An amusing thing happened on the way to........

My friend and I made a trek to IKEA, the superstore that sells stylish quality items of value. I'm thinking it might be wrong to use the word "trek", since the store is only a couple of hours from my residence. One of the most amusing occurrences resulted from the fact that we followed Mapquest directions exactly and ended up in an upscale residential neighborhood. My friend (the driver) and I were so distracted by the lovely real estate that it took a while for it to occur to us that the store probably was not located at the end of a residential street.

Once we did determine this and turned around to exit the neighborhood, there was a woman and her son standing at the curb. They appeared to be waiting for us. We rolled down the window and she said "You're looking for IKEA, right?" We indicated that we were and she gave us directions. She also said it happens in her neighborhood daily. I can't imagine traffic coming onto my street on a regular basis under such circumstances. More specifically, I'm not sure I'd continue to be as nice about it as she was. I would guess those who live there informed Mapquest of the mixup, but I will attempt to do so as well.