Do Not Blame Google Maps When You Tear Down the Wrong House

I think it’s a good thing to give people second chances, and often even third and fourth chances, and to be accepting of people’s mistakes, because mistakes happen and everyone makes them and often life goes on. But if you are tearing down someone’s house, please take the time to confirm you are tearing down the correct house. And if you fail to do that — destroying someone else’s home in the process — please at least own up to the mistake instead of pinning the blame on Google Maps.

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This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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