Originally Posted by clear4approach

I'm sure in the history of this, there have been people who wrote something to the effect of:
"The examiner didn't like me"
"I met the PTS but the examiner still failed me"
"The examiner was sexist/racist"
"The examiner had to meet a quota"
"My instructor never thought me XX maneuver"

I stuck to the facts. "I failed the test for XX due to not meeting the PTS for XX area. I then studied, sought out the required re-training and subsequently passed the check-ride"