That’s funny. I’ve always driven a stick - at the Sunoco where I get my car inspected the DOJ of the owner is their mechanic - he seems very competent and is a nice guy, but amazingly he can’t drive a stick.
I found this out a couple years ago when I dropped my car off without a ride home and he offered yo drive me - until he remembered it was a stick.
Amazing that someone could be in that line of work and not drive a stick.
It isn’t that hard! I taught two of my female offspring how to do it about an hour each.