Skip forward two years...
You've got your PPL and about 150 hours P1.
You're off on a flying trip with your wife
at about 3500' when all of a sudden the engine stops (SEP for sake of argument)
All of a sudden that voice comes booming into your head, "TRIM, TRIM FOR BEST GLIDE YOU USELESS <insert suiitable expletive here>"
So you trim. So you make a FL. So you both survive.
Is he still an A-Hole then?