Really dislike my driver-instructor

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by J Man, Jan 22, 2012.

  1. J Man

    J Man Medium Load Member

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    Sure this happens all the time but it is supposed to be therapeutic to vent. I am really growing to dislike the instructor I get paired with. The guy had a perfect career run for like 50 years and so he's quick to point out how each students' driving is wrong. I get that he's trying to get us ready for the real world when there won't be someone there to save us from ourselves but nothing positive ever comes out of this guy's mouth unless it is about himself and his driving and each mistake we students make just makes him more and more angry - so naturally he throws you off your game and you drive worse and it is just a downward spiral. I have a thick skin so I get paired with him almost every day and it really wears on me. Its been a couple months now and the way this guy is talking about my skills I'll never graduate.

    Ahh, venting makes me feel better already.
     
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  3. Bill104

    Bill104 <b>Pepsiholic</b>

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    :biggrin_25524:I read all my trainees post here so i know when i,m getting to them, then i really let them have it, i see you need more time with me to learn how to be a bitter old man driving your life away.
     
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  4. Gearfloater

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    If I were you I would ask for another trainer right away. That is not teaching, that is critizing and it inhibits your learning ability. He is saying that you guy's were not taught correctly from the start.
    I had a trainer like that myself and the company got rid of him because he had the experience to drive, but no teaching experience at all. It is obvious that he needs to find another career, by the way who hired him to teach in the first place?

    If you ever gt the thought of " aww man I got to get prepared for this crap" then get out of his truck.
    You are not learning a thing and if your not learning he isn't doing his job.
    do this a.s.a.p.
     
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  5. J Man

    J Man Medium Load Member

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    Ahh dang it, OK let's climb back in.
     
  6. Gearfloater

    Gearfloater Bobtail Member

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    I think you should be an animal trainer and not be let around the public at all.
    They don't need to become a bitter old man they need to be taught per company policy. if you cant teach them give them to me. I will teach them myself.
    If you cant do the job find something else to do. your only enabling these students. btw, you work for them.
     
  7. J Man

    J Man Medium Load Member

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    I would love to, but sadly there are just not enough trainers and in this type of place that is the kind of action that can haunt you for a long time. Only thing I can do is take what I can from the guy. I know he means well, it is just the way some of the old timers are out here. Their dad taught them that way because that is how their dad taught them, on and on I suppose. Only way to know you are doing something right is if you aren't getting chewed on. There are those that don't mind that type of "learning" and think it makes them better. Maybe for them.
     
  8. J Man

    J Man Medium Load Member

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    I think he was being sarcastic.
     
  9. 7122894003481

    7122894003481 Bobtail Member

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    You sure about that?
     
  10. J Man

    J Man Medium Load Member

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    Well it DID until you said that like that....:biggrin_2554:
     
  11. PayCheck

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    Sounds like he's preparing you well, your going to be off your game and pissed off 24/7 when you first start out alone.

    Trainers can be a pain in the but and just like everyone else some need an attitude adjustment. Right now your living with a guy you don't like and anything he says is 10 times as bad because you can't get away from him.

    Listen if he takes a shower stick with him, the next one might be a lot worse.
     
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