August 03, 2006
Humor Saves the Day
Thank goodness my boss has a sense of humor.
Seriously.
We landed at Hartford just fine. Got the rental car and take off for the hotel. Boss is driving and hands me a piece of paper, informing me that I'm am the navigator.
Oh shit.
So - I look it over and realize it should be fairly easy. 91 South to exit 38. Day something something road. (it's a sign - we all know about me and signs).
We're driving and talking. It's the first chance we've really had a chance to talk and I'm listening like a good minion. All of a sudden he points and say's HEY! Wasn't that our exit?
"Oops. Yeah. Yeah it was. But I'm sure we can just go to the next exit, get off, get back on and voila."
Gotta tell you - he was a bit sceptical. But it all turned out fine and we made it all in one piece to the hotel.
Meet back in the lobby about 30 minutes later to head for dinner. As we take off, he hands me another piece of paper with directions and tells me, again, that I'm the navigator. (Makes me wonder about his decision making capabilities.)
We need to go north on 91. I keep saying south. Oops.
I did get us to the correct exit. I did manage to count the correct number of stop lights.
After dinner (which was fabulous!) he looks at me and asks how we get home.
Did I mention the 3 glasses of wine with dinner? Yeah. Well....
I say we need 91 north. He laughs and goes south.
Good thing he has a sense of humor.
Posted by Tammi at August 3, 2006 05:00 AM | TrackBackMay I say you're damned lucky... really - it's not always easy to do the "turn around thing" in this state. If you ever get near the eastside - you will be completely hosed if you try to use this method because you will go miles out of your way. Not to mention... they don't believe in street signs out here. Seriously - there are any number of roads you have to guess what it is. I believe they look at it like this - if you don't know where you are, you don't belong there and we don't care if you're lost. I can't tell you how many miles one wrong turn or one missed exit have cost me.
Posted by: Teresa at August 3, 2006 11:06 AMHeheheh... I can identify.
Thank Gott you didn't drive... :)
Posted by: That 1 Guy at August 3, 2006 06:32 PMwell I'll say this for the tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT) they have an easy and clear road system. Its really hard to get lost. Uh, unless you're not paying attn (like I normally do).
Posted by: michele at August 3, 2006 07:48 PM