On 2015-12-05 10:38 AM, Gary wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 21:06:07 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I was headed to Winco today but wound up at Walmart instead. My stupid GPS
>>> rerouted me through the parking lot at the Everett Mall and tried to make me
>>> get onto the freeway which is what I was trying to avoid.
>>
>> Did you set it to avoid highways? Most have a setting for things like
>> that.
>>
>> I try to look at a map to see where I'm going as the navigation often
>> picks a route that I'd rather not take. It is a computer and uses
>> only programmed data to make the route, not human things like nice
>> scenery or heavy traffic.
>
> I know my area well, no need to use a gps. If it's a street that I
> don't know, a quick glance at a map will suffice. Sounds strange that
> Julie was using a GPS to go to a somewhat local Winco. She's lived
> there long enough to find her way to local stores without help.
>


You have to chuckle at the situation. Julie has a very long history here
of asking for information and then rejecting helpful suggestions. Now
it appears that the same compulsion to reject suggestions applies to
electronics.