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Giving Directions:
practicing the odd, misleading, and almost always imprecise art of giving— and
receiving— directions
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Providence, Rhode Island, is a city in which I
am prone (susceptible) to wrong turns, and on my last
trip there, I made the inevitable stop at a bodega to find out how I might find
my way out of town and back to Route 6. The elderly man behind the counter gave
me extensive instructions that included circling back the way I had come,
taking a shortcut through an alley, and crossing two bridges. But as I left the
store, a twenty something costumer followed me out to suggest a much simpler,
quicker, and more direct route that involved reversing course, going straight,
and making a single turn. The difference in these two offerings illustrates
that how one gives directions tends to be a highly individual, personal, and sometimes
even poetic enterprise.
Busch, A. (2006). Giving Directions: practicing
the odd, misleading, and almost always imprecise art of giving— and receiving—
directions. Extraído el 2 de Septiembre, 2013 de http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/going-my-way