So. I was at the Post Office yesterday, attempting to mail a package to South Africa (heads up, Debby!) and had the following conversation with the clerk:
Me: I’d like to pay for this envelope and then to send it to South Africa.
Clerk: (looking in computer) Okay, what country is it going to?
Me: (thinking she can’t see the country because it’s on the edge of the package and pointing to it to clarify) Oh, it’s South Africa.
Clerk: That’s not a country.
Me: (stunned silence)
Clerk: I really need to know what country it’s going to.
Me: Uh…
Clerk: Hey, Bob! What country’s Johannesburg in?
Bob: South Africa.
Clerk: No, it doesn’t come up in the computer.
Me: Uh, I’m pretty sure it’s a country.
Bob: It’s in South Africa.
Clerk: Oh, here it is. It came up. It’s a country.
Me: (to myself) *headdesk*
My blank page 
Oh . my . word .
That’s totally insane…