OK, some company saw my resume on Monster and calls me in for an interview. It's some bullshit financial company, but I figure "fuck it. I'll check it out." So I make a Mapquest last night, get up early, throw on my James Bondesque suit and hit the road.

Then I get to where the street of the company headquarters is supposed to be....and ITS NOT THERE!!!!!

After looking for the street for 20 minutes, I abandon the search...and the job interview. Rule 1: If you show up late for an interview, you've blown it already.

So....FUCK MAPQUEST!!!!!

Share your Mapquest horror stories here....

PurpleThunder said:

Sorry, hon. There's no decent coffee shops on the way back from Perrysburg. This is Toledo. They still pronounce "espresso" as "EXpresso." I'm in HELL!
[Edited 1/15/05 7:19am]

Case said:

Ahh...Ive been to hell..I feel for you hun...see you just gotta come here and have some Tim's with me

PurpleThunder said:

As long as you buy me a Fruit Explosion muffin.

Case said:

Hun, I'll buy you a whole dozen of them

Case said:

Sorry to hear it. One suggestion I've heard is to make a "trial run" to the interview site the day before.

I've actually had pretty good luck with MapQuest. The only problem was one time when their directions failed to take into account a major road closure, and I'm not sure whether they keep track of road construction projects.

matt said:

I thought about that in hindsight. But damn...I never thought it'd be such a pain.

Case said:

I wasted 3 hours going in circles around Pittsburgh trying to find The Mattress Factory (museum) using MapBlast directions. The so called "street" they were showing on the map was actually a narrow alleyway with no sign on it, that you could barely drive a car down. And the entrance to the museum was buried in this alleyway.

The Mattress Factory actually had to update the directions on their web site to point people to a more main street on the other side of the building that they would have an easier time finding.

Tom said:

I think that's what happened here. The street was "Commerce Dr."...Im looking around like crazy...AND THERE IS NO CROSS ST. CALLED COMMERCE DRIVE!!!!!11

Case said:

I've had major issues with Mapquest. It's fine for long trips with lots of highway driving, but dealing with complex city streets. . .meh. Not so much.

FYI, I showed up 20 minutes late for a job interview once and got the job. I called when I realized I wasn't going to make it on time, and they said to come anyway, so I did, and they hired me. Incredible, eh? In retrospect, I wish I HADN'T gotten the job, but whateva.