I dont understand...
I booked a lesson with this guy, and I…read moremust say, I am very dissapointed. After seeing all the positive reviews about Mike, it makes me wonder if they're real and not fake.
Why?
Well first, I told him that I had never really driven before, and that this was essentially the first time I'd ever driven
I told him that i was a little nervous
But that it was not a big deal, that I was fine.
Which is understandable. Driving can be rather Intimidating
So wouldn't you expect an Instructor should do his very best to reasure his.student that he will be patient, and supportive so as to create the most comfortable atmosphere as possible?
Not this time I guess. Not for me.
Maybe he was having a bad day, I don't know.
But I didn't have the same experience the rest of the people who wrote a review did.
i felt, no I KNOW that he was becoming impatient with me, I was having a hard time with the simplest things because of the way he was going about explaining it to me.
Very basic shit like turning and using my signals and stopping, I was struggling because he wasn't letting me get familiar with it all. He took me to a parking lot and it was hard to tell where the lines where. So when I turned the corner, what I judged to be the right line to use as my lane wasn't in line with what he wanted, he became impatient, and even grabbed the wheel away from me to correct me. WHICH WAS REALLY QUITE RUDE. It was very uncomfortable and he was not doing anything to help me with the very obvious difficulties I was having. Whether he believes it or not, the fact is is that he from the start he was short with me. He quickly became Impatient, clearly annoyed and frustrated with me.
So I finally snapped on him.
I'm paying for this?
I had had it.
I told him exactly what was on my mind
I laid into him, reminding him that I had never been at the wheel, how I was little nervous, and that he was being short, Impatient, and rude. I told him I felt he was clearly annoyed and frustrated, and the obvious negative impact it was having on me, but really, any student who was experiencing anxiety.
His reaction was this; He shifted back in his seat and turned his body towards mine which to me, seemed to Indicate he was in disbelief. He denied that he was annoyed or frustrated, he refuted that he was being impatient. He was doing anything but trying to teach me how drive.
The thing is however, only after I snapped on him, and called him on his bullshit behavior and I made it clear that I wasn't going to tolerate it, his attitude towards me changed 100%. He was like a different person. no longer short, or impatient, frustrated or annoyed. His approach to me changed entirely. He offered me encouragement and was supportive.
My anxiety soon subsided as a result, and I made a it of progress.
Now before he dropped me off at home, he asked me what course I wanted. I told him whatever he recommended would best suit me would be fine.
He told me he would put a schedule together for me and that he would text or call me with it shortly, as I told him that I have a job opportunity and all I need to start is a drivers license, so there is definite urgency in getting my license asap...
A day goes by, 2 days, a week, 10 days, no word from him.
So now I'm starting to wonder why he hasn't contacted to give me the schedule. My self-consciousness in being a new driver is wondering if I was such a bad driver, he didn't feel safe with me on the road?
I found myself doubting myself because I haven't heard from this guy.
So I finally reach out to him to ask him why he hasn't called me with his schedule for me...
He responded by telling he was very busy, but maybe at the end of the month, he could fit me in.
So it passes me off to read all these wonderful reviews because for some reason, I got to be the one guy who seemed to get fucked around and shit on by this great driving instructor.
So in my opinion, you might do yourself a favor and hire someone who knows how to conduct themselves appropriately with all his clients and who doesn't act like a douche if he has to put in a little extra attention and care with people when they are struggling