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
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, I took a “shortcut” on my bike to save five minutes and ended up carrying it up three flights of stairs because the path turned into a locked service entrance. FML
Today, I got the bus to work instead of walking so I could be there faster. However, I accidentally got on the wrong bus which let me off a mile and a half away from my workplace. Then, after another half-hour of trying to walk there, I found that it wasn't even open that day. 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 late for work so I ran to catch the bus. I made it. Unfortunately, the bus was actually out of service, and I just sprinted to a parked vehicle for no reason. FML
Today, I had to follow a diversion route home due to roadworks. It took me an hour longer than usual to get home. Too bad it turns out that the diversion was only for traffic, not people walking. 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 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, while hiking, my dad decided we should take the beeline trail down the mountain to save time. When we got to the bottom of the mountain, we discovered we were on the wrong side. We had to hike 13 extra miles to go around the mountain to get back to our car. FML
Today, I went on a scenic hike to clear my head and ended up lost for two hours. When I finally found my way back, I noticed the trail signs had big, bright arrows. How did I miss those? FML
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Top comments
teentee401 37
Try exploring "shortcuts" when you're not pressed for time. YDI.
Old_Liver 5
Don't most people have smartphones nowadays? They're great GPS's.
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Comments (56)
teentee401 37
Try exploring "shortcuts" when you're not pressed for time. YDI.
friedpwnadge 25
Happy trails, OP.
Mpii 11
But op was one hour in fron t of schedule.
hasooon 24
I see my self doing that.
Dynosaur_dollie 38
You might want to consider number 1's advice then, before this happens to you too.
gabsaad 10
Dude GPS
kelseythompson 27
In a nature trail? no no no señor no gps
ChadHelton 8
GPS can tell me what room I'm in at my house, it can't tell you "turn left at the rock" but it can tell you where you are on a map.. What idiots are down voting this?
Anti_Sora 31
You're lucky you didn't get fired.
FieldLeftBlank 20
He's lucky he didn't get eaten by something on the way, since it all happened in Australia.
Old_Liver 5
Don't most people have smartphones nowadays? They're great GPS's.
epicx22 22
Perhaps OP had no signal? You never know, most wireless company's have pretty spotty coverage in some areas.
Nathan_Henry 15
He got lost trying to find his car u can't use gps for a car
RedPillSucks 33
you can if you know what street the car was parked on, but if you're using something like Google maps and the trails not on it, you're screwed
False_Stupidity 42
Yes but surely he knew where he had parked his car, therefore assuming that OP 1. has a smart phone and 2. had a usable GPS signal and phone signal then he could have used this to navigate to where he left his car.
metalwolf 17
You can certainly use a GPS for finding your car. You use a program like location log to mark down the latitude and longitude of where you are parked, where your deer stand is, etc. I have used that method for marking the location of our vehicle when partying, checking out street fairs, and other events. Modern civilian GPS is accurate within feet, if not inches. Certainly accurate enough for finding a vehicle if you arent blind. #21: what you are referring to is aGPS which uses cell towers for triangulation. "traditional" GPS uses satellites which are up in orbit. Depending on your receiver, you dont even need a clear view on sky for it to work. Some of you need to look into how people traveled before cities had nicely marked roads. Maybe try camping once or twice.
bandaidstations 28
Did you see Tom Gordon on your way?
akkitty 2
For those of you that don't know, this is a literary reference to a Stephen King novel
ChadHelton 8
also, did you *Hear* Tom Gordon?
rockninja 21
wrong turn
colinabi 13
just take your regular way next time
wordygirl 11
Me too, I get lost at the doctors office. "The exit is that way ma'am". Next time you will think twice about supposed 'shortcuts'.
Livin_Like_Larry 29
*facepalm*