The Long Way Home
Google Maps is your friend. This story proves our point. This woman had just moved to New York City and had started dating a guy who lived in a different borough. They always met for dates somewhere in the city and then would go back to his place. Since she was new to the area, she assumed he lived really far away from her apartment.
She just went with her assumption and never looked up directions. When she’d go home from her boyfriend’s apartment, she’d take a 20-minute subway ride and a 40-minute bus ride. It was the route she knew, and she didn’t change it for months. When she learned he lived only a 10-minute walk away, she felt like a complete idiot. Always check the map!