For reals. I just discovered a free app for iPhone that offers real time traffic info and will route you around a problem it identifies. What is this, the 90s?
She just wanted somebody to talk on the phone with and bitch about traffic, and then you went and offered her a perfectly reasonable solution to get out of the traffic problem and ruined her whole plan. And the correct answer to her question was, “I don’t know, but I’ll start something for dinner so it’s ready for you.”
Either that, or she’d rather spend 2 hours in an airconditioned car listening to the radio then at home.
I’m glad you weren’t in the car with her. I’ve witnessed that kind of conversation many times… “should I use A, or B?” “A, B is broken/needs washing/whatever” “OK, I’ll use B” “… ehrm, excuse me, may I ask why do you ask me if you’re just going to do what ever you feel like it? And may I ask why are you using B, which is clearly and visibly broken?” “Oh but I didn’t know it was broken! Oh! Ooooooh, so that’s why it doesn’t work!” “refrains from killing the other party”