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Robbers Mistake Funeral Home For a Bank

Posted by samzenpus on from the measure-twice-and-rob-once dept.

Police are searching for a pair of suspects who tried to rob a funeral home that they mistook for a bank. The men assaulted a worker before another employee informed them that they weren't in a bank. It appears the pair learned from their mistake, as they are believed to have successfully robbed a nearby bank later.

14 comments

  1. the simurgh by the+simurgh · · Score: 1

    once again gps technology fails another customer.

  2. What? by rmushkatblat · · Score: 1

    How on earth could you mistake anything else for a bank?

    1. Re:What? by jayme0227 · · Score: 1

      Stick em up! This is a robbery. You there, where's the vault?

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    2. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Funny.

  3. Stupid NaviBitch by dov_0 · · Score: 1

    I recently used a GPS unit when visiting some mates in Sydney. Never again! Half the time the Navman (or NaviBitch as we called it) completely ignored streets being one way only, didn't recognise median strips etc. and street numbers? Sheesh. Most suburban streets only seemed to go up to 20 or 30 in the NaviBitch's distorted memory (especially those where our friends lived at 86 or so) requiring us to make long detours in Sydney's winding one-way streets to actually get to where we wanted (after turning the NaviBitch off). The crowning moment was on the Motorway when it told me to turn right. Ok. Strange enough. Stupid thing was telling me to turn right onto a bridge that went over the Motorway...

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    1. Re:Stupid NaviBitch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      We keep on blaming the tech when actually the maps are at fault. City Halls and other administrative offices should open their GIS systems (in the few cases when they have one) and otherwise help manufacturers create better maps. Actually I believe that GPS tech can go a long way towards easing traffic congestion, if used properly of course.

      Then again, manufacturers need to stop charging outrageous amount of money for maps. And now that I think of it, the maps for the city I live in should be free, since I have paid for them many times over with my city taxes.

      Just my $0.02

    2. Re:Stupid NaviBitch by dov_0 · · Score: 1

      The thing that gets me is that I can buy a book of maps for about $40 (far less than the NaviBitch) that already has all of the information on roads I require, several search options and almost perfect accuracy. The maps are readily available. Why don't the NaviBitch creators use the same government/private sources as the street directory publishers? As much as the map issues were annoying, the stupid tendency the machine had to take one around the block once, twice or even more while it decided where the hell it wanted to go was somewhat disconcerting. Also why does it seem to take twice as long to get somewhere using the NaviBitch? Why is it so pathetically phobic of main roads? I'm afraid it's maps for me.

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    3. Re:Stupid NaviBitch by clone53421 · · Score: 1

      Hah. I can top that.

      This map has since been fixed, but a while back when I needed to drive that route Google simply told me “turn left”. Yeah. Off the bridge.

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    4. Re:Stupid NaviBitch by Neil+Hodges · · Score: 1

      I wouldn't depend on that map in all cases, though. There may be some false information on it.

    5. Re:Stupid NaviBitch by dov_0 · · Score: 1

      In Australia people pretty much swear by street directories put out by Ausway. They produce the Melway (Melbourne), Sidway (Sydney) and Brisway (Brisbane) street directories. The directories are so good and so popular that the grid references (at least in Melbourne) have become a standard way of telling people where you live or where your shop, place of worship, location of special event etc is. Eg. most wedding invites I receive have a Melways reference on them. The books also include public transport information, touring maps for the rest of Australia etc.

      On my recent trip to Sydney I almost bought a Sidway book, but instead my mate brought his NaviBitch. He now hates the Nav, but loves the idea of maps.

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  4. Yeah, that happens to me all the time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Bank: brain dead, empty eyed people behind counters.
    Funeral home: brain dead, empty eyed people in caskets.

    Honest mistake, could happen to anybody...

  5. Well, I see a solution by clone53421 · · Score: 1

    Just lock ’em in the cooler for a while. That should calm them down.

    “The vault? Right this way, sir.”

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  6. obligatory by Fotograf · · Score: 1

    "I recently used a GPS unit when visiting some mates in Sydney" your screen was probably upside down? did you tried it to rotate it?

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    1. Re:obligatory by dov_0 · · Score: 1

      No, we leave things upside-down here, because we all hang upside down too. git...

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