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Demolition Crew got the wrong address on the GPS

By: Jonalex send a private message
Carrollton : GA : USA | 4 months ago  
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Can you imagine coming home one day to find it not there?

A crew using GPS navagation system drove to the wrong house.

A man came home to find his home demolished. IT was his mothers home, who died years before, and he was planning reservations to rebuild the old home.

Earlier in the week his brother sent pictures of the demolition crew slowly taking down his house.

When asked the demolition crew said that the GPS pointed down to that street and that was the described house. When the right home was a street down.

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Posted By slydog slydog | 4 months ago
Gives new meaning to the term "Homewreckers" don't it?
Posted By Jonalex Jonalex | 4 months ago
lol I am never using gps
Posted By slydog slydog | 4 months ago
It has come in quite handing sailing out on the open ocean for
figuring your position & bearings etc. However..using it to find a
house seems a bit ludicris..considering you could at least check
what street you're on & look at house numbers..duh!
Posted By Sherrill_Fulghum Sherrill_Fulghum | 4 months ago
These days some people can't tell time without digital clocks, tie their own shoes, or give change without a machine telling them what to give back, why should they know how to find a house with no help?
Posted By MrOrange MrOrange | 4 months ago
It's great that they let people operate large machinery when they can't properly work a GPS.
Posted By Jonalex Jonalex | 4 months ago
the GPS doesnt know a backroad from a road block
Posted By InspectorGadget InspectorGadget | 4 months ago
That's a serious mistake right there. Technology is great, but nothing can be perfect. These guys should have verified the results of the GPS generated directions before engaging in such a costly activity.
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