Rude, Obnoxious and Extremely Unprofessional
I rang up to book a lesson and she answered like it was her personal phone, didn't identify herself or the driving school, she jacked up the price to $50 and said that it was about to be updated in the website but I told her it says there it's $45. We agreed on that price. I was indecisive and had a bad feeling about how unprofessional she was just based on the way she answered. Oh boy, how right I was!
EXTREMELY Unprofessional:
* Didn't asked me if I wanted manual or automatic. I got automatic
* She( Rosie) was 10 mins late, and apologize begrudgingly much later.
* Didn't let me start the car, check my mirrors, adjust the seat.
* Didn't explain what and where the buttons and levers are, letters and numbers on the gearshift.
* Told me I can't ask questions when driving.
* She kept on talking, insulting me and pedestrians. E.g. I was wearing a gold earrings and asked if they are real or gold coated and told her my mom bought it for me and she told me it's .not real. yeah she went there
* Repeatedly ignored all hazards that I have Identified and told me "Just ignore it."
* Doesn't give clear instructions and when I pointed it out, insulted me and asked "If I understand English"
* Kept on saying "I bet you will tell your friends that I am bitch and won't be taking another lesson with her." I just laughed didn't answer. She repeated this and I got annoyed and asked, "Why do you keep on saying that? Who said that to you? Because I didn't say that."
* Didn't point out any hazards , road rules or told me to scan the road while driving but kept on gossiping about pedestrians about the way they look, their ethnicity etc..
* Kept on asking personal questions.
* Paid cash but didn't I get receipt. So I don't know how she will declare that on her tax.
* Rang me up at late at night didn't answer, she but left a text demanding that she needs to talk and see me for a review.
RACIST
* I identified a hazard a man( Chinese descent was about to cross the street) I gently break and she got mad and told her about the hazard. She said "Doesn't matter he is a dog." I asked "What?" and she repeated what she said and "All Chinese are dogs."
* I recognized we were driving in Hurstville and said that to her. She said "You feel at home here then." I told her "I'm not Chinese." And she said "Isn't that the same?"
* Everytime an Asian person was walking, she would say like that's your people something to that effect. I'm Asian descent.
OBNOXIOUS
* We were at the stoplight and a female pedestrian in tight jeans and short top was crossing. She made a comment "Look at that girl she is so fat for that clothes." In my head I was like "WTF?!" but told her "She can wear whatever she likes." She kept on repeating what she said and I kept on repeating what I said till she gave up on it.
She has a really heavy Indian accent that I can't barely understand so I kept on asking her to repeat what she said, especially her instructions and she kept on insulting me that I don't understand English and I'm stupid and she went to school here LOL which made me laugh so hard inside. When she got snippy I just made her look stupid by asking her to be specific what to do as I'm a newbie.
I learned nothing from this lesson. Just spend money on reputable driving schools. I chose this because mainly of the price and had great reviews. After initially speaking with her, I should have cancelled and also her website is poorly design with stock standard photos - dead giveaway!. The previous critics who gave her a 1 star review were spot on. If you read this review and heed my warning, good on you! If not -I told you so! read more
