Do You understand the words that are coming out of my mouth???

[Sandiercy]

Quick background: I work at a game store in a mall.

It is nearing closing time today and this guy comes to the mostly shut door.

Me: Sorry but we are closing. We open tomorrow at 11.
Guy: No worries, a quick question though, where can I buy smokes around here?
Me: The 711 around the corner sells them, just go out the door across the hall, turn left and you will see it.
Guy: *pointing down the hall* that way?
Me: No, right there across the hall. *pointing*
Guy: ya, just down this hall and turn right, right?
Me: *finally giving up* yes, it is that way.

This is the condensed version, the actual version took about 5 mins and both me and my coworker.

[Jester]

I can't count the number of times people have walked into my bar, asked for directions to some place, been given clear and concise directions to the desired location by me, thanked me, turned around, walked out...and went in the exact opposite direction of what I had just told them.

[mysticgirl5]

I can't count the number of times people have walked into my bar, asked for directions to some place, been given clear and concise directions to the desired location by me, thanked me, turned around, walked out...and went in the exact opposite direction of what I had just told them.

I'm cracking up because I am severely directionally challenged and have done the exact same thing. I know my left from my right, I swear - I just have to think about it for a minute.

At least when I look back at the person who just gave me directions, I get why they're pointing and laughing. *walks into wall*

[Jester]

The amusing part is that I don't say left or right when talking about going out of my bar. I point. "Go that way on Iradney Street," while pointing with my left or right hand, and then give them the rest of the directions, which do use left and right. But they walk out of my bar, and go the opposite way. And when you leave my bar, you can only GO left or right. If you go forward, you'll smack into the wall of the business across from us. And it's a very hard wall.

[mathnerd]

At least your customers have the potential excuse of being drunk, Jester.

[Ellf]

Some people are just that bad with directions. So much so that there's even a class of anime character based off of them.

It's called Hibiki syndrome. As in Ryoga Hibiki, the guy who took four days to find the abandoned lot behind his house.

[Jester]

At least your customers have the potential excuse of being drunk, Jester.

I can excuse the drunks when they're dumb. They are, after all, drunk.

The vast majority of stories I post are about sober or reasonably lucid people being idiotic. And the vast majority of direction seekers are also seemingly not drunk.

Some people are just that bad with directions.

My best friend Neets is dyslexic, so much so that when she is driving and I am navigating, I don't say left or right. I say "that way" and point to either the driver's side or the passenger's side.

[Desk clerk knows all]

I once had a lady call me when she was about 2 miles from the hotel asking how to get to the hotel. She then kept me on the phone for the whole 2 mile trip having me talk her through, which was really stupid because a majority of it was coming straight down one street. Then when she got to the hotel she complained that my directions weren't very clear.

[Skittles88]

I had a guest upset with me because i sent her to the pub instead of Boston Pizza.
What really happened was I gave her explicit instructions on how to get to Boston Pizza, pointed and showed her the road she was to take, and even told her how long on foot, provided her with landmarks... The whole 9 yards (its a 3 minute walk but she wasn't getting it.)
Instead of taking the road I told her to, she walked across the parking lot and went to the pub, which is before the road.
Apparently road signage is useless to this lady, and so is timing, as she interpreted 3 minutes as 30 seconds.

[Jester]

I often find myself arriving at a pub rather than my original intended destination.

Of course, I don't complain about it....