My GPS sent me to a cornfield for a job interview

So last Tuesday I had a interview for a warehouse supervisor gig outside Des Moines. Plugged the address into my GPS and it took me down a gravel road that ended in a massive cornfield. I sat there for 10 minutes waiting for someone to show up before I called the hiring manager. Turns out the GPS had the street name wrong by one letter and the real building was 3 miles east. I made it there 20 minutes late and the guy still hired me because he said I looked determined. Has anyone else had a GPS send them to a completely random spot for work stuff?

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linda1141mo agoTop Commenter

Drove 45 minutes to a job interview once and my GPS took me straight into a gated industrial park that was completely empty. Like no cars, no people, just rows of warehouses with no signs. I sat there for a good 20 minutes calling the company and turns out they were in a different office park on the other side of the highway. The GPS had the same street name but it was like "Industrial Drive" versus "Industry Drive" or something stupid like that. I mean I was so embarrassed showing up late and looking like I just rolled out of a corn maze. But hey, at least you got the job out of it!

jakejones1mo ago

I read somewhere recently that GPS systems still rely on this old data from like 2005 or something and they never update the street name differences. It's wild how a single letter can send you 20 minutes the wrong way. Your story reminds me of that time I saw a post about someone who ended up in a dead end alley because their GPS confused "Elm Street" with "Elm Avenue" in the same town. Honestly, I think those industrial parks are designed by the same people who make corn mazes, just with worse signage. At least you got to tell the story and still get the job, which is more than most of us can say.

fiona_west211mo ago

Happened to me last year with a job interview too. GPS had me going to "Park Lane" and the place was actually on "Park Lane Drive" which is like a mile away in a different neighborhood. I ended up knocking on some random house's door thinking it was a small office building. The lady looked at me like I was crazy. I was 25 minutes late and the interviewer just laughed and said "at least you got here." Have you ever had a GPS steer you into a random residential area instead of a business district?