Walmart Doesn’t Know The Difference Between Maryland And Massachusetts

It looks like someone at Walmart is due for a geography lesson, or could at least use a refresher on how to pull up a map of the United States on the internet, after a sharp-eyed Twitter denizen pointed out that the chain is selling University of Maryland T-shirts bearing an image of the state of Massachusetts.

Last week, the observant shopper Tweeted at Walmart, alerting the retailer to its very obvious mistake with the UMD Terrapins shirt, bearing the college’s log and the word “Terps.”

Dear @Walmart I want to inform you that you're selling UMD shirts with the state of Massachusetts on them. http://pic.twitter.com/RjzK4CdOHH

— Samantha Ficco (@Samficco) March 30, 2016

Walmart replied the next day, with a social media representative thanking her, and noting that it’s just those pesky “M” states can be so confusing, what with the fact that they’re shaped kind of, sort of, similarly.

@Samficco On the map, MA and MD are shaped somewhat similarly with the exception of that dip. Thanks for reaching out, Samantha! -Marie

— Walmart (@Walmart) March 31, 2016

Let’s compare, shall we? (click to enlarge):

We reached out to Walmart asking for more information as to how this sort of mixup could happen, and will update this post if we hear back.

In the meantime, do you think these two states are easily confused?

by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist