Why do people ask for directions???
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Walking the dog (in the rain AGAIN!) earlier, someone stopped asked me for directions
I dread this because it's always somewhere hard-to-find but this one was DEAD easy!!
"Drive to the roundabout, turn RIGHT then drive to the next roundabout and turn RIGHT and you're there - can't miss the place it's enormous and it's name is lit-up on the outside".
I saw them 3 times in the next 20 mins as they drove too and fro.
How hard is "right at the next 2 roundabouts and you'll see a 5 storey building with it's name in lights on it"??
2 roundabouts which are perfect 'crosses' (no fancy extra lanes or roads to worry about) and yet I watched them drive past the place (going straight over a roundabout) TWICE.
and yes, that means I walked there quicker than they drove there
I dread this because it's always somewhere hard-to-find but this one was DEAD easy!!
"Drive to the roundabout, turn RIGHT then drive to the next roundabout and turn RIGHT and you're there - can't miss the place it's enormous and it's name is lit-up on the outside".
I saw them 3 times in the next 20 mins as they drove too and fro.
How hard is "right at the next 2 roundabouts and you'll see a 5 storey building with it's name in lights on it"??
2 roundabouts which are perfect 'crosses' (no fancy extra lanes or roads to worry about) and yet I watched them drive past the place (going straight over a roundabout) TWICE.
and yes, that means I walked there quicker than they drove there
I'm a delivery driver and when I very occasionally ask a member of the public for directions, I’m usually wasting my time because they never seem to know even if their local to the area, or they will tell me where they think it could be and it NEVER is. Most people seem to have a problem with just saying “I don’t Know” Every so often though I ask the right person and get very helpful directions.
I used to do deliveries so the sad part is I always know where the place they want is - but if it's more than 2/3 steps I'll often say "sorry, I've no idea" because, frankly, I don't think there's a cat-in-hell's chance of them following more than 2/3 steps
Funniest one was a guy stopped me and asked for 'Carlton St'. Now there are 2 Carlton Streets and 1 Carlton Place and I can never remember which is which so I said "there's more than 1 of those, what are you looking for"
"it's - err - it's - err - it's a doctor's"
"Cheers" he says as he sets off towards the Clap Clinic
Funniest one was a guy stopped me and asked for 'Carlton St'. Now there are 2 Carlton Streets and 1 Carlton Place and I can never remember which is which so I said "there's more than 1 of those, what are you looking for"
"it's - err - it's - err - it's a doctor's"
- penny drops and I step back slightly*
"Cheers" he says as he sets off towards the Clap Clinic
TheEnd said:
I'll bet....
it's 'cos they are lost.
But as they seem unable to grasp the simple concept of a sequence of directions and a few landmarks, it's pointless...it's 'cos they are lost.
I once gave someone directions and I heard a voice in the back of the car saying "the last 3 people said the same thing but we're still not there are we?"
Torquey said:
It just p****s me off when people who obviously live in the area are not too sure where somewhere is.
FFS - do some people never leave the house.
It's worse than you think - when I did fast-food deliveries, people used to call from friends houses and they'd never know the address - and somehow we were supposed to find them!?!?FFS - do some people never leave the house.
This led to loads of nonsense and pissing about. One guy asked for food to "120 Fred Street" and so I headed there and there isn't a 120 - it stops at 98...
So I call him up
"It's definately 120"
"It's definately not, unless you're in a lockup garage or the local Surestart's carpark"
"It must do - 119 is next door"...
- sighs and heads back but he's not at 121 or 117 so I call him AGAIN
"and on the sign on the OTHER side of that house?"
"John Street"...
Torquey said:
It just p****s me off when people who obviously live in the area are not too sure where somewhere is.
FFS - do some people never leave the house.
There's a half mile journey between my house and the nearest main road. Apart from the two roads on which I have to drive in that distance, I couldn't tell you the name of another road in our area. Why should I need to?FFS - do some people never leave the house.
If I go for a walk, I don't take notes of the names of all the streets.
If I can't find where I am going I will ask for directions..... Sometimes Sat Nav just doesn't want to know and I don't want to read a map and it's not worth asking my OH to do it (lesson learnt from an hour of driving up and down a certain road looking for a junction which didn't exist because my OH can't read a map!)....
ker, no I don't'. 
I think I have spoke to him before.johnpeat said:
I used to do deliveries so the sad part is I always know where the place they want is - but if it's more than 2/3 steps I'll often say "sorry, I've no idea" because, frankly, I don't think there's a cat-in-hell's chance of them following more than 2/3 steps
Funniest one was a guy stopped me and asked for 'Carlton St'. Now there are 2 Carlton Streets and 1 Carlton Place and I can never remember which is which so I said "there's more than 1 of those, what are you looking for"
"it's - err - it's - err - it's a doctor's"
"Cheers" he says as he sets off towards the Clap Clinic
I like the glossing over of the instantly available directions to the std clinic Funniest one was a guy stopped me and asked for 'Carlton St'. Now there are 2 Carlton Streets and 1 Carlton Place and I can never remember which is which so I said "there's more than 1 of those, what are you looking for"
"it's - err - it's - err - it's a doctor's"
- penny drops and I step back slightly*
"Cheers" he says as he sets off towards the Clap Clinic
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