{"id":8343,"date":"2012-02-24T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T13:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=8343"},"modified":"2012-02-24T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T13:17:01","slug":"some-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=8343","title":{"rendered":"Some People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone found the blog on the following search term:<\/p>\n

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bsm late or<\/strong> acromas or<\/strong> goodsell or<\/strong> saga or<\/strong> aa or<\/strong> complaint or<\/strong> driving or<\/strong> lesson or<\/strong> instructor or<\/strong> cancelled or<\/strong> theory or<\/strong> franchise or<\/strong> passed or<\/strong> failed or<\/strong> pupil or<\/strong> car –<\/strong>brick –<\/strong>waka –<\/strong>mining –<\/strong>benilde –<\/strong>exhaust –<\/strong>bmw –<\/strong>blind<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You have to try not to laugh sometimes. They actually typed all that into a search engine \u2013  they seem to have a big axe to grind, but on a very badly worn grinding wheel! A search term like that is almost like not using any search criteria at all \u2013 it\u2019ll throw up a zillion results, 99.9% of \"Latewhich are absolutely irrelevant (as the attempts to remove certain hits would confirm).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s assume that the earlier chapters of the term are what the person was interested in \u2013 something to do with a driving instructor from the AA or BSM turning up late.<\/p>\n

First things first. Forget any idea you might have about suing them for millions. It isn\u2019t going to happen.<\/p>\n

Next, you need to understand how driving instructors work. Every single instructor out there (well, except for a handful who work for specialised companies who deal with expensive lessons to people who can afford them) is self-employed. That means that if you get a bad one, there\u2019s almost<\/strong> just as much chance of him being with Red, the AA, BSM, or any other large school as there is of him being with a smaller school or operating on his own.<\/p>\n

I say \u201calmost\u201d, because there is a slight likelihood that the one from a big school will \u2013 on average – be more reliable than one of the lesser ones. The reason is the brand name, \"Aand the degree to which the school in question wants to protect it. Still not convinced?<\/p>\n

OK. Every instructor has to make money, and to do that they need pupils to teach. Those with a franchise are almost always there because they can\u2019t generate the work themselves, and they rely on the school to get them that work. Assuming that this arrangement works, the instructor will not want to get on the wrong side of his franchiser \u2013 who might kick him out if he upsets customers. So there is a general tendency for any behaviour likely to cause upset not to happen.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, instructors who charge stupid prices and who force pupils to stay with them by making stupid \u201c10 lessons for \u00a399\u201d offers, which only apply if you stay for your entire course, can afford to be a little less customer friendly. And since they will be earning less to start with with these daft offers and low regular prices, they may well upset pupils without being aware of it by not teaching them quickly enough for the pupil\u2019s liking. So there is a general tendency for unhappy pupils to be greater in this group.<\/p>\n

Note I said \u201cgeneral tendency\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s cut through the crap and try to help people who are anally retentive enough to type huge search terms like the one above, with a view to being able to retire on the outcome of what they might have in mind\u2026 here are some simple things you could try<\/p>\n