Driving lessons are, in a sense, distressing enough. After all, you have to deal with numerous ‘roadblocks’ while a stern, eagle-eyed ‘mentor’ sits beside you in an observational stance.
Truly, it’s a slow learner’s worst nightmare.
But here’s the thing. While the aforementioned notion is no doubt terrible, it is not the worst. No. Rather, the situation gets significantly more dire when you have to deal with numerous roadblocks…
While a stern, eagle-eyed, suggestively racist and condescending ‘mentor’ sits beside you in an observational stance.
Oh, and the ‘mentor’ in question makes non-subtle ‘yo momma’ jokes too.
Truly, it’s really a slow learner’s worst nightmare.
Driving School Instructor in S’pore Allegedly Questioned Student’s Nationality & Insulted His Mom
According to MustShareNews, a Singaporean was taking driving lessons when he encountered a rather displeasing instructor…
Who not only questioned his nationality but also made insulting remarks about his mother.
The bad experience was shared on Reddit, where it has since garnered over 2.6K upvotes.
In the post, the student, who speaks Mandarin and describes himself as tan-skinned and of Burmese descent, wrote his encounter in detail and alleged that the instructor’s behaviour was urged on by racism.
He also claimed that he was asked to go onto the road immediately, despite having no prior driving experience.
Foreign License Conversion Course
Apparently, upon learning that he was of Burmese heritage, the instructor assumed that he was there for a foreign license conversion course.
The student tried to clarify that he was a new learner, but the instructor persisted in directing him to drive onto the road, together with routine traffic.
When the student showed difficulties in carrying out the task, the instructor allegedly said that “Burmese drivers are terrible”.
Additionally, the instructor seemed to express doubt when the student professed to have been born and bred in Singapore. In fact, the suspicion ran so deep that the older man purportedly stopped the driving lesson, just to verify the student’s pink identification card.
This is despite the notion that the student’s identity has already been verified by the driving school.
Still unconvinced, the instructor began to “test” the younger man after the lesson, with questions pertaining to National Service.
And to make it worse (incredibly), the instructor allegedly made insulting remarks about the student’s mother.
When informed that the student’s mother was Burmese, the instructor assumed that she was a mail-order bride and asked:
“How much did your dad pay when buying your mum?”