Originally published 1906-12-23

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    3 hours ago

    He might have been wrong rather than lying. A startling number of people don’t know where they are. A former partner of mine usually knew where she was, but didn’t think in terms of NSWE and would be confused if I said “come to the SE corner of the park”

    Also I live here and just last night walked like four blocks in the wrong direction because I wasn’t paying attention and turned the wrong way.

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      2 hours ago

      I really doubt it considering his confidence and lack of hesitation. He was 100% fucking with a “tourist”

      Any time someone asks me for directions, I pause to make sure I’m understanding where they’re trying to go before sending them on their way. Even if I’m positive , at the very least I’ll double check the cross streets

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        53 minutes ago

        Well, I’m sorry you got “lucky” like that. I’ve never seen or heard of someone intentionally misleading like that, but I’m sure it happens. Seems like a jerk move to do to someone.

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          41 minutes ago

          Like I said, I went back and no longer blindly hate the city due to the actions of 1 citizen…but you gotta admit, the city smelled absolutely awful in the summer before garbage collection changed lol