HEFFERNAN
Huge Member
I use Google maps for only 2 reasons:
Dark out and want to find the house fast.
I want to know which side of the street it's on so I can go in the right way and not have to cross the street.
Managment following you
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I use Google maps for only 2 reasons:
Dark out and want to find the house fast.
I want to know which side of the street it's on so I can go in the right way and not have to cross the street.
oldngray
nowhere special
Google maps can be useful but not 100% accurate. It can get you close but not always to the exact house.
In most places odd numbers are on the south and west sides of the streets.
HEFFERNAN
Huge Member
My own house is on the south side of my street, EVEN
I'll take Google Maps over Farmer's Almanac lore
oldngray
nowhere special
I said "most". There are always exceptions. Not from Farmers Almanac to my knowledge.
oldngray
nowhere special
My house is also due south and even but that is because the road curves. It is following even east numbers. Which is why you always need to verify the house and check the number.
jaker
trolling
Why are you working on a Saturday , you are a 29 year employee
The only people who work Saturday with that much seniority are people hard up for money or management suck ups
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
It has been at least 5 if not closer to 10 years since I did it.
Each time that I worked it was because they were short staffed.
Hard to turn down easy money.
They stopped letting me work on Saturday as I had a bad habit of delivering Monday air at the same time.
JustAnotherMike
"The best short-cut is to take the long way."
Waze>apple maps>google maps
oldngray
nowhere special
I don't know about Waze but I would rank Google ahead of Apple maps.
There are also other good map apps but not as popular.
JustAnotherMike
"The best short-cut is to take the long way."
waze is awesome . give it a go . even in NYC i haven't had an issue . been using it for about 15 months . very popular here in the north east
oldngray
nowhere special
I have heard of Waze but never used it. Always seemed as much about social media as maps.
I have used Galileo. Its fairly simple but good for offline maps.
I've been surprised to have had better experiences with Apple Maps than Google Maps. Google will occasionally throw strange locations and/or bad ways to get there. Apple has been pretty spot on.
I'll typically only GPS to find exact locations of houses on country roads (high speed with somebody on your tail) or country driveways (no house numbers).
Or to find out in real time which of several possible routes to ORION's next stop across town is shortest distance. Travel time be darned. My center manager seems to take over allowed better than over mileage.
oldngray
nowhere special
I liked Nokia HERE maps too.
Still have it on my backup phone which doesn't have any cell service. Can download maps for a specific area over your home wifi and throw it in your bag for a "lost my phone" (or dead phone) day.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
Get a map book. I did just fine the first 24 years of my career without a smart phone.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
Who's gonna teach him how to read it
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
I still don't have a smart phone and carry my map book every Saturday and weekdays when I cover for vacation air drivers. Most times it just sits on the dashboard but gives me a lot of comfort just knowing it is there. My son's smart phone died this last Saturday and he was lost but at least it was all OT. Saturday air was weather exempted this Saturday so no foul.
tourists24
Well-Known Member
No progressive discipline? I was unaware it was a cardinal infraction allowing direct termination
stealing time??
