An instructor sure pissed me off today!

[CAMPMEAT]

Sounds like this pud needs an attitude adjustment in the parking lot !!!!

[windygorge]

there should be a grace period.  15 min is not unreasonable.  like someone said, what if the instructor had a blowout and was late.  nothing they teach in hunter ed is so critical that you can't quickly make up in under 15 min.   

[predatorpro]

There are no paid hunter safety instructors in this state, all are volunteers. Do the instructions about the class say anything about being late? If you want your wife to hunt this year, is she eligible for the one year hunter ed deferment? That might be something to check out.

i will check out the deferment thing thanks! and wapiti i do know how to use a map but mine doesnt show where 104 BFE ST Gun Range, Chelan, WA is on it but maybe yours does! and in case you didnt read my first post i cant go drop my kid off at someones house at 5 in the monring to be at the class 45 minutes early unless you think taking a 2 year old to the gun range with a bunch of newbies for 8 hours is a good idea, next time ill just have you babysit for me! i agree with you tho that yes it is his choice wether or not to be a jerk about it tho!

[Hunterman]

I think that I would be ticked off too.. Getting my "SICK" wife up out of bed so she could infect a room full of "ON TIME" students with "STREP THROAT".  Hell after all don't he know the price of fuel?? Now your "SICK" wife has to wait until she is over her "STREP THROAT" to finish her hunters ed cource "LIKE SHE SHOULD". Damn the gps..

Hunterman(Tony)

[wraithen]

While I do sympathize with the OP, I can tell you that if something is 20 minutes away, I'm minimum 15 minutes early. If something should take an hour away I'm at least 30 minutes early. If it's any farther than that it's generally an hour free time. I get that that timeline is difficult for some people but the instructor is a volunteer. I understand the anger, but if I show up half an hour early to make sure I'm on time, why do I have to wait 10, 13, 15, 30 minutes after I need to be there for everyone to arrive? I think it's on the individual to be responsible and show up early. I get that this sounds like a dick move but I'm the guy that is in the parking lot usually before anyone else. Being late means missing out. I don't want or need that lesson any more, esp if it's something I deem important.

If you had to be somewhere by a certain time or you lost your house and would be sold to indentured service for 6 months, how early would you be? Make better decisions man.

[ribka]

Yep would piss me off but ain't fair.  Chalk it up to a life lesson and move on.


I learned a long time ago that GP's do not work in rural areas with directions for roads. I always bring a map and /or directions from Google with me. People die every year because they don't use common sense and rely solely on their GPS.

[Stickerbush]

That's a shame, isn't the main reason people get into hunter ed instruction to get more people involved in the activity they love and to better the "sport" for all? At least that would be my motivation if I was an instructor, its not like this was a freaking navy seals tryout or something. If this guys wants to get all power tripped up then yea, I guess that's his right. But I feel he screwed the pooch on this one. Good luck to you and your wife, I hope she is able to hunt this year!

[predatorpro]

I think that I would be ticked off too.. Getting my "SICK" wife up out of bed so she could infect a room full of "ON TIME" students with "STREP THROAT".  Hell after all don't he know the price of fuel?? Now your "SICK" wife has to wait until she is over her "STREP THROAT" to finish her hunters ed cource "LIKE SHE SHOULD". Damn the gps..

Hunterman(Tony)

well unless my wife starts making out with everyone in the room i think they should be fine, that and shes been on antibiotics for 2 or 3 days now, sometimes i wish i was a perfect as some of the people on here, my life would be so much nicer! i dont think i need to repeat again why i couldnt leave 24 hours ahead of time

[bullcanyon]

Why is it that we hear of so many horror stories with these field eval. classes? I work with a kid that failed because he didn't cycle the pump shotgun fast enough. I've read many stories of bogus reasons for the instructors to be richards about the situation.  We need more people in the sport helping keep it going strong. Why is this happening?

[LeeMajors]

You should leave early if you don't know where you're going.  I'd be pissed if someone showed up 15 minutes late and I had to listen to already slow and dumbed down instructions again.  Those types of classes are bad enough to sit through without having to start over for someone that can't be on time.  yeah, 20 other people should waste 15 minutes of their time for the 1 person that was late.  That makes sense.

[dscubame]

You should leave early if you don't know where you're going.  I'd be pissed if someone showed up 15 minutes late and I had to listen to already slow and dumbed down instructions again.  Those types of classes are bad enough to sit through without having to start over for someone that can't be on time.  yeah, 20 other people should waste 15 minutes of their time for the 1 person that was late.  That makes sense.

If that would piss you off you may have some issues.

[JLS]

While I do sympathize with the OP, I can tell you that if something is 20 minutes away, I'm minimum 15 minutes early. If something should take an hour away I'm at least 30 minutes early. If it's any farther than that it's generally an hour free time. I get that that timeline is difficult for some people but the instructor is a volunteer. I understand the anger, but if I show up half an hour early to make sure I'm on time, why do I have to wait 10, 13, 15, 30 minutes after I need to be there for everyone to arrive? I think it's on the individual to be responsible and show up early. I get that this sounds like a dick move but I'm the guy that is in the parking lot usually before anyone else. Being late means missing out. I don't want or need that lesson any more, esp if it's something I deem important.

If you had to be somewhere by a certain time or you lost your house and would be sold to indentured service for 6 months, how early would you be? Make better decisions man.

I agree.  I'm sure it sucks, but I don't feel it's completely out of line.  It is a one day class and I don't think it's unreasonable for them to be able to start on time.  I don't think we should all be allotted a 15 minute grace period.  I'm not perfect so please don't take this to mean I am.  It's funny how so many folks on this board scream for accountability, but then turn around and grab pitchforks when someone is held accountable.

Hopefully it goes better next time.

[deleted BGS]

My girlfriend did the online class this summer as well, when we arrived very unorganized , people were showing up 30 minutes late and still allowed to be in the class. Then the students took another test, if they didnt pass they had to leave 

[h20hunter]

In all fairness it sounds like both sides could have done a better job. Yes...being late when given a distance to travel is understandable but I agree that maybe you could have done a better job knowing where the range was to avoid any extra delays. Now...getting there a bit late.....15 minutes....should have not been that big of a deal. I would think that the insturctor woke up on the wrong side of the bed and simply acted a bit more harsh than necessary.

[dbor]

A twelve Year old BOY and a little boys Mommy..... COME ON MAN.....