We live in the suburbs of a major metropolitan area. My wife recently had to drive downtown, and naturally, she came to me for help.
Her: "Okay, how do I get downtown?"
Me: "The same way as always. Take I-XX west into downtown."
Her: "I thought that was closed?"
She was correct, to a point. Part of a major interstate is temporarily closed where we live for major road work. Through traffic is routed around the closure, but one can still access the downtown area since the closure is on the opposite side of the city from us. I explained this to her, just as I have every single time she has to go downtown.
Her: "Are you sure?"
Me: "Positive. I go that way all the time."
Her: "Okaaay."
Ten minutes later, she calls me from the road.
Her: "I missed the exit onto I-XX west. The sign said the road was closed."
Me: "Did the sign say the road was closed past downtown?"
Her: "Yes."
Me: "Then it was okay to go that way. Just like we discussed."
Her: "Oh. So what do I do now?"
We spent the next twenty minutes on the phone as I guided her, turn by turn, to her destination.
