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The Ice Cream Coincidence

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superjer
superjer

2005 Mar 20 • 3767

So I was reading this on NotAlwaysRight: notalwaysright.com/losing-their-marbles/12249

It mentions a "marble slab creamery." So I wondered if that was Cold Stone or something actually called Marble Slab. Sure enough, Marble Slab Creamery is a real shop.

And I was like, well I've never heard of that before. So I went to their website to see if there are any in my state (Washington).

And sure enough there is exactly one. So I look at the Google map for it. And it's a map with my house right in the middle. My house.

So I thought, well that's a weird bug, it's showing me my house instead of the Marble Slab.

But it wasn't a bug. The shop is 400 meters from my house.

And I live in the middle of nowhere. I've just never noticed it before.

(Edited 2011 Jun 29 at 14:17) 2011 Jun 29 at 14:10

Rockbomb
Dog fucker

2009 Nov 13 • 1943
-190 ₧

It's funny, cuz now I know where you live, and will be watching you.

2011 Jun 29 at 14:32

phoenix_r

2009 May 13 • 625
17 ₧

I've only been to Coldstone before, and only a few times at that, but if the place by your house has cake batter ice cream I strongly recommend it.

Must have been a fun feeling when the map first loaded. I hope yours is the one to the northeast with a sweet greenhouse out back. Also, 'hey, I can see my house from here!'

That it was a bug was not my first impression - I think it would be pretty cool if location-enabled devices (or even the default location tied to a particular google/fb/whatever account) would give you directions to the nearest location when you used a store-finder. I know it's a simple few clicks to get from the map of locations on the store site to directions from your house to the nearest store, but I still think this would be kinda slick.