Today, after leaving work at 10 pm, I took a shortcut to the highway. After getting lost, my GPS informed me that the service was unavailable and I should try back in an hour. This occurred moments before I ran out of gas. FML
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Today, I tried taking a shortcut through a nature trail, hoping to save myself some time getting back to my car. I ended up getting lost for nearly 3 hours and getting to work nearly 2 hours late. FML
Today, while driving home after the legal curfew, I narrowly avoided a police roadblock and backtracked a mile to drive home another way. I then ran out of gas a mile away from my house. FML
Today, I got into a heated, one-sided argument with my GPS, and ended up driving around in circles for an hour due to roadworks messing with my GPS's computations. FML
Today, my GPS told me that I'd reached my destination. In the middle of the highway. FML
Today, my GPS led me to a "shortcut" that took me through a winding dirt road in the middle of nowhere. My car got stuck in the mud, and the tow truck driver told me I was the third person he's pulled out this week from the same "shortcut." FML
Today, I agreed to go on a last-minute road trip with my friends. Everything was going great until we realized we had no GPS signal in the middle of nowhere. We ended up following a "shortcut" suggested by a farmer and got stuck in a muddy field for hours, with livestock giving us judgmental looks. FML
Today, I got lost on my way to a wedding and yelled at my phone's GPS for giving bad directions. After 20 minutes of rerouting, I realized I’d accidentally set it to “walking mode.” I arrived 45 minutes late and sweaty in a full suit. FML
Today, I tried to take a shortcut home. I got lost and had to ask a stranger for directions. They pointed to the street sign above me that literally had my street's name on it. FML
Today, I was driving out to a concert I've been excited about for months. I was using my GPS to guide me to the venue. It decided to guide me to an abandoned warehouse in the middle of town. FML
Today, my car broke down on my way home from university. I tried calling for help, only to realise my phone had completely run out of charge. Luckily, I had passed a police station so I decided to walk the 10 minutes down the road to ask for a phone. When I got there, the station was closed. FML
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shiarrael 13
You kind of deserve it. NEVER take a shortcut unless you're absolutely sure it will get you to where you're going. ALWAYS fill up on gas BEFORE you're in danger of running out. And if you own a GPS...freaking use it BEFORE you get lost!
Prototype12 0
you don't know your way back from work yet and you need a GPS?
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Comments (74)
casey6492 0
even if your gps was working you still would have ran out of gas.
scheme 0
YDI for running out of gas. looking at the dash isn't hard
Domonator 16
Why would a GPS ask you to wait for an hour? Does it have a direct line to Houston, so it knows whenever they send some astronauts to realign those pesky satellites?
heyheyt 0
ydi for relying on a gps
dealwithit84 0
it's not a shortcut if you don't know where you are going
cryssycakesx3 22
if you don't know where it goes, how do you know it's a shortcut?
jebby011 0
lucky the things off the movies "the hills have eyes" didn't attack you haha
Jimbo2000 0
YDI for not keeping a map with you also. I have one with me, incase I'm somewhere that my GPS won't work
LadyDraigen 3
You got it Jimbo. I hate to think of what would happen if the GPS systems of the world just crashed one day.
Kar98 6
Fake. GPS doesn't work that way.
capthavoc123 0
YDI for using a GPS instead of actually learning how to direct yourself.
devildog82 0
YDI for taking a way u didn't know thinkin u knew a shortcut