DALLAS, March 26 — We’ve all been there: Punched an address into Google Maps, only to find ourselves at an empty lot where long-lost Auntie Lily’s house is supposed to be.
However, if you are a professional tasked with a rather weighty job, say, as part of a demolition team, it’s probably best to triple-check the deets before swinging that wrecking ball.
Unfortunately, a Texas demolition company has learned this the hard way.
According to a report by WFAA, the Billy L. Nabors Demolition company, based in the town of Seagoville, tore down the wrong home on Tuesday, because Google Maps took them to the wrong address.
A home at 7601 and 7603 Calypso Drive in Rowlett, Texas, was brought down, when instead it was supposed to be a house at 7601 Cousteau Drive, one block away, that was to become rubble.
The shocked home owners Lindsay Diaz and Alan Cutter told the news channel that they had yet to receive an apology from the demolition company.
Instead, a Nabors employee sent them a screenshot, via a text message, showing that the Google Maps arrow for 7601 Cousteau points at their home.
To add insult to injury, Nabors CEO George Gomez was quoted as dismissing the entire incident as “not a big deal.”
At the time of writing, a police report has been filed, as Diaz and Cutter await a response from Nabor’s insurance company.
