let down and in the lurch (Driving Schools in General)

Member Name: loopy*

Product:	Driving Schools in General
Date:	02/03/09 (48 review reads)
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Advantages: eventually you will pass- i hope so anyway!

Disadvantages: cost a fortune

just thought id a dd a little note on my experience with driving instructors.
firstof all i had a lovely man who taught me on time every week-unfortunately i moved house and got pregnant so gave up lessons for a while,the next instructor i booked when my baby was old enough was a complete waste of time- first of all turned up late! then on me getting in the car-yhe was on the phone to his travel agent booking his families holiday and he just told me to drive out of a busy car park -even though i explained i hadnt driven for over a year!!,during this lesson i did a couple of manouvers -from memory not his explanation,then we picked up a lad having his lesson who had to drive me home as part of his lesson!. needless to say i didnt book with him again!-
the next experience i had was with a female driving school whom i thought we got on really well- told me to go ahead and book my test and she would put it in her diary-then low and behold said she was going on holiday that day! -managed to apparantly squeeze it in before she went. however i failed- had a couple more lessons and she said book it again for a cancellation- so i did. and once again she said she couldnt do it,but would find someones from the same company who would- 2 days before my test she rings saying she couldnt find anybody and im going to lose my money. so i had a frantic phone around all the companies trying to get someone who would take me for my test- luckily a gentleman came to my rescue-however after failing again! the company my female driving instructor rang saying that she had been sacked for letting customers down and hadnt even asked any of them to cover my test- it then turned into childish games where they would both ring me telling tales on the other so in the end i just stopped answering to them both- i suppose the moral of my story is i think -go by recommendations
lucky me now has to find another instructor *sigh*

Summary: dont assume they wont you down