الوو،، الووو، في صوت؟ تسمعوني؟!
أكتب لكم هذا المقال من (بورتسودان)، ولمن لا يعرفها هي مدينة ساحلية تقع شمال شرق السودان، وتبعد عن العاصمة (الخرطوم) مسافة 675 كيلو مترا.
وقد بحثت عنها «مجبرة أختكم لا بطلة»؛ لأن (لوكيشن) جوالي يظهر أنني هناك منذ أسبوعين تقريباً، وعندما حاولت أن أبحث عن حل للمشكلة وجدت أن نصف سكان جدة معي هناك ويعانون مثلي، فعلى ما يبدو أن هناك مشكلة عامة في نظام تحديد المواقع GPS وتحديداً في المناطق المجاورة للبحر الأحمر، ولا نعرف جميعنا أين الخلل؟ ومتى نعود لديارنا سالمين غانمين.
لذا ومن هذا المنبر أرجو من الجهة المعنية بحل مشاكل GPS أن تتدخل وتتصرف مشكورة، لأني وبكل صراحة حاولت قبل عدة أيام أن أطلب (مطبق) ولكن ظهرت لي رسالة اعتذار عبر التطبيق تقول:
«نأسف نحن لا نُغطي منطقتك» !
ومن بعد هذه (اللخبطة) التي أعيشها ويعيش بها أغلب سكان مدينة جدة، هناك حكمة تقول:
(ثق بالـ GPS حتى يرميك في وسط البحر).
وهذا حرفياً ما حصل معي، فأنا في وسط البحر الأحمر أمام ميناء «بورتسودان» لم أبرح مكاني منذ أيام على أمل أن أعود ويعود (لوكيشني) الحبيب إلى مدينتي الحبيبة جدة.
هناك قصة طريفة حدثت في كندا لسيدة اتبعت تعليمات الـ GPS حرفياً، لدرجة أنها تجاهلت أن الطريق الذي دلها عليه كان بحيرة فعلية !
فالسماء كانت تمطر، والرؤية شبه معدومة، وجهاز الـ GPS قال لها:
«استمر على الطريق المستقيم»، فاستمرت (يسعد لي جوها) حتى سقطت بسيارتها وسط البحيرة، ومن لطف الله خرجت سالمة دون سيارتها، وعندما سألوها أفراد الشرطة:
ألم تلاحظي أن الطريق مائي؟ قالت لهم:
بلى، لكني كنت أثق في الـ GPS ثقة عمياء.
في زمن التكنولوجيا والخرائط الذكية، لا أحد ينكر فضل نظام تحديد المواقع العالمي GPS في حياتنا، فقد أصبحنا نعتمد عليه اعتماداً كلياً في تنقلاتنا وسفراتنا، وقد أغنانا عن السؤال عن الاتجاهات والمواقع والأماكن وظروف الحركة المرورية على الطُرق التي سنسلكها.
وصحيح أننا نشتمه حين يضل بنا، ولكننا لا نستغني عنه.
المشكلة الحقيقية الآن؛ هي أن تكون في بلد ويظهرك في بلدٍ آخر، فتتلخبط لديك جميع الإعدادات والتواقيت والمواقع وتشعر وكأنك طفل صغير ضائع في وسط «مول كبير» تبكي وتبحث عن أمك.
لكن ولا عليكم؛ طالما أنني في السودان الآن، وإلى أن تعود إشارتي للمكان الصحيح وتفهم الأقمار الصناعية والخرائط التي قررت أن تبعدني عن ديرتي وتحرمني من (المطبق) الذي أردت أن أطلبه، اعتبروني أختكم وأي خدمات سودانية أنا حاضرة وموجودة.
ولكن نصيحة؛ مادمتم في مواقعكم (اللهم لا حسد)، ابتعدوا بقدر الإمكان عن البحر، حتى لا أجدكم هُنا عندي بالدور، ثم نغني جميعاً:
(الليلة بالليل، نمشي شارع النيل، أنا وأنت سوا).
* مسج:
«يارب أي شامت (احذفه) في بوركينا فاسو».
تابع قناة عكاظ على الواتساب
Hello, hello, is there a sound? Can you hear me?!
I am writing this article from (Port Sudan), and for those who don't know it, it is a coastal city located in the northeast of Sudan, about 675 kilometers away from the capital (Khartoum).
I searched for it "forced by your sister, not a hero"; because my phone's (location) shows that I have been there for about two weeks, and when I tried to find a solution to the problem, I discovered that half of the residents of Jeddah are with me there and suffering like me. Apparently, there is a general problem with the GPS system, specifically in areas near the Red Sea, and none of us knows where the fault lies? And when we will return to our homes safe and sound.
So, from this platform, I hope that the concerned authority in solving GPS problems will intervene and take action, thank you, because frankly, I tried a few days ago to order (food delivery), but I received an apology message through the app saying:
“We’re sorry, we do not cover your area!”
After this (mess) that I am experiencing and most of the residents of Jeddah are living through, there is a saying:
(Trust the GPS until it throws you in the middle of the sea).
This is literally what happened to me, as I am in the middle of the Red Sea in front of the port of “Port Sudan” and I haven't moved from my spot for days, hoping to return and for my beloved (location) to return to my beloved city, Jeddah.
There is a funny story that happened in Canada to a woman who followed the GPS instructions literally, to the extent that she ignored the fact that the road it directed her to was an actual lake!
The sky was raining, visibility was almost zero, and the GPS told her:
“Continue on the straight road,” so she continued (blissfully unaware) until she fell with her car in the middle of the lake. Thankfully, she emerged safe without her car, and when the police asked her:
Did you not notice that the road was water? She replied:
Yes, but I trusted the GPS blindly.
In the age of technology and smart maps, no one can deny the importance of the GPS system in our lives. We have come to rely on it entirely for our movements and travels, and it has spared us from asking for directions, locations, and traffic conditions on the roads we will take.
It is true that we curse it when it misleads us, but we cannot do without it.
The real problem now is to be in one country and have it show you in another country, causing all your settings, timings, and locations to get mixed up, making you feel like a lost little child in the middle of a “big mall,” crying and searching for your mother.
But don’t worry; as long as I am in Sudan now, and until my signal returns to the correct place and the satellites and maps understand that they decided to keep me away from my home and deprive me of the (food delivery) I wanted to order, consider me your sister, and for any Sudanese services, I am here and available.
But a piece of advice; as long as you are in your locations (may God protect you from envy), stay as far away as possible from the sea, so I don’t find you here with me in line, and then we all sing:
(Tonight at night, we walk down Nile Street, you and I together).
* Message:
“Oh God, any envious one (remove him) in Burkina Faso.”
I am writing this article from (Port Sudan), and for those who don't know it, it is a coastal city located in the northeast of Sudan, about 675 kilometers away from the capital (Khartoum).
I searched for it "forced by your sister, not a hero"; because my phone's (location) shows that I have been there for about two weeks, and when I tried to find a solution to the problem, I discovered that half of the residents of Jeddah are with me there and suffering like me. Apparently, there is a general problem with the GPS system, specifically in areas near the Red Sea, and none of us knows where the fault lies? And when we will return to our homes safe and sound.
So, from this platform, I hope that the concerned authority in solving GPS problems will intervene and take action, thank you, because frankly, I tried a few days ago to order (food delivery), but I received an apology message through the app saying:
“We’re sorry, we do not cover your area!”
After this (mess) that I am experiencing and most of the residents of Jeddah are living through, there is a saying:
(Trust the GPS until it throws you in the middle of the sea).
This is literally what happened to me, as I am in the middle of the Red Sea in front of the port of “Port Sudan” and I haven't moved from my spot for days, hoping to return and for my beloved (location) to return to my beloved city, Jeddah.
There is a funny story that happened in Canada to a woman who followed the GPS instructions literally, to the extent that she ignored the fact that the road it directed her to was an actual lake!
The sky was raining, visibility was almost zero, and the GPS told her:
“Continue on the straight road,” so she continued (blissfully unaware) until she fell with her car in the middle of the lake. Thankfully, she emerged safe without her car, and when the police asked her:
Did you not notice that the road was water? She replied:
Yes, but I trusted the GPS blindly.
In the age of technology and smart maps, no one can deny the importance of the GPS system in our lives. We have come to rely on it entirely for our movements and travels, and it has spared us from asking for directions, locations, and traffic conditions on the roads we will take.
It is true that we curse it when it misleads us, but we cannot do without it.
The real problem now is to be in one country and have it show you in another country, causing all your settings, timings, and locations to get mixed up, making you feel like a lost little child in the middle of a “big mall,” crying and searching for your mother.
But don’t worry; as long as I am in Sudan now, and until my signal returns to the correct place and the satellites and maps understand that they decided to keep me away from my home and deprive me of the (food delivery) I wanted to order, consider me your sister, and for any Sudanese services, I am here and available.
But a piece of advice; as long as you are in your locations (may God protect you from envy), stay as far away as possible from the sea, so I don’t find you here with me in line, and then we all sing:
(Tonight at night, we walk down Nile Street, you and I together).
* Message:
“Oh God, any envious one (remove him) in Burkina Faso.”


