Sigarms
Super Member
Spot on.Both have their place. On a long trip it's nice to have paper maps (road atlas) to get the big picture, and plot routes rather than relying on the GPS to do that. Once you get down to local/street level the GPS is best. While they've gotten better in that regard, they'll still direct you down some somewhat convoluted routes.
2007 left my job in my industry because I was getting burnt out working for the company I had been with for some time. Nothing lined up, and after a month sitting on my butt looking for a job, getting board to death so I went to the state employment office and ended up getting a job as a helper for a blind vending machine operator (I swear, worlds largest paycut ever LOL). I should have known how the job was going to go after the blind owner told me there would be no overtime, and on my first day (on a Saturday) I worked 14 hours LOL
Just him and me. He uses me for his sight, driving and loading his vending machines and picking up the product.
We were in down town Charlotte and coming down a road. The owner (in the passenger seat of the van) was telling me to take a left at the upcoming light, but the GPS was telling me to take a right. I told the owner "but the GPS is telling me to take a left, and he said "no, take a right". I thought to myself for a split second, "GPS telling me to go one way, a blind guy is telling me to go another way, who do I listen to?" I listened to the guy paying my check LOL
Learned a lot on that job per the quality of help (or lack of) that the state finds helping this guy... Also learned that there is money in the vending machine buisiness IF you have good locations which can open up a can of worms.
Sorry, favorite GPS story, and one I will never forget