?"

"Well, don't you guys use dog sleds to deliver mail?"

"No, we have the standard USPS mail trucks do that. I have never had a lost letter or parcel since I moved here. But if that is your protocol, then you can't ship to XX, Washington. My every parcel, letter, and express mailer has never made it. I was mailing from Michigan at the time."

Trust me, the male/female "thing" even holds true within a profession. I'm a female medical specialist on medical leave. I was being seen by another specialist who was scribbling orders. "What labs are you ordering?"

He said nothing, so I thought he might not have heard me, so I repeated the question. He glanced up at me and then at his resident. He whispered something to her as if it was a "SECRET" from me. I again asked, and this time, he blew me off and left the room.