Do you have a good sense of direction?

@snowy22315 (167862)
United States
November 20, 2018 10:22pm CST
I got frustrated with myself today, because I was in an area, I am not too familiar with..I thought that I had just driven down the road in the opposite direction that I usually go..I thought OH OK< no biggie, I will simply do a couple of errands down here..plus I had a coupon for a free fullstack at Ihop and I was starving so I decided to take advantage of that, then I went to Kroger and took off back toward the highway, somehow I ended up disoriented and across from the airport!!! I didn't think I was going to need the GPS to go a mile..but that is typical of me..sometimes..no real sense of direction. fortunately, it wasn't too hard to get back on the Westbound highway..but still mystified how I ended up going in the wrong direction?? Do you ever get going the wrong way, and wonder how you managed to do that?
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@Dyvette16 (4301)
• United States
21 Nov 18
I know for a fact I will get lost anywhere so I just start a gps route as soon as I get in my vehicle , I am bad with directions lol
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
21 Nov 18
I guess if I get off the beaten path again,I will do that!
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
22 Nov 18
@Dyvette16 Back in the days before GPS when I was a kid we went tonthebice capades in Buffalo..my dad got directions a few times but somehow we ended up circling the same fountain and wadin pool over and over. Sis and I in the back thought that was hilarious..there's that wading pool again!
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@Dyvette16 (4301)
• United States
21 Nov 18
@snowy22315 yes just so we don’t frustrate ourselves haha
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
21 Nov 18
I can say that my sense of direction is very good but once in a while I go the wrong way
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
21 Nov 18
Mine isnt..Sometimes I can use landmarks as a guide..but I didn't think I was going to need them. Yeah, right!
@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
21 Nov 18
@snowy22315 I know how frustrating it can be
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
21 Nov 18
@aureliah Yes, luckily I didn't go too far out the way but when I saw the airport, I knew that wasn,t right. Richmond has a nice middle sized airport by the way..not big enough to get lost or overwhelmed in like some big city airports.
@allknowing (130092)
• India
21 Nov 18
I am no good with directions. I will always have someone with me if I am to cover some new area.
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
22 Nov 18
@allknowing lol I think they can!
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
22 Nov 18
Or a GPS
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@allknowing (130092)
• India
22 Nov 18
@snowy22315 I wonder if a GPS helps pedestrians (lol)
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@LadyDuck (453792)
• Switzerland
21 Nov 18
I do not drive, but I have sent my husband the wrong way a couple of times, even if I usually have a good sense of direction.
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
22 Nov 18
Oh well
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
22 Nov 18
@LadyDuck He should have known better than to trust a non driver. Passengers aren't usually quite as attentive.
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@LadyDuck (453792)
• Switzerland
22 Nov 18
@snowy22315 My husband was not at all happy when it happened, but then he could have watched the maps himself if he did not trust me.
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@JudyEv (323043)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Nov 18
I'm quite good at finding my way in the bush but I can easily get turned around in a city or town.
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
23 Nov 18
So many twists and turns, you miss a sign or a turn and you get confused.
@JudyEv (323043)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Nov 18
@snowy22315 It's easier if the turns are right-angles and you have a sort of grid pattern but otherwise it's easy to get disoriented.
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@sunrisefan (28650)
• Philippines
22 Nov 18
I do not have a good sense of direction too.
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
23 Nov 18
I wonder what the percentage is of those who do, as opposed to those who don/t. 't
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
24 Nov 18
@sunrisefan i think I have known plenty of both.
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@sunrisefan (28650)
• Philippines
23 Nov 18
@snowy22315 I have no idea :)
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Nov 18
I am losing my sense of direction .. but my sense of humour is intact.
@1creekgirl (40093)
• United States
21 Nov 18
You and I must never take a road trip together. I have zero sense of direction. My GPS one time said, "Go south." I yelled at it, "If I knew which way was south, I wouldn't need you!!!"
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
22 Nov 18
Lol, if we took a road tripnwe'd probably end up in Antartica or something!
@ilocosboy (45161)
• Philippines
21 Nov 18
Oh my that is the worse sense I got, really having hard time to point direction in the places I'm not familiar. How i wish to be like pigeons.
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
22 Nov 18
I know, to be like birds..wouldn't that be great?
@ilocosboy (45161)
• Philippines
22 Nov 18
Yes it would be nice
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@nela13 (55646)
• Portugal
22 Nov 18
It is difficult for me too, I am happy with GPS when I am driving
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
22 Nov 18
Yes that helpd
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@Courage7 (19635)
• United States
22 Nov 18
Yes some how I usually do.
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
23 Nov 18
I don't and it is especially bad when it is dark..things don't look the same at night.
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@yoalldudes (35042)
• Philippines
21 Nov 18
I dont have spatial intelligence at all. Even going to mall restroom I go out and turn the wrong way. My dream of driving has evaporated.
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@snowy22315 (167862)
• United States
22 Nov 18
Oh yes spatial intelligence big zero here. It is amazing though how many places I go..I just have a lot of roads memorized I guess and I will usemprinted directions or a GPS often
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@yoalldudes (35042)
• Philippines
22 Nov 18
@snowy22315 That's the spirit. Gotta have data all the time.
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