OW instructor dislikes me

[chilly willy]

Originally Posted by navyhmc

I can understand his displeasure a little as here he is teaching new divers and the buddy system and some tech looking guy with a dual bladder, pony and all goes in and starts down without a buddy. Wish he would have approached me and asked and I could have told him that I wasn't a reckless diver.

Not too long ago I had to correct an instructor in La Jolla when I overheard him say to his students, "that is an accident waiting to happen". I was just getting ready for a beach dive by myself when I heard this, so I asked him if he ever went solo, and more to the point, (out of earshot from his students), if he ever thought he was soloing while teaching. I have redundant systems where his backup in being carried by a student. Gave him pause for thought.

[awap]

Originally Posted by scubadiver888

I used to be a university lecturer. After I left the university, to make some spare cash, I occasionally tutor students privately. I'll post ads around campus. I have the support of the Undergraduate Secretary. A few of the lecturers would see my ads, assume I was just doing the homework for the students and rip my ads down. I had one of them wait until I was walking away from posting an ad. As I walked away he came out of the lecture hall and ripped my ad down. I went back and talk to him about it. He refused to believe me; I asked him to talk to the Undergraduate Secretary. He refused and said he would continue to rip down my ads.

You need to believe in karma. A-holes like that tend to have more flat tires than most people.

You also have to believe in nails.

[BubblesMcCoy]

Originally Posted by awap

You need to believe in karma. A-holes like that tend to have more flat tires than most people.

You also have to believe in nails.

Completely. Besides, accidents happen all the time. I mean, you wouldn't believe how often deserving people just happen to fall down the stairs, repeatedly.

[russp]

I've had a similar but more polite reaction from an instructor when doing simple skills dives in a very controlled area; he just asked that I not enter and exit from the area reserved for his LDS training sessions so I just moved around the lake that day. Now I typically go during the week when there are no classes there.

[fire diver]

How can an LDS reserve an entry spot? Entry points are typically the easiest spots so they are used by the majority of divers.

I would tell them, "too bad" and proceed with my dive.

[Darthwader]

Originally Posted by BubblesMcCoy

Too bad for the ow students that you didn't get to talk to. It would have been a good teaching point to show how much more training/gear/experience solo diving requires.

A teachable moment lost.

[russp]

Originally Posted by fire diver

How can an LDS reserve an entry spot? Entry points are typically the easiest spots so they are used by the majority of divers.

I would tell them, "too bad" and proceed with my dive.

At some of the scuba only parks around here, the LDS can pay for a pavilion and dock reserved for their current and former students. That's why I didn't have a problem honoring his request.

[Nemrod]

Originally Posted by fire diver

How can an LDS reserve an entry spot? Entry points are typically the easiest spots so they are used by the majority of divers.

I would tell them, "too bad" and proceed with my dive.

Me too. Adults and anyone old enough to be trusted in the water with scuba gear is mature enough, or should be, to just deal with the fact that there are solo divers, get used to it. N

[Recon]

You know... Not the most advanced diver here, but I have and will continue to dive solo if there is not a buddy around. Now do I like diving with a buddy, you bet your primary reg on it! But if I can't get someone to go diving with me, I at the least, have someone on shore know that I am diving, put up a flag, and take my dive VERY cautiously. Thus the reason that I have a pony bottle, for the OH S&#%, I didn't pay attention to my air pressure, and the beeping from my dive computer, or my watch, or the fact that my reg was getting harder to breath from or... murphy came out and smacked me in the side of the head with a brick or... my primary reg / octo took a dump on me or... you all get the point right...? I was out at CSSP with Blaze and Lacroix, and when I pulled up, they were just chilling cause Blaze had an issue, and Lacroix was gonna abort diving for the day (correct me if I am wrong ya'll), but we buddyed up, and took a short dive (in which I could NOT get past 38 feet cause it was TOO cold) and then surfaced. LaCroix still had enough air to stay down for a bit longer, as did I, but after getting turned around trying to get to the plane, and then nearly freezing to death at 38 feet, I was done for then. They packed up and headed home, and my buddy that came with me (who is a red-backed tube sucker ) watched me as I stayed around 25 feet or so. I think that the rum is making me rant at this point so I will shut up.....

~Recon