Talk:783: I Don't Want Directions

Are you sure the postman can find his way? Maybe you need to put the directions on the letter, just to be safe. Davidy²²[talk] 02:33, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Unless you're using Apple Maps on an iPhone 5S. Watch out for those runways. 74.140.141.101 18:16, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Am I the only one that doesn't automatically assume the GPS knows best? I always look it up anyway... especially in Houston where there are a lot of roads that the system thinks is "divided," so it will try to route you in a circuitous way to ensure you can make a right-turn in (when in reality it is totally possible to make the left turn). 108.162.220.23 15:52, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

No. In Britain GPS systems usually assume the motorways are quickest when in Britain the motorways are usually clogged.

It was 2010, so it was before when smartphones got this popular. 141.101.85.204 05:39, 17 June 2015 (UTC) I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 17:10, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

If someone insists on giving directions, listen to them; it may mean the place isn't where maps think it is, or they give a road that's not there or something. At least three addresses in my immediate family have this problem to some degree.108.162.221.16 18:59, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

• Agreed: in my area, people may have address "house X", but with "access via dead end Y" 172.68.11.243 05:30, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

One possible 'way around' people who don't want to trust your GPS, is to accept/acknowledge the directions, then _quote them back wrong_. For example, "Okay, so turn left a mile before the big open field, and west onto I-73, right?" because in the US, major interstates tend to be even for east-west, odd for north-south. (My apologies; I have not created a username for explainxcd.) 68.204.55.141 21:34, 15 September 2025 (UTC)