New Driving Instructor

Well, today was pretty busy. It was Hannah’s birthday, so I gave her the presents I got her :love: Loads of cute things, a bracelet from here, a teddy from the bear factory, some Body Shop Stuff, lip balm etc. lol. I went out for a meal with her and her family which was really nice, I had a great time :)

This afternoon, I had my first driving lesson with my new instructor. His ginger beard put me off him straight away, although as a rule I never judge by appearances. It’s kind of lucky in a way that I did this time though, because he really has no personality. He attempted once to start a conversation with me, by saying, ‘Oh I need to wash the pots when I get home’. And there really is nothing you can possibly say to that which doesn’t sound sarcastic. Trust me, I sat there for about five minutes trying to think of something.
He also said, ‘I don’t know about you, but I’m beginning to feel peckish!’ I was like, wtf?! I suggested drive-thrus, he said ‘No, but we can do petrol stations’. No thanks.

He sort of tried though. He asked me what I like doing driving-wise, so I told him 70, since the only thing I like about driving is speed. Which turned out to be a mistake, since whenever we got on a road more than 30, he kept on at me to slow down, even when the limit was 70 and I was doing something ridiculous like 55. He even said to me, ‘It’s a good thing I don’t scare easily’ (!!) I wasn’t even doing anything remotely scary! Either driving or personality wise (and trust me, I can be very scary in both those things, especially combined).

Unfortunately, the poor guy doesn’t know his left from his right or his colours.
Me: Which way should I go here?
Him: That way.
Since I was looking at the road, that was completely useless.
AND after he’d got the colour wrong of about four cars, he was like, ‘I’m not colour blind! That car in front is red/orangey/gold/bronze’ (!!) Then next thing he was like, ‘Stop behind the green car’. I was like, what?! Oh, he means the blue car. Of course. What was I thinking?!

By this point, I really did want to pull my arm off and throw it at him. He spent every single second criticising me, and I’m bad at taking criticism as it is. He barely spoke to me apart from that or to give (crap) directions, then said that he’d been told he ‘was too helpful’ on his last appraisal :S His help is non-existant.

Plus, he kept making subtle hints. When I’m driving, I do not do subtle hints.
Him: Oh, I don’t like the look of that stone wall.
Me: (ignores him)
Him: I don’t like the look of that stone wall!
Me: (moves about a metre away from it)
Him: I really don’t like the look of that stone wall.
Me: (thinking) Well, it’s looking better to me all the time, actually.

He really did make me feel the need to drive into a wall/tree/person.

Okay, I’m off to go and slit my wrists now.

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47 Responses to New Driving Instructor

  1. Gladys says:

    Happy birthday to your friend! :)

    Boy, that driving instructor sounds like a pain.

  2. Megan says:

    Wow that must suck. I remember that you said in one blog entry that in the UK you don’t have drivers ed and you get to pick your own private teachers. So is it possible that you can pick someone different? lol. Btw, hope your had a happy bday.

  3. Megan says:

    Sorry, I meant “hope your friend friend had a happy bday”, not “hope your had a happy bday”.

  4. Kat says:

    That’s really neat. Happy Birthday to Hannah. Hahaha, your new driving instructor sounds funnily odd. :) Wow, I forgot that you all use kilometers and I was like, you’re allowed to drive 70!?! Wow, he does sound annoying, but please don’t joke about cutting Jenni. :neutral:

  5. Lara says:

    Wow your new instructor sounds very… :shocked: interesting… Hopefully your next lesson wont be quite as excruciatingly painful.

  6. Michelle says:

    Your instructor sounds scary! I just want to slap people like that.. :sick:

  7. Laney says:

    What a mean mean person.

  8. ~Cat~ says:

    aww I hope your driving instructor gets a whack of nice-ness by the nice fairy LOL :crazy: that was random but good luck with him! he sounds …mean!
    I like the new “comment layout” I guess you could call it! :P

  9. Emz says:

    Argh he sounds super duper evil. Can I throw jelly beans at him? Please

  10. me says:

    that sucks. btw..LSS shut down

  11. Danni says:

    Good luck with driving lessons ;)
    Maybe his nice and better side will shine through later.

  12. Lindy says:

    Your site works again :D

    Your instructor sounds really stupid, maybe you just need to get used to him?
    I’m glad I don’t have driving lessons yet. I want to get a motor driving license first :D (you need to 21 for that, so I still have loads of time :D )

  13. niamh says:

    yikes what an ass! Do you have to stick to him or can you change?? ahh poor you hope things get better.

  14. TraNG says:

    Wow, when i read your comment i was like YAy a comment from Jenni!

    lol

    I see your life is very stressful right now, take some time off everything, go to the spa :-) Feel better.

  15. Anna says:

    Your driving instructor sounds sof frustrating, obviously he’s crap at starting cnversations and probably talking in general too.

  16. ITT says:

    Haha, that was a halarious blog entry. Though I am very sorry you must suffer with such a person. Next time he says something that clearly doesn’t make sense (Then next thing he was like, ‘Stop behind the green car’. I was like, what?! Oh, he means the blue car) then just tell him “Sorry Sir, I don’t understand your directions at all. Perhaps you mean the blue car?” and see what he says. And if I were driving with him and he told me to slow down I’d probably say, “It seems I still haven’t learned how to follow the speed limits. Perhaps you would like to take the wheel.” :P

  17. Lindy says:

    Ohh right, I’ll take care of that error right now :D

  18. Raquel says:

    Ooooh what an irritating idiot. I hate people like that. Perhaps next time you can try biting off your lip, I’m sure it would be more fun than listening to him :)

  19. Katie says:

    Lol, what a stupid man XD I’d probably end up driving really fast down a long seemingly never ending road threatening to go over a cliff. But im weird. And I cant drive.

  20. Alex says:

    Hey Jenni! :D Means alot you commenting on my site after i have being away for so long it really pushes me further and incourages me to do more things and its nice to have them special handful of people who bother to even visit my site :P Lol that guy sounds a noob lol

    Owwh driving! lol Hope you and your relationship with your driver improves lol! If you wanna call it that! speak soon bibi!! :love:

  21. Rachel says:

    WOW! HOW HILARIOUS?!

    You should start being overly nice to him and say things really sincerely. Would probably make you feel better. Like with the stone wall say “yes it has got a lot of weeds on it” or “I dont like grey” lol!

    GINGER BEARD?! Beards should be banned!

    xxx

  22. Kat says:

    ooh, I know what you mean about speed.. I’m a speed junkie, it’s terrible. My instructor moans at me all the time cos I’m usually speeding :S Hope your new instructor improves, or you can switch instructors!

    Hope Hannah had a good birthday :)

  23. Jenny says:

    Hehe. He sounds so stupid.

    That stuff you got Hannah sounds so sweet :) Hope she had a good birthday.

  24. Jennifer says:

    Tehehe that realy made me laugh! Anyway, I hope it gets better. I havent commented for Aaaages. I realy hope the SS problem clears up. Hugs.

  25. Hannah says:

    Hope vry1 wishs moi un happy b-day! cuz im da best! lolz

  26. HAHAHA! *falls of chair*
    That is one of your most hilarious blogs ever I think:P He sounds like a total, dare I say, idiot. I just can’t stop laughing:P Wish I could have seen it;)

    He’s not easily scared huh? I would be petrified if I was driving 55:P LOL, not really:crazy:

  27. HAHAHA! *falls of chair*
    That is one of your most hilarious blogs ever I think:P He sounds like a total, dare I say, idiot. I just can’t stop laughing:P Wish I could have seen it;)

    He’s not easily scared huh? I would be petrified if I was driving 55:P LOL, not really:crazy:

  28. HAHAHA! *falls of chair*
    That is one of your most hilarious blogs ever I think:P He sounds like a total, dare I say, idiot. I just can’t stop laughing:P Wish I could have seen it;)

    He’s not easily scared huh? I would be petrified if I was driving 55:P LOL, not really:crazy:

  29. So sorry for posting three times! I got an error and thought it didn’t go through… Sorry:(

  30. Saba says:

    What an annoying guy! lol.

  31. he sounds really annoying, i would tell him to shut the **** up and say whos driving here? lol and so ewhat if you dont like the look of the stone wall i do :) Thanks for stopping by my site :) i suppose you are finding bad things about the driving instructor because you obviously liked matt your old instructor so even before you met the new one he was a idiot in your eyes, just try to ignore him and tell him you dont like the critisizing comments lol! good luck on your next driving lesson :) ohh and i noticed your layout comes up alot quicker now :) kateee x

  32. hope says:

    ugh, he sounds really irritating, iujust can ‘get on’ with people like that, i always end up hitting/shouting/killing them :P

  33. Chelsy says:

    lol, he sounds like one of my old teachers. ^ ^

  34. Chelsy says:

    lol, he sounds like one of my old teachers. ^ ^

  35. Kayish says:

    Arg. Sounds like a moron. Id probably start fake swerving just to scare him. XD Thats just me though.
    Hope he improves on personality and you manage to survive sitting in the same car with him.
    -Kayish

  36. TraNG says:

    That site has amazing jewerly. It’s just a bit hard to see the images.

    I can se you have alot of stress in your life right now. Go out, have some fun. It’ll make you feel better. :-)

  37. Iris says:

    That does sound annoying. :S I’d comment on things on my own to drive along the conversation, like “I need to feed my sister, she doesn’t have much food left in her cage”. (which is true, but my sister always has enough food–she’s a bird btw). I dislike it when people give me subtle hints about stuff too. Sweet b-day present you got for your friend. :)

  38. Crazy Girl says:

    Woah! That guy seems… crazy! I would be so frustrated if I was you. Lol, but what he said is funny.

    Hope things go well with your driving lesson next time.

    BTW, thanks for returning the comment. I felt so honored to have you visit my site.:)

  39. Kendra says:

    Omg grr, your teacher sounds very.. um.. interesting… ;)

  40. Britt says:

    Argh that guy really sounds annoying!!!

  41. Jane says:

    Laughs -the driving instrucor sounds like a right old fart lmao!

  42. Emily says:

    I’m glad you had a good time with Hannah, the presents sounded really good *cough* my birthday on the 21st *cough* lol.
    GRR I would have smacked your teacher, he sounds like a complete nightmare. The best thing to do is wind him up, atleast make your lessons more enjoyable for you :P
    Please don’t slit your wrists, whose blog am I going to read? (unless you come back from the dead…) :P Cya!

  43. Laura says:

    Heyy sweetie I’ve changed my URL again hehe.. but I’m still here! Sorry I haven’t commented in so long :O Haha, you crack me up Jenni. Especially with the subtle hints.. yes, I’m sure the brick wall DID start to look appealing. I’m sure he was just trying to be funny.. I guess his sense of humour just isn’t the same as yours. At least you got through the lesson alright! So whatever happened to the cute instructor you had. What did I miss? :/

  44. Emma says:

    That driving director sounds terrible! BTW, I love your layout!

  45. Stephanie says:

    Your new instuctor sounds terrible! How will you learn will this guy around? lol.

  46. Rebecca says:

    Ugh, that new instructor sounds awful! I would get so mad and start screaming.

  47. Kat says:

    Wow! What an annoying driving instructor. What a pain. :(