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zixxer

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WTF is wrong with females?? I have not yet met ONE that could give directions worth crap.

me: ok, so where are we meeting?
her: That one restaurant we ate at like 6 months ago that had good steak. get off of the exit past that one chick-fil-a sign (wtf?) turn right. Well, you have to turn left to turn right.. just do a u-turn. (WTF?) you're going to go about 1 mile and pass a bank of america, then go about 3 more miles and you'll see a walgreens. Ok now you know you're getting close - about a 1/2 mile past that you turn right beside a mcdonalds. (WTF WTF WTF!!!!!) I think it's about a mile down, and i think it's on the left.

um. wtf. how about a name of the restaurant, or an address?? How about stop using freaking meaningless things as reference points (mcdonalds?? only about a million of them..)



better directions:

get off on exit 123
go east/west/north/south
go about 5 miles and turn on xyz rd
is probably on the left, about a mile down that road.



ARG
 
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Pastore

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Their brain doesn't work like that.

EDIT: I almost died on I-95 between Baltimore and DC because the only directions I could get out of her is "get off at this exit", oh ok, which freakin exit! There are 8 in the next half mile! Unless you have been on I-95 in bumper to bumper traffic flowing at 85mph with a woman yelling get off at this exit, you haven't lived. To this day I have to have the directions memorized before I will go anywhere. Why couldn't she tell me the exit number 10 miles ago!?
 
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Originally posted by: Pastore
Their brain doesn't work like that.

EDIT: I almost died on I-95 between Baltimore and DC because the only directions I could get out of her is "get off at this exit", oh ok, which freakin exit! There are 8 in the next half mile! Unless you have been on I-95 in bumper to bumper traffic flowing at 85mph with a woman yelling get off at this exit, you haven't lived. To this day I have to have the directions memorized before I will go anywhere. Why couldn't she tell me the exit number 10 miles ago!?
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Because many do not know the exit numbers.
They know the exit based on landmarks.

 
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Pastore

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Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Originally posted by: Pastore
Their brain doesn't work like that.

EDIT: I almost died on I-95 between Baltimore and DC because the only directions I could get out of her is "get off at this exit", oh ok, which freakin exit! There are 8 in the next half mile! Unless you have been on I-95 in bumper to bumper traffic flowing at 85mph with a woman yelling get off at this exit, you haven't lived. To this day I have to have the directions memorized before I will go anywhere. Why couldn't she tell me the exit number 10 miles ago!?
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Because many do not know the exit numbers.
They know the exit based on landmarks.
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She was looking at a map, along with mappoint directions. :(
 
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zixxer

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Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Originally posted by: Pastore
Their brain doesn't work like that.

EDIT: I almost died on I-95 between Baltimore and DC because the only directions I could get out of her is "get off at this exit", oh ok, which freakin exit! There are 8 in the next half mile! Unless you have been on I-95 in bumper to bumper traffic flowing at 85mph with a woman yelling get off at this exit, you haven't lived. To this day I have to have the directions memorized before I will go anywhere. Why couldn't she tell me the exit number 10 miles ago!?
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Because many do not know the exit numbers.
They know the exit based on landmarks.
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Personally I don't consider a mcdonalds, chick-fil-a sign or bank of america a "landmark". There are at least 2 every mile where I live. A wal-mart, specific company, etc is a landmark.


If I go "about 3-4 miles" and turn right at a mcdonalds there are going to be 3 places I could turn and fit the directions.
 
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acemcmac

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You're the idoit. You let her navigate.

I never let women navigate. Ever. If one of my buddies can't do it, I'd rather do it myself.
 
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DaShen

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Women think differently then men. No big deal. We are better at certain things and they are better at other things.
If you tried to get me to juggle 3 things at once while still talking to someone and giving them their undivided attention -- I swear I would go crazy, but many girls I know can do this quite easily.

We won't ask for directions. ;) That could be part of the problem.
 
ViviTheMage

ViviTheMage

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girls think in objects...colors if you will....

haha, i agree though my girlfriend doesnt know much about giving directions, somehow she ends up there...
 
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ShockwaveVT

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When I give directions to chicks I always throw in landmarks along with the exit #, street name, etc cuz I know the landmarks are a big part of how women navigate.

Women on the other hand don't even bother to look at street names or exit #'s so they can't return the favor when giving me directions.
"just turn right at that corner where I saw a cute puppy once"
 
pontifex

pontifex

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meh, thats how i pretty much follow directions and sometiems giev directions. i suck at directions, especially if i don't know the area. i always get nervous when going to new places.
 
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jdini76

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Wow, I just relaized. That is so true about landmarks! Whenever I am given direction by my mom she always gives detailed explanations as to what is at the corner. "You'll know you are in the right place because you will see the Mcdonalds with the playground in the front. Not the one with the slide going to the left, but the one with the straight point slide." Then when I ask what the street name is, she has to ask my father.

So true!
 
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frankgomez75

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wimminz can be crazy...

Solution:
Get name of restaurant
Call or google restaurant for address
Mapquest FTW!

or

tell her "hey, why don't you just pick me up or I'll pick you up and we can take it from there?"

Who am I kidding, this makes too much sense, she won't go for it.... nevermind, you're screwed ;)
 
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zixxer

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yeah but somehow I end up in these situations - my 4 wheeled vehicle has nav, the motorcycle does not. I try to make sure we figure out directions early but sometimes there's just nothing you can do about it
 
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DaShen

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Originally posted by: ShockwaveVT
When I give directions to chicks I always throw in landmarks along with the exit #, street name, etc cuz I know the landmarks are a big part of how women navigate.

Women on the other hand don't even bother to look at street names or exit #'s so they can't return the favor when giving me directions.
"just turn right at that corner where I saw a cute puppy once"
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I do the same
 
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Pastore

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Originally posted by: frankgomez75
wimminz can be crazy...

Solution:
Get name of restaurant
Call or google restaurant for address
Mapquest FTW!

or

tell her "hey, why don't you just pick me up or I'll pick you up and we can take it from there?"

Who am I kidding, this makes too much sense, she won't go for it.... nevermind, you're screwed ;)
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Why do people still insist on mapquest for directions? If you're already googling for the phone number, directions are literally just another click away.
 
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skrilla

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This is why I rarely ask for directions anymore.

I just ask for the address if possible and then get the driving directions from mapquest.
 
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