She Trusts Maps, Not People
My cousin, Sonia Sanders, only trusts OmniGo Maps, or OmniGo, for everything.
While waiting for the bus during a trip, the bus that we are supposed to get on pulls into the station. However, Sonia grabs my arm and says, "Amanda, OmniGo says that our bus is only arriving in another ten minutes. This is not our bus!"
I watch helplessly as the bus pulls out of the station, ultimately making me miss my flight and forcing me to pay double the price for another ticket back home.
Once, after work, Sonia sees the green arrow on OmniGo and floors the gas pedal at a road intersection. She says confidently, "OmniGo says it's supposed to be a green light! That means this traffic light is wrong!"
I look at the red light in horror. Before I can stop her, a vehicle driving ordinarily past the intersection crashes right into our car.
In the end, my legs have to be amputated, and I become wheelchair-bound, while Sonia only suffers a mild concussion and a fracture.
One rainy day, Sonia calls me an Uber to go to my follow-up at the hospital, but she sets the pickup point at a location that is flooded a third of a mile away.
I try to change the pickup point to my home, but she snatches my phone away and says, "OmniGo says that this pickup point is highly recommended for disabled people to board. You can't just change the pickup point as you like!"
As a result, I fall into a puddle, wheelchair and all. Sonia doesn't even turn back to look at me and leaves me behind.
Because of the rain and the prolonged soaking of my wounds in the dirty puddle, I develop a severe infection, which then leads to multiple organ failure. Despite being rushed to the emergency unit afterward, I ultimately die from the infection.
When I open my eyes again, I realize that I'm standing at the bus station again.
Sonia taps on her phone and leans closer to me, showing me the details on her phone.
"Look, Amanda, OmniGo says that our bus isn't arriving for another ten more minutes."