"Can you tell me how to get to the Chittenden Bank?"
"Oh yes, sir! The Chittenden Bank building is directly behind the hotel, if you just..."
"Yes I know
that!" he remarked sharply, "But how do I get to it?!?! I've been to big cities all over - I can find my way around New York City, or Bangkok - no problem. But for some reason Burlington has some real problem!"
"Well sir if you just park in our garage, on the top level you will be right next to the bank, and you can just walk in the door."
"OK! But is there any way that I can drive there?!?!?" his voice sounding more and more stressed.
"Yes," I tried to say in a calm & defensive manner, "if you want to drive there you can take a left out of the hotel, then the next left at that traffic light, then go up the hill for about two blocks and take another left the first chance you get and then the bank will be right there." While I thought to myself - but why would you wanna do that? Besides you're not gonna find a place to park any closer than our garage.
"What's the name of that street?"
"The bank will be there on the last left onto Pine St."
And so the man got back into his little red car with
Massachusetts plates and drove off into the rush hour traffic.