Today, my instructor turned up late to get me for my driving test. I soon realized something was seriously wrong. Turned out his wife left him last night, and he'd been drinking the pain away all morning. He ended up rear-ending another car, and now I have to reschedule my test. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, while I was taking my driver's test, my instructor received a text message. He promptly had a panic attack and screamed for me to pull over. It turned out his wife wanted a divorce. The last 15 minutes of my test consisted of him sobbing to himself as I drove back to the DMV. FML
Today, as I was taking the driver's test to get my license, I backed into a car. It belonged to the instructor sitting in my passenger seat. FML
Today, I was rear-ended while at a stop sign, by my driving instructor. FML
Today, I was nervous as hell for my driving test. The instructor told me to drive a straight line in reverse. I forgot to put the car in reverse from drive and drove straight into a parked vehicle. Which happened to be owned by the instructor. FML
Today, I hit a parked car. It happened to be my driving instructor's car. While he was instructing me, sitting in the passenger seat. I don't think I'll pass. FML
Today, I passed my driver's test. As I was driving home, I was rear-ended. Rear-ended by the examiner that'd passed me. FML
Today, I started my job as a driving instructor. My first client showed up piss drunk. FML
Today, I had my first driving test. The instructor turned out to be the kind of twit who made me do the full 60-minute test, only to tell me afterwards that he was failing me for the only mistake I made less than 2 minutes after the test started. Time wasting tit. FML
Today, I went to take my driver's test, and I did almost everything perfectly. The last thing was to back into a driveway. As I went to put my hand on the passenger seat to look over my shoulder, I got so nervous that I hit my instructor in the face. FML
Today, I took my driver's test. I was confident and thought everything would go well. My boss ended up calling me several times during the test. Turns out my colleague never showed up to cover for me, and my boss blamed me. Not only did I fail my test, I'm now suspended from work too. FML
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Top comments
nesteremily 31
I agree that is definitely FYL. On the bright side you didn't get hurt
jaymartino86 10
Heart broken or not he must've known that was the worst possible idea. Should have called in sick.
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Comments (75)
little_one 20
Should ask to be reimbursed for the test since he was the reason you missed it.
achesley613 4
so were you driving during the test or was he? ....
paigexox0 37
This is worded really bad, it makes the FML sound like the instructor hit a car DURING the test, instead of before.
Chiishinchu 13
I think you might want a different instructor.
abbeyp27 12
Glad you're okay!!!
Drakone 9
Where is this in Wisconsin because this is ****** up XD
SilverFoxx 19
What do you mean 'FML'?? Boo-Hoo! You have to reschedule your driving test, but your driving instructor's life just fell apart. I know who truly deserves an FML and I'm sorry, my friend... It is not you.
Champignon_fml 19
So this guy's wife left him, God knows the consequences concerning housing/possible children/division of goods/..., he drinks away the pain and ends up causing yet more trouble for himself by causing a DUI accident, and YOUR life is ****** because you have to reschedule your test? Wow.
DoomedGemini 38
Yes, f HIS life because he had to pay for the instructors personal problems. You can have sympathy for more than one person, though the instructor REALLY should've taken time off considering he's obviously in no condition to work.
Champignon_fml 19
Obviously the instructor should've known better than to drink and drive. Still, how in the world can someone be as insensitive and egocentric as whining about having to reschedule a test because of someone else, when the latter person's life REALLY fell apart the night before? This isn't an FML for the OP, it's an inconvenience. The FML is the instructor's. That guy just lost his wife and has to deal with all of the consequences of divorce. This accident will most likely cost him his job as well. I do think this situation far outweighs rescheduling a driving test.
bgorch01 11
I thought that the car you have to use in a driving test is YOUR car, not the instructor's (at least, that's how it is in my state.) This makes this more than just an inconvenience for OP. Sure, that instructor may have had a bad night, but for him to arrive drunk, drive in your vehicle, crash it, and reschedule one of the biggest tests of your life seems quite terrible. FYL OP. Definitely FYL.
Champignon_fml 19
The way I understand it is the instructor crashed his own car, not the OP's. Over here, driving instructors never drive their students' cars, not even during the first class (most even use a car from the driving school instead for insurance reasons). It doesn't make sense that an instructor should pick up a student and drive them to the examination center - it's the last occasion for the student to practice. And even if the instructor did damage the OP's car, it's still the instructor who'll be paying for the damage to be repaired.
jesterinperil 28
If I were you, I'd request a different instructor.
UhHuhHoney 20
Aw poor guy. :(