Across The Street

A few days ago we were talking about various places to eat lunch in the downtown area where we work, when Quizno's popped up in the discussion. As usual, Kim had no idea what we were talking about, but felt the need to add to the discussion by saying how she loved Quizno's, even though she only gets the veggie sub because she has so many dietary restrictions that her diet consists mostly of veggie burgurs and cereal.

So she mentioned wanting to go soon and get a sub at Quizno's and asked where it was located at. Our building sits at the intersection of two streets, and the building housing the Quizno's is diagonally across the intersection from us. So I tried to explain:

"You know the building diagonally across the street from us? The one with the Bojangle's in it?"

"No, I don't know where that is."

"Hmmm...ok. You know how you go out the front of the building and cross Tyrone St. directly in front of you?"

"No, I don't know where Tyrone St. is."

Time for more tongue biting, since Tyrone St. is the street that our building is located on, and the street name is right in the address, and it's right out the door. But I tried one more time:

"OK, you know the side door you walk out of, when you walk by that restaurant The Tavern?"

"I don't know where that is, but ok."

This was where I had to give up, since a) it's in our building, and b) you almost have to walk by it to get on the elevator in the morning. You can literally look into it from the elevator hallway. Yet she didn't know where it was, and apparently didn't know what street she was on. In fact, she didn't know the names of any of the surrounding streets, despite walking two or three blocks from the bus station every day.

I'm not sure whether to classify this as ignorance, laziness, idiocy, or just plain moronic.