(Sort of wedding-related.)
I won a four pack of tickets to see "Bridesmaids" at The Fox on Saturday and a $100 Spa Sydell gift certificate. The lovely promos guy at the radio station said, "you can just come right in, and we'll give you the prize." Easy enough.
I do Mapquest and Google Maps, and they both tell me where I need to go.
Seeing that it's only 9 miles away from my place of employment in Smyrna, I venture out for a "quick lunch."
Some things I notice as I get closer to downtown:
1. The roads SUCK.
2. The traffic lights (those that are operational) SUCK. There was one that the green light had been busted out so you had to GUESS when it turned green based on the traffic on the other side of the road! (Yes, I called it in, and they told me, "we got a work order on that already." Then friggin' fix it!)
3. Forget about street signs. You're just supposed to know where you are, I suppose. (Had to make two U-turns as I turned on the wrong street - wasn't marked, and my odometer read that I had reached my turn.)
4. There is no parking where you need parking to be (not uncommon.)
5. None of the buildings are marked. There are no street numbers, no "businesses located here," etc. Nothing!
So after driving for two hours and fourteen minutes (getting lost twice including praying that I was headed in the right direction!) I finally got on the correct road (because my friggin' directions were telling me to turn right on it, and it was a one-way street so that right would be going against traffic.) Yay - there's still hope!
Nope.
I start counting down (on the buildings that ARE marked,) and I get to one...and I expect the next one will be where I need to go??????? Uh - no. It would be the address after the one I was looking for.
I said "darn it all to he**. I need to go back to work."
So much for those tickets and gift certificate.