Raise your hand if you’re an idiot (Comments: 1)

Our union’s local office is in Saratoga Springs, about 45 minutes north of Albany by car. Since most of my shops are in downtown Albany, and that’s also where I live, I do all my office work at home.

This morning, I took a break to run to the credit union and the grocery store. It’s pouring rain outside, so I looked up the nearest branch of my credit union to see if there was one closer than the one I usually go to. I found a very convenient branch about a mile from my house on New Scotland Road. Better yet, it was in a Price Chopper plaza, so I could pick up the few items I needed at the same time. Perfect!

I donned my gear — not rain gear, mind you, because I don’t have any — and headed off via my Google Maps directions. I turned from Lake onto New Scotland and rode north for a while. Hmmm … that’s odd … no bank and no store. As a matter of I fact, I couldn’t recall ever seeing a grocery store on this stretch of New Scotland before.

So I turned around a rode south for a while. Back past Lake and down toward the Albany Medical Center. I’d never seen a grocery store here, either, but did that stop me? Pish!

After several minutes of this, I — wait for it — turned around and rode north again. This time I rode up New Scotland all the way to South Main, which is the street off which my street runs. Of course, I saw no bank and no store.

Soaking wet, mission completely unaccomplished, I went back home and looked at the Google Map. There it was, plain as day. So I went to the credit union’s site again and looked at the address. Turns out there are two 1395 “New Scotland” addresses. One is New Scotland Avenue (about a mile from my house) and one is New Scotland Road, about 4 miles away and, of course, home of the bank and grocery store.

Need navigation help? I’m your man!