has this ever happened to you you're on vacation you think you have your bearings but you turn a corner and suddenly you're lost the good news is you have a map the bad news is you have no idea where you are pay close attention as this couple asks for directions to the mum excuse me sir and listen carefully because in a minute you'll have to find a museum on your own using this map yeah do you live here yeah okay we're really lost hey where you trying to go Museum which I think is that way
am I right no it's definitely that way okay let me see here first of all you're upside down okay uhhuh okay so yeah we're way down here all right and you want to be up here that way right so you're going to head five blacks North okay when you get to Joey's Pizza make a right pizza is good then you're going to go three blocks East okay there's a hot dog cart on this corner you're going to make a left at that hot dog cart and you're going to go three blocks past this jazz club
and it's going to be right in front of you you can't miss it great great okay so I knew I was right about this so it's five three and great great thank you very much oh wait let me get a picture of you guys thank you so much got it now take a look at this map listen one more time and see if you can follow these directions to find your way to the museum so you're going to head five blacks North okay when you get to Joey's Pizza make a right your pizza's good then
you're going to go three blocks East okay there's a hot dog cart on this corner you're going to make a left at that hot dog cart and you're going to go three blocks past this jazz club and it's going to be right in front of you you can't miss it okay great so were you able to follow the students directions to the museum if your brain mapping abilities were up to the task you'd see that the directions the student gave were spoton for those who followed along congratulations on having great spatial awareness there's just one
problem those tourists weren't really lost No in fact no they weren't tourists at all come on instead of watching a student helping a lost couple with directions you were watching a couple of pickpockets helping themselves to the students cell phone three blacks East wallet make a left at that hot dog cart and tablet three blocks past this jazz club and it's going to be right in front of you you can't miss it great thanks good luck guys he was a really nice guy now did you catch any of that the first time we show it
to you probably not it just goes to show you should be aware of your surroundings and beware of what you might be missing no