Where is the common courtesy?

[PsychDiver]

A few weeks ago I was running a class of OW students. We did dive #1 on a Friday. I had placed a buoy in the center of the platform. I left it over night. When I arrived at the scuba park on Saturday, my students were the first in line. A truck pulled up. I approached them and told them I would move my class since they were also running a class. I told them they could use my buoy if they wanted. My group moved to be polite. As we started to make the first dive, I noticed my buoy floating off across the lake. After retrieving it I confronted the other group and the instructor told me he let it loose because it was a hazard to his divers. I told him not a problem if he thought it was a hazard but he should have tied it off to the side. He was arrogant and rude about it. He also untied a navigation line (put there by the park) that was between two platforms and let it loose in the water. What course do you think I should take with this?

[NitroWill]

Report it to the park. Theres no reason to untie lines like that - especially if some are put their by the park and are used for navigation purposes.

[Puffer Fish]

I would let it go...you are obviously a far better person than the jerk you were dealing with..just keep in mind they have to go thru life being like that, whereas, you just had accidental contact.

[PsychDiver]

I am the kind to let it go. But others are telling me that he should be reported to his certifying agency.

[cummings66]

I think that would be extreme, its a judgement call and he thinks lines are dangerous. Truth told they can be if a diver is caught unaware, not sure how that can happen but...

[NitroWill]

Reporting to the certyfying agency might be a little harsh, but I would definitely let the park know about what he is doing. He has no right to move anything they have put in places - chances are its there for a reason!

[Zenagirl]

I'd let the personal stuff with the buoy go, but I'd report him to the park for untying the nagivation line.

[ScubaGir1]

Wow, how rude! I'm surprised he being a dive instructor would do something like that!

Not sure if you can really do much about the buoy, but I'd report him to the park about the nav. line.

[mitsuguy]

Originally Posted by Zenagirl

I'd let the personal stuff with the buoy go, but I'd report him to the park for untying the nagivation line.

I agree... however, it makes me mad to have people like this in our sport... people like this, hopefully, don't show this side to others outside the sport - don't want it giving us a bad name... I imagine its bad for his trainees as well...

[RoadRacer1978]

What a jerk. If he didn't want to use your buoy he should have said something from the beginning, not just released it. It was not his to release. He also has no reason to remore a Nav. line put in place by the park service. Usually those lines are taught and from my experience are not a real threat for entanglement, bucause they are pulled tight. Once he released once end, he created more of a hazard than was there to start with. Report him, maybe the park will ban him from using their facilities. None of us should have to put up with a jerk like that. We do this sport because it if fun. Having to deal with a person like that just takes the fun out of it for all of us.