Verifying dives

[Pearlman]

To be honest, I have not read any of the past 10 pages. In 34 years of diving, in over 20 countries, I have never once been asked to show proof of the diving I have done (I have completed 4,482 dives),.

Me thinks if you chat with any LDS and discuss full rental gear they might want to confirm how much diving you really doing regularly whereas if you say you have all the gear then likely they will assume you dive frequently enough with own gear as a more economical choice. Maybe unconscious judgement. All said I haven’t been asked to show my log book in the last 5 years more than once although I have been asked verbally and been taken at face value each time.

Just that the habit of logging continues like maintaining a diary…

 

[Searcaigh]

What this thread really shows though is that very few of us on SB are trained by, or know much about SSI.

 

[Blackcrusader]

What this thread really shows though is that very few of us on SB are trained by, or know much about SSI.

We have Dody to inform us.

 

[Dody]

This thread shows how much work Gareth Lock has with trying to spread Just Culture in scuba.

The way @Dody is being attacked for sharing his learning experiences is a red flag, not for him, but for those of you criticizing him. To me, it demonstrates a level of humility, learning, and willingness to expose himself to judgement.

I'm extremely skeptical that all of you have never made stupid mistakes where you should have known better, but rather you were simply lucky nothing happened. Given the way people like to sling mud at others, it is understandable that most people will try to sweep mistakes under the carpet. ESPECIALLY here on ScubaBoard.

I actually had a conversation with Gareth with regarding his latest posts on the F#cked up club, where I will share my mistakes with my employees, as I wish to have an environment where my employees feel safe to bring up issues and concerns and be open to their own mistakes, as I will be invested in their growth. It is in my interest to have a stable set of employees each season where they grow as professionals as well as helping me grow my business.

Most important is why a post on dive app and customer service drifted into DM skills that had nothing to do with the subject. I will pass about @BLACKCRUSADER opinion. Everybody has one and that does not make the irrelevant relevant and the perception a reality for that matter. If I post about the war in Ukraine, him and others will answer that I lost my buoyancy in a cavern last year. Pavlov is not far away. If only… has at least two meanings in this thread.

 

[brsnow]

What this thread really shows though is that very few of us on SB are trained or know much.

Totally agree

 

[David Novo]

What this thread really shows though is that very few of us on SB are trained by, or know much about SSI.

I was trained by PADI, GUE, SSI and SDI and I keep my SSI logbook updated just in case (my main logbooks are paper and subsurface).

Basically, every 50 dives I update everything at once at a local dive shop.

 

[Centrals]

Most important is why a post on dive app and customer service drifted into DM skills that had nothing to do with the subject. I will pass about @BLACKCRUSADER opinion. Everybody has one and that does not make the irrelevant relevant and the perception a reality for that matter. If I post about the war in Ukraine, him and others will answer that I lost my buoyancy in a cavern last year. Pavlov is not far away. If only… has at least two meanings in this thread.

This is SB!
And certain opinions from certain person are nothing but joke!

What this thread really shows though is that very few of us on SB are trained by, or know much about SSI.

I certainly do not care about all diving agency idiosyncratic philosophy. But I do enjoy poking fun on some those "stupid" idea. This is a social media after all.
Diving is a recreational sport and I will just treat it this way.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Oh c'mon, pee in your wetsuit like the rest of us

When you reach Unobtanium level, they give you someone else's wetsuit to pee in. The VIP restroom for Platinum level is nothing. Or maybe it's for mere peons. I need to stop now.

 

[Guille G]

VIP restrooms are over rated. The ocean remains the prettiest thing I have ever peed into!

 

[Dody]

With SSI, we have a responsible diver program. I have a canister with reasonable volume in my wetsuit. If I need to pee (we have a specialty course to learn not to but it can happen), I am also trained so that I can adjust my buoyancy. At the end of the dive, we bring the canister to a special facility that treats our urine and turns it into drinkable water. A bit like the suits they have in Dune. 0 pollution, 0 waste. 100% recyclable. Does GUE do that ?