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Well, that’s not a good look…
A lot of us have a bad habit or two: biting our nails, chewing too loudly, etc.
But still sucking your thumb as a teenager?
That’s weird!
And that kind of behavior should’ve been nipped in the bud years ago.
Check out what this driving instructor had to say about a student who has some growing up to do.
Thumbsucker at driving school.
“I’m a driving instructor and I had one of the weirdest lessons I’ve ever had recently.
Hmmm…
The girl I was teaching had her thumb in her mouth basically the entire time. Not just like a quick nervous habit, I mean full on the whole lesson.
The part that really threw me off was she was actually talking to me with it still in her mouth like it was completely normal. I could barely understand her half the time.
Then before we even started driving, she walked up to me, took her thumb out of her mouth, and immediately reached out to shake my hand with that same hand.
Gross!
I didn’t even know how to react in the moment, I just kind of went with it but it definitely caught me off guard.
Once we got in the car, I had to say something. I told her straight up that she can’t be driving with one hand while doing that and that she needs both hands on the wheel and full attention on the road.
This is so weird…
She didn’t really argue, just kind of nodded and then a few minutes later went right back to it.
After the lesson I talked to her parents about it because it felt like something they should know, especially since it affects safety. They weren’t even that surprised.
They said she’s always done it when she’s nervous and that they’ve tried to get her to stop for years. One of them even kind of laughed it off and said she’ll “grow out of it eventually.”
I get that people have habits, but it felt like more than just a small thing when it’s happening during a driving lesson.
I’m still not really sure how to handle it going forward if I end up teaching her again.
Anyone else run into something like this?”
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I thought the girl’s parents had a weird reaction, too…
What a strange story…
Hopefully she’ll grow out of it!
This was a driving lesson that he’ll never forget…