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I'll typically use Google Maps even if it's a route I travel often. Even if you know the area, if you're going to be assisting a guest in getting directions, it
by dotnet00 3y ago
I'll typically use Google Maps even if it's a route I travel often. Even if you know the area, if you're going to be assisting a guest in getting directions, it's worth checking in case there are some changes you missed (eg delays, maintenance notices).
So it's pretty ridiculous to be offended because someone figured they'd check online before giving you information. Especially if the trains are notorious for not arriving.
Why wouldn't you want to be checking for the latest information in that situation? They can't telepathically obtain information that the train is going to arrive.
- telesilla 3y agoIn this case the person was missing crucial local knowledge about the train system that Google doesn't have and did not have awareness of the problem they potentially were sending me into - it wasn't about trains not arriving but which station was the best one to be stranded at if a train was missed. I knew enough of that area to be cautious, the hotel attendant knew less. Maps will often give public transport directions that simply are inconvenient because it doesn't know the human realities of a trip (changes require crossing a busy road, or waiting at an isolated bus stop or unmanned train station, or that walking one block over gets a better bus) and I'll always take a local's train and subway knowledge over Maps.
- dotnet00 3y agoGiven that context your reaction is more understandable.