‘I’m listening to the map, I'm not listening to you': Brother turns car ride into 3.5 hour journey after being told by his sister to ‘stop giving her directions’

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Eleonora Bader
Jan 2, 2024 5:00 PM EST

Spending time in a long car ride with your sibling tests your rage levels like nothing else. Back in the day, before digital maps were a thing, I would be in charge of telling my father where to go, which turn to take, etc, and the car ride always ended with him shouting and me in tears. Now, if I'm driving with a family member somewhere, I tell them to argue with the app, not with me.

This brother found a clever way to get back at his sister when they were headed to meet their dad at a car dealership after a long day at an amusement park. His sister was in charge of driving, and she typed in the address and clicked on the closest place to that road. When OP tried explaining to her that she had made a mistake, she was adamant that she had not and told him to leave her alone.

She could have saved herself a lot of trouble and time, but she wanted to be right. And so it goes… Scroll down to read what happened, and then for more, here is a story about a neighborhood Karen who demanded her neighbors decorate their house… So they did.

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    "My sister was still convinced we were going in the right direction... After all, she is listening to the map..."
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    I wasted 2 hours of my sister's time because she refused to listen to me MOC When I was younger around a decade ago, I used to love two things. Cars and roads. Still to this day I love cars, but the way I loved roads was through maps. My
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    favorite activity when I was bored was to go on the maps app and look at the highways that surrounded my area. My oldest sister at the time was the only sibling of mine who had a license. One summer day, she was bored and decided to take me and her boyfriend to an amusement park an hour and a half away from home. The story begins on the way
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    back. My father needed the car at the car dealership as it was scheduled to have routine maintenance done the next morning. My father sent her the address of the dealership and requested that she drop the car off, and he will go and pick us up at the dealer.
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    Now that the context is out of the way, here is where my sister made a mistake. She typed in the address, and clicked on the nearest place with that road. The issue is that the nearest place with that road was a town going an hour in the opposite direction.
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    She gets onto a road I will call State Route 100. This intersects with Interstate 1, which we were supposed to get onto. When she passes the highway, this following interaction ensues Me- "You were supposed to make that right."
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    Her- "That's not what the map says." 5 minutes later, I say again Me- "We are heading in the wrong direction, this does not go home." Her- "Maybe It's an alternate route that's faster?"
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    Me- "I don't think a road going in the opposite direction is faste-" (she cut me off) Her, now annoyed- "Listen I'm going to focus on what the map says, not on you. Just stop already."
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    And with that, I followed her instruction. After all, why would I complain on going on a road I have never been on. From what I remember after that, we stopped for gas about half an hour in. My sister was still convinced we were going in the right direction, but why should I correct her? She is listening to the map after all.
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    The Fallout: We hit an expressway and my sister is convinced we made it home and is pleased with herself. This was until an overhead sign said "Town B Regional Airport, 1 Mile."
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    At this point, my sister realized her mistake. She starts freaking out and saying "I didn't know this road went here? I was following the map! OP, why didn't you tell me we were going the wrong way?"
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    I was scared of her getting mad at me, so I just said "After you told me to stop I just stopped paying attention to where you were going." She eventually pulled into a gas station, and saw where she set her GPS to. After correcting her mistake, we head the opposite direction, although the car ride
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    was rather silent. We eventually see signs for the amusement park we started at, because she had to turn left at the road I originally told her to turn at. And that is how I turned a drive supposed to be an hour and a half into a three and a half hour journey. Years have passed since this happened, and I told my father
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    who thought it was hysterical. I often consider telling my sister, but we sadly rarely speak anymore. Thank you for reading! Have a happy new year!
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    Blue_Veritas 731. 7 hr. ago If this anecdote is representative of the norm, I'd say it's pretty obvious why the two of you rarely speak. And I'd venture that while it may make you sad, it also makes your life more peaceful. Vote Reply Share
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    Common Egg8178 · 4 hr. ago I don't know what it is about some siblings or family members that just like to dismiss anything you say. What did I ever do to you but exist? Vote Reply Share
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    Pass-Popcorn - 6 hr. ago My son also loves cars, roads, and maps. Back in the early days of gps, before it was on our phones, we quickly learned to trust him over Garmin. I still clearly remember the second time we traveled to a place two hours from our home. When we got to the road we were going to, GPS told us to turn left onto it, he told us to turn
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    right. Yeah, he was right. His grandma lived 3 states away and he could recite every road name/number we took to get there, including if they were US or state routes. You can't help people who don't want help. Reply Share Vote
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    gothiclg 7 hr. ago I'm glad that I happily admit I couldn't find my way out of a paper bag if it were open at both ends. Vote Reply Share
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    xPandemiax. 6 hr. ago Reminds me of an experience I had with my sister. It was winter and we were running late so my sister didn't have time to fully scrap the ice off the windshield and just gave herself a spot to see forward out of. Said the rest would melt off. She is reversing to get out of the driveway and
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    for a split second I can see that we are reversing into a tree. Of course I tell her but she ignores me. I repeat what I said more urgently and she snaps to shut up so I zipped it. Second later... BAM! Me - "I told you so". Vote Reply Share ●
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    prankerjoker - 7 hr. ago This is the type of story that puts r/MaliciousCompliance on the map. Reply Share Vote Impressive_Change593 · 6 hr. ago that feels like a dad joke Vote Reply Share
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