Filling out an online form with “State you’re located in” as a required field. And DC is not listed as an option. What should I pick? Do I go MD/VA? Or just say F it and choose WA?

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Chipotle Online Signup? Wing it.

SF-86? Ask before you put something down.

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quite weird that dc isn’t an option , is it something important?

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The form isn’t governmental or anything, but it’s important to me. And I strongly dislike putting down information that is incorrect. Plus, it’s ridiculous that not only do we not have representation in government, but also can’t even fill out a mailing address properly, even when “state” has an option for us.

City = Washington, DC
State = not applicable

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Uh, yeah. After nearly 2 decades here, I know that. There’s no DC option in the “state” drop down menu. That’s the whole point of this post. 🤦🏽‍♀️

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I have encountered this a surprising amount in online forms over the years. Once when trying to register for an online course at an out of state university. I told the people in admissions and they were like "huh, weird, we don't know how to fix that" so I ended up just not taking the course 🙃

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Your “state” is District of Columbia (i.e. DC). Your “city” is Washington. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Uh, yeah. After nearly 2 decades here, I know that. There’s no DC option in the “state” drop down menu. That’s the whole point of this post. 🤦🏽‍♀️

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