I am currently studying in college and part of my college course dictates that I most do a work experience placement. I ended being placed in a charity shop. The first couple of days went well. Its a small little shop in a shopping center so there wasn’t much for me to do. So they decided that today I’ll do some work in the warehouse where they receive their goods.
They gave me the address but they forgot the bus so I ended taking a bus that stopped at a 20 minutes walk away. I got off the bus and tried to find this warehouse with the help of Google maps. It kept constantly telling me to go in different directions for the next 40 minutes. So I was walking around in 0 degrees Celsius weather is just a jumper. I eventually managed to find the correct area but it was in a big industrial park. I went searching around for 40 minutes and it turns out all they had to identify them is like a tiny wooden sign. So I finally got to my placement nearly 2 hours late. They were quite forgiving about it though since apparently that has happened to a few other before.
I corrected gMaps about 20-30 times over the last few years since we moved into a new building (first renters – whee!). I actually had work peers submitting corrections too.
Finally, out of the blue, it was fixed, and now I check weekly for it to revert. Now, fucking UPS losers who can’t read huge numbers on the side of the road can find me again … and drop my package out on the street in front of the building for the free-rangers to steal. You’re gonna love how my new presbyopic, astigmatic, myopic eyeglasses feel on your face, you dick.
I’ll try a correction to OSM next time. That’s GENIUS.