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kaitouEvery time my boss and I try to visit a customer there is some kind of funny disaster. Remember, if you will, the time we went to visit the wrong plant. And that's just one example!
Yesterday we headed to visit a customer in the back woods of Kentucky. Because there is always some kind of disaster, I printed out two sets of driving directions. First I went to google maps and used their 'Find Business' button. When it found X Co. I got directions from here to there. Map Quest didn't recognize my destination at first, but offered an alternative. The only difference was that it said Dr. wheras I'd typed Drive.
We followed the complicated system of backroads all the way to the town with no problems whatsover. My boss and I congratulated ourselves for being a half hour early for once. We stopped at a gas station, got coffee, and hung out like Jay and Silent Bob. Well, if Jay was a girl in a suit and Silent Bob was a skinny Japanese guy.
Then we got back in the car to drive the last 1.5 miles to the plant that Map Quest said we had to go. We should have been 10 minutes early. Instead Map Quest sent us to a trailer park. What the hell? So we tried the Google directions. Which sent us to.....somebody's house.
Ok, no need to panic just yet. Obviously, although they pretended to recognize the address, both sites just sent us somewhere in the correct zip code. We'd just call the customer and get directions from them.
Except neither of our cell phones any reception whatsoever. Thank you backwater Kentucky!
There was a strip mall with a grocery store. Surely they had a pay phone. No. I even went into the grocery store to check, and there wasn't even anyone manning the register to ASK.
We went back to the gas station which DID have a pay phone. Yes!! Together we had 75 cents in change, and a call cost 50 cents.
Augh! The phone was full of quarters. I could see where another quarter was stuck already. But my boss told me to try anyway. Of course, they also jammed.
I went back into the gas station, and got some shaky directions from the attendant, and broke a dollar so we could try the phone on the other side of the building. Luckily that one worked, and I was able to get ahold of the company, explain what happened and get some more shaky directions.
We finally got to our meeting about a half hour late.
Yesterday we headed to visit a customer in the back woods of Kentucky. Because there is always some kind of disaster, I printed out two sets of driving directions. First I went to google maps and used their 'Find Business' button. When it found X Co. I got directions from here to there. Map Quest didn't recognize my destination at first, but offered an alternative. The only difference was that it said Dr. wheras I'd typed Drive.
We followed the complicated system of backroads all the way to the town with no problems whatsover. My boss and I congratulated ourselves for being a half hour early for once. We stopped at a gas station, got coffee, and hung out like Jay and Silent Bob. Well, if Jay was a girl in a suit and Silent Bob was a skinny Japanese guy.
Then we got back in the car to drive the last 1.5 miles to the plant that Map Quest said we had to go. We should have been 10 minutes early. Instead Map Quest sent us to a trailer park. What the hell? So we tried the Google directions. Which sent us to.....somebody's house.
Ok, no need to panic just yet. Obviously, although they pretended to recognize the address, both sites just sent us somewhere in the correct zip code. We'd just call the customer and get directions from them.
Except neither of our cell phones any reception whatsoever. Thank you backwater Kentucky!
There was a strip mall with a grocery store. Surely they had a pay phone. No. I even went into the grocery store to check, and there wasn't even anyone manning the register to ASK.
We went back to the gas station which DID have a pay phone. Yes!! Together we had 75 cents in change, and a call cost 50 cents.
Augh! The phone was full of quarters. I could see where another quarter was stuck already. But my boss told me to try anyway. Of course, they also jammed.
I went back into the gas station, and got some shaky directions from the attendant, and broke a dollar so we could try the phone on the other side of the building. Luckily that one worked, and I was able to get ahold of the company, explain what happened and get some more shaky directions.
We finally got to our meeting about a half hour late.
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Date: 2007-10-26 07:24 pm (UTC)((Snuggles)) At least you got there safe and sound, and you have a fun story to tell out of it. ^___^
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Date: 2007-10-27 07:31 pm (UTC)