Matt: Veer as in make a right at the bridge?
Me: No, I think it’s more like stay with curve.
Matt: There are no curves. It’s a straight road.
Navigation System: Please veer to the right in 600 meters.
Me: Ugh, I can’t stand meters! How far is that? Like, two laps in a Olympic pool, right?
Matt: B, I’m trying to focus. Veering me could mean turning at the bridge or taking the small road up there.
Me: No, 600 meters is more like the straight away in the 400 meter dash with the little bit of the curve as well.
Matt: Stop thinking about the Olympics and help me figure ou—
Navigation System: Please veer right in 300 meters.
Matt: Is that the bridge or the road?!
Me: I can’t do math quick enough! To figure out meters you divide it by five then multiply it by three.
Matt: That’s to find out KILOMETERS!!!
Navigation System: Please veer right in 200 meters.
Me: I can’t take the pressure!!!! I can’t figure out the math!
Matt: JUST TELL ME WHAT VEER MEANS!
Me: DON’T YELL AT ME!
Matt: I’M NOT YELLING! I’m not yelling, I’m just trying to figure out—
Navigation System: Veer to the right.
Matt: Here? Right now?
Me: Baby, she can’t hear you. Watch out for the car! OhMyGosh, I’m GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Car pulled over on the side of the road]
Navigation System: You are off the destination route. Please make a u-turn and veer left.
Me: Oh, shut up!
Matt: Baby, she can’t hear you.
Interesting article. It is quite unfortunate that over the last ten years, the travel industry has had to take on terrorism, SARS, tsunamis, bird flu virus, swine flu, and also the first ever entire global downturn. Through it all the industry has proven to be robust, resilient and dynamic, acquiring new methods to deal with misfortune. There are often fresh complications and possibilities to which the business must all over again adapt and respond.