Silly vent....but seriously ANNOYING

laughteriskey

I visit Joe during the day when he's at his jobs.  I do this probably twice a month...and I bring him and the guys lunch. 

Any time I ask Joe for an address, he INSISTS on giving me directions.  It is so motherfuckingannoying!  I have GPS.  I don't want to go through "Do you remember where so and so baptized their child?  Well, if you go to that church and take a....."  I DON'TGIVEAFUCK!  Seriously.  EVERY time we have this conversation. And EVERY time, HE gets mad at ME for cutting him off and telling him, for the 1 millionth time, I don't need DIRECTIONS.  I just need the address! 

Oh my God, I could seriously punch a wall right now over this.  Yes, I know, irrational.  So I won't punch a wall.  But I want to.  It's annoying me THAT much! 

joseysbride

My husband does this, too.  But I don't have GPS, so it is a good thing for me! 

Maybe you could ask him to write the address down on a sticky note before he leaves the house in the am?  But then he'd probably forget and you'd be annoyed at that.  It drives me nuts that my dh can forget something in less than two seconds.

CubbyMama

LOL!  DH's version of this is, "It's on the southwest side of the Costco parking lot."  Um, I don't have a compass on me, dude--how about right or left?!  He doesn't understand that the cardinal direction gene is carried on the Y chromosome...I don't have it!

joseysbride

CubbyMama:

LOL!  DH's version of this is, "It's on the southwest side of the Costco parking lot."  Um, I don't have a compass on me, dude--how about right or left?!  He doesn't understand that the cardinal direction gene is carried on the Y chromosome...I don't have it!

LOL!  I am used to this because of my job, but 90% of the time I have to think, "Okay.  Where is the sun?  What time is it?  So, that's east then...never eat shredded wheat...okay, southeast.  Found it!"

laughteriskey

Joseys -- our saying is Never Eat Soggy Waffles!  LOL  I never know which days I am going to go visit (it just randomly happens) so it wouldn't help with the sticky...unless he left one every morning!  And even then, he would STILL try to tell me (at some point in the day) HOW to get there.  I can guarantee you that.  ANNOYING!

 

joseysbride

LOL!

joy143dh

Somewhat similiar is when I call to ask DH something at work and casually ask how the transmission job went (expecting a "went good" or "it sucked").   Instead, he breaks into a very technical, step-by-step rendition of the job he just did.  Um, yeah, I have NO idea what you're talking about,buddy, but I'm just going to read a few posts on the Nest until you're done, ok?

Mrs.Saxy

my mom does that....it's like she has to prove she knows how to get there.  It's very annoying.

veloelle

lol. DH doesn't do it, but random people will when I'm on the phone. They'll say "here's our address."  I"ll say "great, I can look it up on yahoo maps, I don't need directions." Then they go into the detailed directions, like I never said I had it covered. Erm, I just said I can look it up.  I don't need a five minute convo on directions that I can get in 30 seconds.

hopefulmom

I personally like landmarks...I have OnStar...but still like the landmarks.  If you are in a hurry though it could be irritating.  Does your DH work on new buildings...that the address may not really BE an address yet so therefore not in GPS?

hcmamm1

CubbyMama:

LOL!  DH's version of this is, "It's on the southwest side of the Costco parking lot."  Um, I don't have a compass on me, dude--how about right or left?!  He doesn't understand that the cardinal direction gene is carried on the Y chromosome...I don't have it!

 

My dad does this to me every single time. I get so mad and yell at him that I dont know where to turn southwest.  Is that left or right?  

KrisBriMcBunny

joy143dh:

Somewhat similiar is when I call to ask DH something at work and casually ask how the transmission job went (expecting a "went good" or "it sucked").   Instead, he breaks into a very technical, step-by-step rendition of the job he just did.  Um, yeah, I have NO idea what you're talking about,buddy, but I'm just going to read a few posts on the Nest until you're done, ok?

my husband does this....but he never really answers the damn question that I originally ask.

Lisa102304

CubbyMama:

LOL!  DH's version of this is, "It's on the southwest side of the Costco parking lot."  Um, I don't have a compass on me, dude--how about right or left?!  He doesn't understand that the cardinal direction gene is carried on the Y chromosome...I don't have it!

 

OMG, this is my DH too. If I hear "After you exit, go south/north ...." SERIOUSLY? It is RIGHT or LEFT.

ridesbuttons

joy143dh:

Somewhat similiar is when I call to ask DH something at work and casually ask how the transmission job went (expecting a "went good" or "it sucked").   Instead, he breaks into a very technical, step-by-step rendition of the job he just did.  Um, yeah, I have NO idea what you're talking about,buddy, but I'm just going to read a few posts on the Nest until you're done, ok?

Whaaa?  You're not fascinated about how the torque converter was seized and the valve body needed to be replaced?  How do you sleep at night? 

Dimplz

joy143dh:

Somewhat similiar is when I call to ask DH something at work and casually ask how the transmission job went (expecting a "went good" or "it sucked").   Instead, he breaks into a very technical, step-by-step rendition of the job he just did.  Um, yeah, I have NO idea what you're talking about,buddy, but I'm just going to read a few posts on the Nest until you're done, ok?

OMG DH does this!!!!! LOL!