#21 1st St. & Story
I had an Android phone that had a Google “cards” feature option that could notify you like “15 minutes to home” if you were out. I thought this feature was annoying and useless so I kept the feature off.
After several months of no card notifications, one night I’m at home and a card pops up saying “35 minutes to home,” pinning me at a random intersection on the other side of town. Let’s call it 1st St. and Story.
I think that’s weird, I’m not even way over there, I don’t even know where that is, I’ve never been to that area. I go to my cards setting to turn it back off, but it’s already turned off. Even weirder.
The next night, the exact same thing happens. “35 minutes to home from 1st St. & Story.” What the? Still definitely not over there. I check the cards feature and the notifications are still turned off, so no idea why I’m getting a notification.
A few days later, a friend and I are out running errands and he misses his intended exit, so he takes the next one. Once on the street, I ask, “Where are we? I’ve never been over here.” Suddenly, a car to our right tries to turn left and crashes right into us. He messed up the wheel so bad he couldn’t turn it anymore, so he pulled forward to the curb to call a tow truck. We had our kids in the car, so I call my sister to pick us all up. When my sister asks me for the location, I look up at the street signs: 1st St. & Story.
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