Tales from the convenience store part two

[EvilEmpryss]

Sapphire Silk gets lost even when her GPS is reading her the instructions.

From the right lane, turn right ahead.

*SS gets into the left turn lane*

I watched her do this just this last weekend.

[Racket_Man]

This was one of the advantages of working at a gas stations AND being a pizza delivery driver in the same area. Sometimes truckers would ask for directions to a particular place in the industrial area just south of gas station.

It astonished them when I gave them turn by turn, actual distance street by street directions even going so far as to describe the building and where to turn for the shipping docks.

[WishfulSpirit]

I can get lost in an empty room. My sense of direction is awful. I was able to sort of cope in my home town, as you could always see the mountains, and knew they were due west. South meant Mountains on the Right, north meant Mountains on the West. Now I live in Denver, and due to our skyscrapers, you can't always see the mountains. I had to put a compass app on my phone just so I could tell which direction I'm pointed. I don't drive anymore (no car) but even the bus is confusing.

[EricKei]

I'm pretty much the poster child for GPS. I really should replace the one I lost (a few years ago) sometime soon >_> If I have a map/GPS, I can plot out an efficient and enjoyable course for a 2-week road trip in nothing flat. Without it...I can end up on an hour-plus detour less than 30 miles from my own house

I know the procedure to change a tire, but lack the lifting ability to wrestle tires/wheels around.

Same here -- due in large part to a messed-up back from an accident a few years ago. ^_^;>

[ComputerNecromancer]

Not just Canada... Coming back from Portland, OR I asked for directions, no smart phone. Conversation went like this, "you want to go north, how far north?" Okay, so you get on *I think it was 405* west until you hit I-5." So I had to go west to go north, but only if I wanted to go really FAR north. I have no idea what they'd have said if I only wanted a little north...

Unlikely to have been I-405, as that's a Bypass that basicly leaves I-5, crosses the Willamette to swing by the west side of downtown and then crosses back over the Willamette and joins I-5 again.

I-205 ism't much more likely as it leaves I-5 well south of Portland, runs more or less along the far east edge of Portland (once it gets here) and crosses the Columbia and then merges with I-5.

I-84 is more likely. It runs east/west and will dump you onto I-5.

I-5 and I-205 are the *only* ways to get north of Portland unless you are going to drive a *lot* of miles east or west. That's because the Columbia river is in the way.

[smileyeagle1021]

I hate the people who think that I know directions to everywhere. You want a major landmark, sure, I can get you directions. Historic C Street in Virginia City, no problem. Any of the major resorts, that's easy. Airport, in my sleep. 123 Random Street in a subdivision you just know is somewhere close by... are you kidding me? I don't even know all the streets in the subdivision adjacent to the one I live in, why would I know all the little streets in a subdivision less than a year old, that i have no reason to ever go into, just because it happens to be within 5 miles of where I'm working?