Happened to me, once. Rental company stuck me with a manual. It was fun, for a few hours, learning how to shift without the thing bucking like a bronc.
But I realized that the next day I was going to have to drive up a steep hill with a stop sign halfway up. And I just knew someone was going to pull right up behind me before I could go again.
So the next day right after breakfast I took the car back to the rental agency and got something that doesn't slide halfway down a hill before it starts forward.
You two are definitely wimps.