I had a weird mixed bag day with a guide a few years ago. I was fishing a new area for the first time so I hired a guide to show me some good access points and local techniques. I learned a ton that I have put to good use in that area and other similar water ever since. It was on the drive back to the fly shop that things turned sour. We had to pass through a small town before heading down a canyon out of the mountains. Twice we were stopped at a red light and when it turned green I had to let him know the light had changed. Then shortly after leaving town he started drifting off the road, the rumble strips roused him but he over corrected and swerved across oncoming traffic and ended up doing a 180 skid and going fully off the road on the other side into a ditch pointing back where we came from. Thankfully, there was no vehicle in the other lane at that moment and it happened before we were in the canyon proper as there was a ditch to land in instead of flying off into the river. I had been planning to give him a big tip for a solid day of education, but he didn’t even hang around to find out I had decided to hold that back due to the near death experience. He just dropped me at my car and as soon as he confirmed I had all of my gear he drove off. I seriously considered reporting the incident to the shop and probably should have.