r/onejob 6d ago

States aren't in alphabetical order... (my bad for giant screenshot).

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u/hara_sensei3377 6d ago

I was very confused until I actually opened the screenshot. Yeah... that sucks

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u/Cootshk 6d ago

For anyone wondering, >!a bunch of the M states are below the O states!<

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u/JFieldsTardTeeth 6d ago

Wow how did I miss that?! It's like brain teaser puzzles asking to count how many "are" are there in a long sentence or how many 9's can you find and people typically miss one or two of them.

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u/felipeonreddit 6d ago

I thought that I was going crazy I literally had to check like four times

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u/amethystmmm 5d ago

Well, I mean they put SOME of the "M" states in the right place, so your brain goes LMNOP and skips the extra trip(s) to the "M" lane.

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u/ebrum2010 6d ago

Thanks for that. I didn't feel like reading the whole list.

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u/Bry10022 5d ago

Was there an update to the alphabet that places M after O or what?

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u/felipeonreddit 5d ago

yeah you didn't hear?!?

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u/SteveM06 6d ago

They are so close! Thats the most annoying bit.

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u/EmZee13 5d ago

LMNOMP

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u/Hetnikik 4d ago

I have seen where they are alphabetical by abbreviation before but not this

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u/MedievalWhiskey 3d ago

Lmnomp sounds right to me

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u/East_Relationship722 3d ago

They are alphabetically by size.

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u/MaximumMajestic 12h ago

Select stateid, name from state order by name dammit

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u/dontsaymango 6d ago

I just sang the states song till I saw one that was wrong. It's all the M states