Do you have a real, paper map in your car that when folded out is like a sat-nav from the days of butter vouchers and Glenroe? If yes, then throw it out because people just can't use them anymore.
According to a new survey from the people at Garmin, 39% of us can't read a traditional map at all.... let that sink in. 39% of the people in your life can't open a piece of paper, locate a road and find it. Imagine Harry Potter couldn't read the marauders map. Idon't quite know what that means but I'm sure Potter fans would tell me it was bad, like, really bad.
10% of people admit to using a sat-nav on the shortest of journeys, like to the shop. Laaaaaaaads. 40% of people are often lost but won't admit to it out of sheer embarrassment with 33% of these again REFUSING to ask for directions to set them on the right path.
Yes, there is obviously a battle of the sexes element to this so here we go; 27% more men than women admit to not asking for directions and they are also more likely to sneak a look at their GPS and pretend to know where they're going in order to impress their partner.... I totally understand that. I'm not going weak at the knees because a man knows the shortest route to get from my house to the cinema but, taken as a metaphor, it's nice if he knows where he's going... see what I did there.
This morning, Ray, JP and I got talking about it.
You've come this far, you deserve Joey getting into the map in Friends.
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