I thought I had cracked how to use the Sat Nav function on my tablet. I was wrong.
Last Sunday I had to get to Anstruther, a small fishing town, for a sea-kayaking trip. Having never been there I thought I would use the tablet to help. The bossy voice began pretty well, telling me when and where to turn.
With fifteen minutes to go before I expected to be in Anstruther she told me to turn right into Kirk Brae and that I had arrived at my destination. I hadn't. I was in a small village called Ceres 15 miles from the sea.
I checked and found that the bossy voice had added an "interim destination"! Having carefully checked I tried again to get to Anstruther. This is what followed...
- I was taken to St Andrews (the wrong direction)
- I was told to turn left on to a road which was called Lamont Drive but was actually called Bridge Street
- It told me to turn right three times on to roads that were clearly in totally the wrong direction (by now I could see the sea)
- It told me that Anstruther, my destination, was a caravan park two miles south of St Andrews
- I argued with the voice
- The voice didn't listen
- I lost my temper with the voice
- I swore repeatedly at the voice which it ignored
- I made it to Anstruther
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