I just noticed a Google ad which said “don’t become a driving instructor – cleaners earn more”.
It was selling cleaning franchises.
Let’s hope that every moronic driving instructor out there who is cutting their prices because they were too greedy to start on a franchise themselves, and who don’t have any work as a result realises this. That they’re further down the ladder than cleaners.
Hopefully, this will even sink into the thick skulls of those who try to justify their stupidity, and who think being a cheapo is clever.
Better yet, bugger off from this industry and go and bring the cleaning franchise one to its knees with your unique business skills!
On the other hand, let’s be brutally honest about this. There is absolutely no reason why a driving instructor should consider himself any better than a cleaner. It’s the fact that so many do – considering themselves above the police, doctors, nurses, and other medical professional – which makes the whole price-cutting saga such a sorry mess. It’s often the ones who think they’re so good who are most deeply involved in the practice.
They simply can’t see that being busy isn’t the same as making a decent wage – and that that’s the best outcome they can hope for!