When I was like 14 I decided to walk to my friend's place by myself for the first time, he lives very close and its literally "walk 3 blocks that way then turn left at X road", which I did. The problem is that I didnt notice his building and walked right past it (only building with many floors in the entire block). I think I walked 30mins before I noticed something was wrong.
My family gives me street and road names, landmarks, etc.. which doesn't work for me.
What I really need is an address so that I can drive to the location once. After that, in my head I'm telling myself, "fork to the right, weird house, sharp turn, field, slow down because it's right after the old barn."
Either that, or I need them to say something like "remember where the old movie theater used to be? The one where your brother broke his tooth? It's the road to the left next to the gas station and it's the third driveway on the right."
After I drive somewhere once I can just get a feeling when I'm close to where I need to turn, or need to be, but for that first drive, you better give me exact coordinates.
I like it when I’m underestimated like that. “Stainless steel you say? Well we’ll see about that”
