Where is that?

My former boss once summarized The World Before GPS in a way that has stuck with me ever sense:

“We never knew where we were, didn’t know how to get to where we needed to go, and never knew where to get dinner.”

Nowadays, of course, the concept of being “lost” is synonymous with “my phone doesn’t have service” and only a fool goes to dinner at a place that gets fewer than two stars.

[Non sequitur: The local Waffle House gets four stars. Does it make me a fool to eat there or not?]

Point being that between Google Maps, Apple Maps, Whatever Maps, IDontCare Maps...a paper map…the world offers several options for someone to look up an address to get an idea of where a place is located. The art of giving and receiving directions has long since left the building, and most of us gave it a cheerful kick in the backside on the way out.

Unless, of course, you are this particular lady:

Me: Our office is located at 111 XX St, YY city, zip code 99999.

Map Avoidance (MA): Ok, where is that.

Me: It's on the east side of AA city.

MA: And that is where?

Me: You could probably consider it the corner of where AA city, BB city, and CC city meet.

MA: What do you mean it's on the corner? The corner of what?

Me: I mean it's close to the border of where those 3 cities meet.

MA: What does that mean? Me: How about you just look up the address I gave you? That'll give you the exact location.

Sigh. There are days that I TRY to help these people but, alas, it really gets me nowhere except a boatload of frustration.