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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Gaffers on 24 March 2008, 22:52:32
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Just had the wife on the phone who was going to suprise me and take her driving test tomorrow. She's american and has been driving for 20 odd years yet she still has to take a full driving test one year after becoming a UK resident, but thats a separate rant.
She booked a double lesson with the AA for Friday last week ao that she can learn the finer points of our pathetic driving test. The instructor did a no-show so the wife called them up who were very apologetic, checked address ok blah blah. Well the fooker has failed to turn up again and she is quite obviously starting to brick it.
I feel like driving home to lamp this guy when he turns up. Unless they can get her an instructor tomorrow she's going to go into the test blind and will probably fail it.
Useless idiots!! >:( >:(
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twa,,,,st. did she phone the right AA ..HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING.
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serious note hope she sorts it. good luck
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Anyone recall the AA advert on tv a couple of years ago & the theme song ;D ;D ;D ;D
Serious though mate, it takes the SSIP
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did once seriously think about becoming a driving instructor with those ads you see in the paper but couldnt afford it at the time
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twa,,,,st. did she phone the right AA ..HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING.
lol..... not likely. One of the reasons I love my wife is the fact that due to some Jap genes in her she cant metabolise alcohol. Free taxi!!
And yes it is taking the piss. I know that its a bank holiday and all that but you're due to work and prob getting extra pay too then you should pull your thumb out of your arse... :y
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when my wife is the free taxi and picks me up, it sobers me up PDQ. women cars, driving, disaster.
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i know what the answer would be if i asked my wife to pick me up
starts with f and ends with f ;D
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I hope for your sake some of our Lady members don't read this. Don't fancy your chances if they get hold of you.
Mind you there's worse ways to go!!!!!!!!!! :P
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she loves me ;D ;D ;D ;D :-* :-* :-*
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we had the same issues with AA.
having booked a series of 20 lessons, as my daughter's 18th birthday present (along with a pug 106 and a years insurance) and had 3 no-shows, I rang the head office, told them, including expletives , what a bunch of muppets I thought they were, and demanded a full refund.
RAC/BSM were MUCH MUCH better, always on time, or early, and never so much as a suggestion ofa no show... on the occasion the booked instructor couldn't make it, they arranged a replacement ahead of time and informed us of it as well...
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when my wife is the free taxi and picks me up, it sobers me up PDQ. women cars, driving, disaster.
:o....... >:(....... :'(
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Find a local independant driving instructor. Someone self employed is less likely to treat his customers like that IMHO.
Kevin
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Find a local independant driving instructor. Someone self employed is less likely to treat his customers like that IMHO.
Kevin
you would think so yes.
When Stepson was leatrinigng to drive i bought a block of lessons from a well known local instructor, she came very highly recommended as well.
Within 5 lessons she was cancelling, no showing and generally being a PITA, so i decided to cancel the block booking and ask for my money back.
Finally got it back, then got talking to a driving instructor, she had a high pass rate because she filtered her clients, if she didn't like you or there was a chance that you were going to take a long time she would mess you around so much that you would cancel.....
Seems James was struggling with hill starts and she didn't think he would make it so decided to move on.....
We now have someone else who is much better, he now listens, does what he is told and seems to be progressing OK..... I am teaching him ;D ;D
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she had a high pass rate because she filtered her clients
Hmm. >:( Give someone targets to meet and it guarantees they don't do the job they're supposed to.
Kevin
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I dont know, kids today are spoilt.....I never got given a car and had to fund my driving lessons myself!
Interestingly, I was looking at some stats and you are many times more likely to smash the car when young if you didn't pay for it yourself.
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I think you are being very unfair on Barry
I hope you got full refund off the PITA woman Jay
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I think you are being very unfair on Barry
I hope you got full refund off the PITA woman Jay
;D ;D ;D.......I am trying to picture AA giving driving lessons!
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I think you are being very unfair on Barry
I hope you got full refund off the PITA woman Jay
yes she coughed up in the end..........now spending it on Valium and prozac due to his driving
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I dont know, kids today are spoilt.....I never got given a car and had to fund my driving lessons myself!
Interestingly, I was looking at some stats and you are many times more likely to smash the car when young if you didn't pay for it yourself.
My folks paid for my first few lessons (5 or 6 iirc) as 18th birthday pressie. I then left home (they moved to East Anglia, I stayed in Aylesbury), so I striggled to pay for remaining lessons, let alone buy a car, hence didn't get a car until I was 20. I nice Triumph Acclaim - decent engine, woeful handling. I loved that car (first car and all that).
In view of M_DTM's second comment - I have had several accidents (many my fault) in works vans, but never an own fault in any car I've owned...