Originally Posted by
hilltowner
Like the guy who stopped in front of my house looking lost. When I asked him if he needed help he said he'd lost reception on his iphone and wasn't sure where he was and how much farther he needed to go (he was deep into a pretty brutally long day at that point). I went to my car and pulled out a map of the state. Pointed to his location on the map. Pointed to his destination on the map and said it might come in handy since reception was spotted in this hilly part of the state.
This is more an example of a person using the tool inappropriately.
You would have been as useless showing him a map of some other state.
In both cases, it's silly to blame the tool.
People using electronic devices really should be using downloaded maps.