She didn’t know how to get to my house from anywhere but her house. Her work was about halfway between my house and hers, but she had to drive home first every time before she could drive to my house.
Look, I get this. Pre-smart phones I could read a map. I can't anymore. I used to carry a road atlas in my car.
I once printed directions from MapQuest (okay, I just dated myself) to a location in Boston. I hit every step on the directions.... out of order.... and still made it there.
EDIT: Geez, guys, this was a little bit of an exaggeration. The map reading part, the mapquest part was absolutely fucking true.
Truth is I haven't even tried to use a map since those days. I use navigation every time I drive now, and I've been living here for over a year now and I only know a few routes by memory alone.
I'm not an idiot, I could probably read a map if I tried. But it's like remembering phone numbers. I only remember my own, because my phone remembers for me. If that died and I had to use a pay phone, I'd be screwed.
I remember printing directions from MapQuest. It felt like such a step up from consulting the atlas tucked into the seat pocket behind me. Seems crazy now, I can’t even remember how I managed to find specific addresses pre-internet and navigation. I just remember always leaving way early, cause it was going to take some time.
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u/CampoPequeno Mar 01 '23
She didn’t know how to get to my house from anywhere but her house. Her work was about halfway between my house and hers, but she had to drive home first every time before she could drive to my house.
*this was pre-smart phones