Google Street View

This story kind of expands on the theme of how my mom is chronically lost. She now gets lost in the digital "worl" too!

I sent my mom a link to a property listing that I've been keeping my eye on for a while. It's near my current area in downtown Edmonton, but my mom wanted to scope it out some more. To try and get a better look, she went on google street view.  

After a few minutes I get a phone call from her:

Mom: The area looks very nice, but I can't find the house... *click click click*

Me: Don't try to find the house by driving around street view. Zoom out of street view and find the address first, THEN go to street view.

Mom: Why is everything in french? Did I change my settings?

Me: I don't know. Maybe you changed your browser settings or something.

Mom: It's very nice but I still can't see the house.

Me: You should be able to see the house. All you need to do is put the address into the search bar. It's not that difficult.

Mom: OH. I'm in Gatineau Quebec.

Me: Omg. That would be why...

THEN after this, as if I already wasn't laughing hard enough...

Me: ANYWAYS the owner has significantly dropped the asking price. It was empty so I think they just want to sell it fast and move on.

Mom: Why does it want gone?

Me: Haha... why does it want gone? I don't know. I guess it's old people trying to sell.

Mom: So expensive.

Me: Yeah. We can't actually afford it. It's across the street from a ravine.

Mom: So what? It's in front of some bushes! Whoopie ding! It's a ripper-downer!

Me: I think you mean a fixer-upper.

GPS

Despite having lived in Edmonton for 30 some odd years, my mom always seems to get herself lost. My dad had the idea to buy her a GPS for Christmas, and I thought it would make a very practical gift so I encouraged him to buy it.

A few months go by and I decide to ask her how she's liking her present...

Me: So mom, how do you like the GPS dad got you? Has it been helping you get around town?

Mom: Oh I like it. It's very neat with the lady's foice telling you where to turn. But there is one little problem with the GPS…

Me: Oh?

Mom: Ya, the dang thing never works when you put in the wrong address.

Me: Hahaha... MOM! Wouldn't you expect that you'd need to input the right address???

Mom: WELL WHAT GOOD IS IT TO ME IF I HAF TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I'M GOING???