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Not Asking For Directions Costs $$$

Posted by DFO

Sept. 7, 2010 1:17 p.m. • 8 comments

On Labor Day weekend, 91 percent of travelers will reach their destination by car. Some of those drivers will inevitably get lost and a new study suggests lost drive time costs men $3,000 or more in gas over their lifetime.”That does not surprise me, a girl will stop and ask for directions. A guy has too much pride,” says Spokane driver Evette Pitchlynn. The newly released study sheds light on male and female driving habits. British insurance company, Seila’s Wheels, claims that one in 10 male drivers refuses to ask a stranger for help. More than a quarter of men polled say they would wait at least half an hour before asking for directions/Tania Dall, KXLY. More here.

Question: Are you too proud to ask for directions as soon as you realize that you’re lost? Is your spouse?

Eight comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Stickman on September 07 at 3:02 p.m.
No. Most men are too proud to ask, but if you want to find your way, you need to ask. I was very good at this when traveling the world, it sure helped to save much time. It’s the same with Tubbs Hill. Women will always be quick to ask directions, but men always think they know exactly where to go. They don’t. And they don’t ask.
Cis on September 07 at 3:09 p.m.
we rely on Bertha… even though she gets frustrated with us from time to time as we go our own way… and she yells…recalulating…recalulating….
LarrySpencer on September 07 at 3:21 p.m.
Never too proud, but I have often found that the person I ask has no idea because they don’t live in the area, they just work there.

BTW, 3k on wasted gas is nothing compared to the amount of wasted propane men use as they fire up their HUGE ego driven BBQ’s to cook three burgers.

Has anyone else wondered if the size of a man’s grill is inversely proportional to anything?
nic on September 07 at 4:05 p.m.
“nothing compared to the amount of wasted propane men use as they fire up their HUGE ego driven BBQ’s to cook three burgers.”

Hyperbole, Larry?

I don’t waste any propane to cook burgers. I BBQ old school.
DFO on September 07 at 4:35 p.m.
@ Nic re: “I don’t waste any propane to cook burgers. I BBQ old school.”

I let my wife handle the BBQ … and I raise a ton of roses for her. Seems to work out on both sides fairly well.
Sisyphus on September 07 at 4:47 p.m.
That’s funny Larry cause, of all the men I know, I have the most dilapidated feeble little grill that just won’t accommodate big meat. But man, can I disseminate lots of mirth and joy with that thing. ;-) Its all in how you use it.
Shark on September 07 at 8:21 p.m.
Lost - Lost Who gets lost nowadays…. my only problem when being in a state of misdirection is to have to listen to that condescending voice say “recalculating” and then, out of the blue, “turn left in two tenths of a mile” and everything is fine.
Cindy_H on September 07 at 8:27 p.m.
Gosh darn it, DFO. You let your wife bbq?
Next you’ll tell me your tan is courtesy of Sunny Buns
Are there no real men left??

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