Frank Dieber
Registered
I post this here because I almost always solo dive and I like how you guys give it straight up what you feel comes right out no BSing around. So here’s a question I asked my self earlier, I knew the answer and dove anyway. I got a call earlier today someone’s daughter lost her phone in my local lake I work in and they want me to go down and find it. On the phone her father tells me a round about location of the lost item and right off the batt I know the area and I don’t want to dive it because most of it is nothing but lake weed from the bottom to the surface, but I agree to meet and check it out. (I should say I was already planning to make a dive this evening) So we meet it looks like the weeds aren’t that bad where she THINKS? she dropped the phone but I know once I get to the bottom they will b there. Also this lake has about 6 inches of vis on a good day. I explained to them if I actually find this thing it’s just pure luck and seeing I was going for a dive anyway I would give them a discounted rate.
I’ve been doing salvage dives for large objects for a long time and my recovery rate is 100% iv never failed. I started doing small object recovery as a business last year and this is the first failure and I knew it was going to be. I knew the location instructions sucked I knew the underwater Conditions sucked but they asked me to try anyway so i did. And it was a giant FAILURE!!! And I HATE not getting the job done!!! So what’s better keeping the customer happy and trying anyway? Or just telling them it can’t be done and keeping your stats up? They Appreciated the effort I put in , they had nothing but thanks after but what pisses me off is it messed up my record and I knew it was going to. I dropped hoping on luck and ended with snake eyes.
So what would you all have done said no or gave it a shot?
I’ve been doing salvage dives for large objects for a long time and my recovery rate is 100% iv never failed. I started doing small object recovery as a business last year and this is the first failure and I knew it was going to be. I knew the location instructions sucked I knew the underwater Conditions sucked but they asked me to try anyway so i did. And it was a giant FAILURE!!! And I HATE not getting the job done!!! So what’s better keeping the customer happy and trying anyway? Or just telling them it can’t be done and keeping your stats up? They Appreciated the effort I put in , they had nothing but thanks after but what pisses me off is it messed up my record and I knew it was going to. I dropped hoping on luck and ended with snake eyes.
So what would you all have done said no or gave it a shot?