Tell your friend to get a job as a valet parking attendant. I told the hotel that I didn't know how to drive a stick when I interviewed, but their response was, "well then wait for the guest to go up to his room before you park his car, that way he won't see you do it." Needless to say, this hotel was on the decline. I wasn't willing to do that to a guest's car, so I got my friend to teach me with his Festiva. I never stalled it, and it only took me about 10 minutes to get it all figured out. You should be able to find a relative or friend with an old beater that has a standard transmission. Somewhere he has to know someone with a manual tranny car who will let him learn on it. How much harm can he do anyway? The only remotely hard part of a manual is getting the car moving from a stop. Once you're moving, it's incredibly simple.
Zenmervolt