An instructor sure pissed me off today!

[predatorpro]

So my wife had passed her online course with flying colors so we signed her up for the field evaluation in chelan, so we ran around like crazy this morning getting our 2 year old ready and to the babysitters and were on the road by 7am this morning drove all the way to chelan and my GPS took us all over the place in the mountains for no reason waisting 15 minutes and then the address they gave us according to my gps is next to a tree with no road, so we drove around aimlessly trying to find this gun range which ended up being about 5 miles farther down the road and we got there right at 8:10 and the instructor pretty much told us to pack sand and that we couldnt come in for the class, i told him are you kidding me? we just drove all the way from wenatchee and couldnt find this place and were trying to get there as fast as possible and my gps was way off and he said yeh...youll have to reschedule and turned to walk back into the class room! i was like this is bull!! there was no reason he couldnt have still let us in the classroom, they also sent home a younger kid with his parents that looked to be about 12 that was only about 5 minutes late...im sure that kid was really upset that he probly wont get to go deer hunting this year with his dad!I know my wife was who has strep throat right now and was miserable sick forcing herself to get there and do what she needed, she had tears running down her face when we were leaving she was just as upset as me...is there any instructors on here that would be able to do us a huge favor and get a field eval in soon so she can make it to deer season this year? i have already spent a ton of money and time getting her geared up to go and getting her onto the property we hunt!  I just really dont want to see all her hard work go to waist cuz the guy in chelan was being a jerk!

[BOWHUNTER45]

Call The dept . and tell them what he did .. I would be frickin peeeeeesed if he was such and arz hole ...Thats BS.. How some people act in situations like that ...He would of been calling the sheriff If that was me 

[predatorpro]

Call The dept . and tell them what he did .. I would be frickin peeeeeesed if he was such and arz hole ...Thats BS.. How some people act in situations like that ...He would of been calling the sheriff If that was me 

i will be giving them a call for sure! nothing like waisting a bunch of money in diesel and time so my wife can miss deer season cuz the stupid gps sent us on a wild goose chase!  there was no reason he couldnt have couldnt have been alittle understanding and let her in!  we can only drop our two year old off so early at someones house! i was about ready to grab him when he walked off and be like hey im not done with you yet! ur gonna stand here and listen to me tell you what a jerk you are!

[BOWHUNTER45]

Yeah , thats bad... what a sheethead he is !! 

[shoot-em-dead]

I was actually thinking the instructor was in the right. Late is late and he didn't allow the kid in either. He didn't have anything against you personally.  Look at it from the other end- He doesn't know you had to get a baby sitter, drive a long way, have a sick wife ect.  He has a class that he must teach and doesn't need to be repeating information. Even if it is something as simple as "place your name in the upper corner". I do sympathize for those that can't hunt this year but that is just the way it is sometimes. And it is VERY common with hunter ed teachers to not tolerate tardiness.

[salmonslayer]

Late is Late?  Whatever...people like you kill me.  You have never been a few minutes late for something beyond your control?  In my book, being up to 15 minutes late is acceptable - there is a lot of things that can happen to make you late.  Anything more than that is poor planning, and you probably deserve whatever happens.  Sounds like the instructor is a power tripping diaper bag to me!

[jess]

that is *censored*... Some of these instructors need a reality check.. They are just little men on a power trip.. Yes there are good ones but guys like this leave a bad taste in everyones mouth! I feel sorry for your wife and the kid... The instructors wife prob wears the pants at home so he takes out his frustration on the pore kids in his class...

[Kola16]

I think it is stupid that he didn't let her, or the younger boy in. Hasn't the instructor ever been in a situation where he was late for something, and he got denied access to whatever it was  Would it kill him that much to let the 2 in so they don''t have to go through all the chaos. I think you nailed it jess. A little man on a power trip.

[dscubame]

Late is not a big deal...life happens.  What a jerk.  Powertrip, I bet the instructor is a sorry SOB in life.

[predatorpro]

I was actually thinking the instructor was in the right. Late is late and he didn't allow the kid in either. He didn't have anything against you personally.  Look at it from the other end- He doesn't know you had to get a baby sitter, drive a long way, have a sick wife ect.  He has a class that he must teach and doesn't need to be repeating information. Even if it is something as simple as "place your name in the upper corner". I do sympathize for those that can't hunt this year but that is just the way it is sometimes. And it is VERY common with hunter ed teachers to not tolerate tardiness.

except he does know all that cuz i told him! what would have happened if he blew a tire on the way there? you think he never was late to work because something happened? i guess your thinking you should just fire that person and find someone else right?

[wapiti hunter2]

It is your responsibility to be on time, not his to let you in because you were late.  Learn to use a map and do not rely on a GPS.  If you haven't learned that lesson until now, shame on you.  You are acting like a wining victim.  Allow more time next time if you have to go that far.  All of this support for you and bashing of the instructor for doing his job drives me crazy.  Man up.............you screwed up.  All you had to do was look the address up and be sure it wasn't a tree in the middle of nowhere before you left.......................

[CAMPMEAT]

Ask who pays his wages for this eval Vince, the taxpayers or if it's a volunteer deal. I'd raise hell about it myself. How many people were at the eval, one ? You're late and he's a dick. Another blackeye for the WDFW in my mind.

[dscubame]

It is your responsibility to be on time, not his to let you in because you were late.  Learn to use a map and do not rely on a GPS.  If you haven't learned that lesson until now, shame on you.  You are acting like a wining victim.  Allow more time next time if you have to go that far.  All of this support for you and bashing of the instructor for doing his job drives me crazy.  Man up.............you screwed up.  All you had to do was look the address up and be sure it wasn't a tree in the middle of nowhere before you left.......................

Thats great support....your a jerk.

[BOWHUNTER45]

WOW Wapiti ..You must of woke up on the wrong side of the bed today 

[winshooter88]

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.