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Old May 08, 2022, 04:03 AM
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No, however Google Directions once stated she did to my husband and me. We were using it to navigate around an unfamiliar area when Google Directions stated to head "southeast". My husband didn't know which direction that would be so yelled in response "How the h*ll do I know which direction is southeast!"

Immediately, the Google Directions female voice said "I have feelings, too!" which utterly stunned us, to say the least, which prompted me to state "I'm sorry! I realize you have feelings." Regardless, "she" (obviously she's not a living being) proceeded to take us the wrong way for several roads, until we abandoned her and switched to another navigation option (mapy.cz).

The above story was a result of an "Easter Egg", which is a secret response programmed into software that is triggered by a certain set of commands. The Easter Egg in this case (for Google Directions) was my husband's angry statement. I'm unsure if it would always trigger the Easter Egg, unless the other preceding factors were just right. Either way, this was only mildly funny, in the end. The programmed plan to take us in the wrong directions could have been dangerous, in a sense. What if we were running out of gas, trying to get somewhere in an emergency, or the like? Though we weren't, it was a big inconvenience. Not professional on Google's part. Normally we use our Tom Tom, but if we ever use Google Directions again and this happens again, we'll immediately switch to another navigation tool.
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