Pet peeves of SCUBA diving

[cdreamer]

My biggest pet peave is people who do not listen to the dive briefings.

 

[David_57]

Oops guilty as charged sorry

 

[imasinker]

Bears? Freezing rain? Uphill walks?

LUXURY!

Oh ya in Ontario we only have uphill walks no matter where your going. Yeah after milking the cows and cleaning the stalls from 4 am to 7 before school. And I get mad when I have to stop to fill the truck up.

 

[amerz]

I see your concept of a fresh student and learning things together, however, I was LUCKY enough to have started diving with VERY experienced people! THEY are ALL incredible!!! They never once criticized me or ridiculed me, well, that is without complimenting me first about something....LOL
We all do begin with 0, that's why it's important to look for people that not only show the way, but also tell you their funny stories of their beginnings.

We all crawl before we walk......

As for how to approach the people that think you should get better gear, tell them "to buy it for you".....LOL

Good Luck :!)

So here it goes maybe some of you can relate to what I have to say and perhaps add into it.

I hate it when there are new OW divers always wants an experienced diver one with a 100 or so dives to go and dive with them no if and or buts.

In reality every diver starts with "0" under their belts. That makes things hard for me to go diving. To be honest with all of you I would not mind diving with a fresh student like myself so we both can learn, together instead of mostly playing "catch up" with an experienced diver.

Lots of divers are really cocky but I guess it's like that for every sport, hobby or even job.

Even more likes to stress about what brand a diver "should" have and are quick to judge another diver or a potential diver for the gear they have or planning to have and shove their opinion down the unfortunate person's throat. How do you all approach to these annoying people?

The legendary splits verses paddle fin debate....

What gear should I have? Why don't most just do research about it. I am sure the same people that asks this type of question would actually sit down and think for many nights at a time wondering what automobile and brand of automobile would be best for their needs.

Finding a great Local Dive Shop is always very hard, too. Lots of them wants to sound like car salesmen and reach into our pockets. I love supporting the brick and mortar shops, I do it all the time.

The MAP or MSRP that scuba companies puts up and does not give enough leeway for dive shops to work with in the first place I would say this actually makes a dying sport like this suffer more than it has to.

Let's see oh yeah, agencies and what training the individual might have taken and hearing lame excuses why one agency is better than the other.

I would love to see a day I may meet another diver that won't try to tell me or push me their opinions and dive merrily and sing "kum-ba-ya."

What have all of you encountered? Does any of you agree? Thanks.

 

[imasinker]

i see your concept of a fresh student and learning things together, however, i was lucky enough to have started diving with very experienced people! They are all incredible!!! They never once criticized me or ridiculed me, well, that is without complimenting me first about something....lol
we all do begin with 0, that's why it's important to look for people that not only show the way, but also tell you their funny stories of their beginnings.

We all crawl before we walk......

As for how to approach the people that think you should get better gear, tell them "to buy it for you".....lol

good luck :!)

right on !!!

 

[mcohen1021]

Ok, time to bring this post up from the dead...

I find myself getting seriously annoyed by the divers with the fanciest camera setups using a pointer stick to steady themselves for a half hour to get the perfect picture who noones going to care about seeing...

Selfish.Rude. Poor diving skills. Irresponsible. Careless.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

I have had plenty of pet peeves but most involved my boat which got sold a long time ago and most of the people I had problems with no longer dive or are gone. So now I’m happy.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned is to spot potential problem divers and not have anything to do with them way before any pet peeve develops.

 

[Bob DBF]

If there’s one thing I’ve learned is to spot potential problem divers and not have anything to do with them way before any pet peeve develops.

Unless I see an immediate issue, I'll dive with anyone once. I've only had a handful of regular buddies over 50+ years of diving so I guess I have some pet peeves, or others do.

 

[kaylee_ann]

Know-it-all divers.
Divers who are impatient with new people.
Divers who think it’s “their way or the highway”.
Divers who take things WAY too seriously, or not seriously enough- there’s a needed balance.
Divers who don’t care to develop good trim and buoyancy, and as a result, destroy the corals and other plants.

 

[Bob DBF]

Know-it-all divers.
Divers who are impatient with new people.
Divers who think it’s “their way or the highway”.
Divers who take things WAY too seriously, or not seriously enough- there’s a needed balance.
Divers who don’t care to develop good trim and buoyancy, and as a result, destroy the corals and other plants.

Divers you can't stand in the vehicle for the 1 1/2 hour drive each way to the dive site.