Has a navigation app ever taken you somewhere unexpected?
after a woman mistakenly arrived expecting to do her shopping.
The Lidl store, which exists solely as part of a product placement collaboration, had been listed as a real location on the navigation platform. The mix up led the woman to the RTÉ campus in Donnybrook.
Once Lidl got wind of the misunderstanding, the supermarket
took to social media and joked:
'Thought she was getting a trolley, ended up in a storyline.'
So, tell us:
Has a navigation app ever taken you somewhere you didn't expect?
Poll Results:
It's happened a few times
(447)
No, it's never let me down
(134)
It happened once and (hopefully) never again
(127)
Yes, all the time
(93)
I don't use navigation apps
(61)
Yes, all the time
It's happened a few times
It happened once and (hopefully) never again
No, it's never let me down
I don't use navigation apps
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