A mother got the shock of her life after her GPS devise started cursing while giving directions.
Tracy Dockerwill almost crashed her car when her TomTom sat-nav suddenly used swear words, including ‘motherf***er’ while the device was giving commands.
She said that the foul-mouthed device started ‘malfunctioning’ about six months ago. She is still using it as it still offers her advice such as ‘you have reached your destination motherf***er’ and ‘turn right a****le.’
“It was a bit like it was my dirty secret and I felt a bit ashamed,” she said. “I did wonder if I was hearing things at first.
“I’ve been using it for months with a lady’s voice and then all of a sudden one day it said ‘turn right a**ehole’ in a chap’s voice – well I nearly crashed the car.”
She added: I remember thinking ‘oh my god this is dreadful’ and told it ‘I can’t believe you’re talking to me like that’ then all of a sudden it swore at me again but even worse.
“It then said ‘you have reached your destination motherf***er’. It’s like it’s possessed. You can imagine how shocked I was.”
But it is not like the device suddenly disliked its owner. According to the manufacturer, it is more likely that someone who sold her the machine had pre-recorded themselves as a prank.
The particular model of TomTom sat-nav lets users record their own voice. However, the mother received the GPS device from her sister.
“It’s hit and miss, he doesn’t come on all the time,” she added. “If I delay in taking the turning because of traffic or I go past a turning that’s when he generally starts.
“As I’m driving along I start to think the horrible man has gone away and it’s just the nice lady and then all of a sudden when you least expect it the chap butts in and he starts again.
“When I started using it it used to get me lost even more so I used to have rows with it. I would shout ‘you’re a stupid sat nav, you don’t have a clue where we’re going, I’m not listening to you anymore’.
“All of a sudden it just started talking to me and swearing at me, I was most put out.” LOL!
A spokesperson for TomTom said: “It’s likely that Tracy has a sat nav where it’s possible to record your own voice guidance (this is possible on some of our older devices).
“Whether it’s a previous owner, or a cheeky family member or friend, we can assure Tracy that it’s not the sat nav shouting obscenities at her.
“If Tracy changes the voice on her sat nav, the swearing will be gone.”
The spokesperson added: “Because this story brought such a smile to our faces, we’re going to send Tracy our latest and greatest TomTom Go Premium sat nav.
“It’s the most feature-packed, best connected, and smartest navigation device on the market, and best of all, it doesn’t have a potty mouth!”
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