The stranger trying to find an address deserves a moment before frustration becomes a judgment.

Someone lost outside your house is usually working from wrong information: an old map, an unlit number, a road that changes name halfway along. From inside, the repeated knocking or the slow car looks like nuisance, and irritation arrives before any account of what is happening. A short pause is generally enough for the ordinary explanation to appear.

When you feel yourself deciding what a stranger is doing, wait a beat and consider the innocent version first. Offer directions rather than a look. Most people out there are trying to find something and want it over as much as you do.