How do your teach someone left from right?

[warpedskydiver 0]

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So I have a driver that always turns the wrong way when I tell him left or right. Since Im the senior scout and am out in front of the platoon this is not a good thing. After a few mistakes I start yelling at him cause he's making me look like an ass, then he gets all flustered and scared of me and does everything wrong. Short of painting a L and R on the lenses of his Night Vision Goggles does anyone have any ideas?

Slap them with the left and then with the right until they figure it out

[LisaM 0]

Say turn my way or turn your way....

~ Lisa
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[steveorino 7]

A memorable scene from the movie "Glory".
A young black recruit didn't know his left from right. The Irish Sgt. stomped on his right foot saying, "This is your right!" He was about to stomp on his left foot saying, "This is your ..."
The recruit moves his foot.
Irish Sgt, "Now you're learning."

steveOrino

[RandomLemming 0]

hehehe - I could be that guy :)

We eventually solved it with "My side" and "Your side". For a couple of months, I got instructions of
"Right - Your side" and "Left - my side"

Apparently it's a common side effect of dyslexia, but it can be cured with constant re-inforcement.

Of course, gods help me when I'm driving left hand drive vehicles because the sides change around :)

[BIGUN 1,316]

I'm kinda wondering how someone gets in a Scout platoon without being able to navigate?

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[shropshire 0]

Shouting probably wont work, cus he probably gets flustered.... He's military, right, so saluts O.K?...Call Salut hand for Right..... and something else f'left.

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[whiskyncoke 0]

I am dense enough to have the same problem. Have just passed my driving test a couple of months ago - my driving instructor would say "indicate up" or "indicate down", thenyou hands were already moving the right way. Up and down is way easier than left and right! (When it came to the test resorted to a big L and R written on my hands!)

Sam

[McDuck 0]

Is the answer "Speaker's Corner"?

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[Broke 0]

Leave a compas on the dash and tell him the dirrection to head in instead of Left or right. North South East West

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[Phillbo 11]

or ..... tell him to turn rigth when you want him to go left etc.....


I'm Lysdexic as well but it does not impact my ability to navigate

[briguy 0]

does the guy screw up left-face and right-face?

how about column left and column right (probably not because he's following someone).

maybe he's just messing with you.

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[ExAFO 0]

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So I have a driver that always turns the wrong way when I tell him left or right. Since Im the senior scout and am out in front of the platoon this is not a good thing. After a few mistakes I start yelling at him cause he's making me look like an ass, then he gets all flustered and scared of me and does everything wrong. Short of painting a L and R on the lenses of his Night Vision Goggles does anyone have any ideas?

Slap them with the left and then with the right until they figure it out

It worked for R. Lee Ermey and Vincent D'Nofrio...

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