Sue, Sue, Sue
I would have aspect that by now you would have learn to take more responsability for your own lack of ability, instate of going back to the blaming game
It seems that you are a bit used to it, from what I hear in other post from you
it was always someone else fault
From 7 people I talk to about you, 6 would not like to do dive with you ever again and 1 didn`t give a toss as he just tried to ignore you, instate of baby sit you, Uhmmm
It seems you are not very popular in Cancun, les recall some of the ligthes comments made about you It would have been essair to dive with a mamut from the moment she walk in the shop she tought she was the queen of England she is the type of divers that Know it all
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I read your post couple days ago, like others what really strike me is that you describe the total opposite of Alex and Nicole, and as I`m in Cancun (diving with Nicole and Alex by the way, in fact, Nicole is not able to dive because the other day she helped a little girl that was floating up too fast and by trying to catch her she damage her ears, uhmmm
not taking care of their costumer?) But as I was saying as I`m in cancun I did a little of investigation, and oh my! Sue sue sue
Alex and Nicole are not bother posting about it, but they and the other people involve did told me what happened during your dives in cancun, and that was before I gave them the details of your post
but it all mach pretty well, it is just seems that you left couple things out!
So, let fill the gaps!
It seems that you have mix too many things and have not explain what really happened
- The nice couple that the current took away, 1rst dive was done with Fred (the yellow fin man). Where you aware that Alex is the only one that goes by the book, and that he is the only instructor in manta divers with the proper equipment, that may be because he mainly works as an independent instructor and only goes to Manta when they need him or when him or Nicole do the photographic sessions, but it is a fact he is the most professional guide I have ever dove with, and I have seeing that many times when he goes just as a photographer other instructors depend on him for guiding, safety stops and so on
- Unfortuanlly the lady was a not strong person and she had serious problem with current (If I recall well, you do also have had problems with currents in the past, so you say in previous post) Yes, you are right, the fist day the current was actually strong and took them away right from the beginning, they did not go down fast enough, they were suppose to go up but they didn`t follow precidures, it`s fine they learned, on the second dive again the lady was having problems and she did team up with her buddy tp surface, well done, the boat pick them up with no problems at all, as the current was below and not in the surface.
Not sure where the problem was in all that
some divers can deal with some current and decide to go up, if you tought it was too strong aswell you may should have gone up
but later we will talk about that
Nicole as a Divemaster
Yes, Nicole is a Divemaster, but that`s not her role in Mantadivers, she is there as a photographer, not as your baby sitter. She does not get any moneys or tips by been there, she only gets commission on what she sells in her photographer, so obiusly she will concentrate on her job
but saying this I have seen her doing way too much work in manta, considering that she is the photographer. Her jobs requires of her to go all over the place taking the best shots she can, not to be taking care of customers, but she does help costumers and way too much I must say. Even that they keep telling her that divers must learn by their experiences and to stop helping them so much as a diver has to be able to get out of situations by themselves
something in which till certain point agrees, but not to the point that she fears that the client will panic
her own comment about her diving with you - from the first 2 words we cross I knew she was trouble, the type of diver that know it all, about everything, Alex and I have a deal when we dive together, if a diver has problems and required to abort the dive, we check the budy air, and if he/she has still plenty I will abort the dive with the diver with problems and alex will continue with the group, as he is well experiences on taking photos while diving wen it is required, in this case .. I remember well and it was not for her charmed, I saw she was having difficulty diving, I stay closed in case .. but she is way too big for me to puch her against current, so I just stay close checking how was she doing, I can`t dive for her I can only be there in case she needs me, at one point I tried to hold her and she cain of told me off, so I let her be, I took picture while keeping an eye on her, that`s all I could do. Now I belive that was much more than the photographer should have done. She is always getting in trouble with the instructors for trying to help divers, Divers are suppose to learn by their experience, not by holding hands with the guide.
Alex: A diver for 9 years, 3 in which he was working as a Full cave diver, 8 years work with Aquaworld (the fast food on diving), and 1 year as independent and where you aware that he won an award in quality lider? Inexpirienced? I don`t think so my lady
Not only he has plenty of experienced he is the most professional Instructor I have dove with.
About Cozumel:
When it is windy, the marinas there like to use an artificial harbor to go for diving. As the usual harbor is not the best idea
To get there one must go by taxi! What is the problem with that?
The famous walk to the restaurant
I have done aswell
it is about About 3 blocks away (not a mile). No taxis/bikes are allowed in that area, so the only way there is walkies . Manta likes to take their people there, not sure why, most of the times it is noise and bad service, but hey! It`s cheaper than a good box lunch!
He has done that walk several time with 100`s of divers, people stops to look at the pretty shops and delays the group, sometimes they ignore the group and get in the shops!!!
He is been giving a time table to follow, and it is not safe to let divers to slow down
it is not up to him! If he walks to the paste of the slower person, the rest will stop to look the shops, it has happened too many times
He walks in front and people follow him, if you think that he is not turning around to make sure you are there, my girl, you obiusly were not observing properly
Alex even told me that he actually did offer to carry your things but you refused to
what else you aspect him to do? Carry you as well?
As you mentioned, the normal place they go was full, so he found another place, an expensier place, that`s why he did not have enough money to pay the bill. Yes, he very embarrasad had to ask for someone to ship in (manta is not famous for giving extra moneys to the staff in case something goes wrong)
But he was very adement that he gave you back the moneys in the van (because he has to ask the driver to lend him the moneys to give them back to you)
What`s the big deal? You had lend him $15, they were returned (this is not the first time it happens when that place is full)
But what happened the following day? And they were several witnesses to that! Something about you shouting, kicking doors, name calling
etc
to Jhon (Mimi`s husband) .. something about you had booked a dive with aquaworld in the afternoon and a manta dive in the morning, but as far as the shop has to say, they never told you they were able to provide you with such early dive, as they had other divers aswell and they would be departing at the usual time, 9:00, that did not suit you, you wanted an earlier dive so you turn up earlier, the shop was closed, and no one there to take you diving
Finally everybody turned up at their normal working time to see a lady (you) going belistic for something that no one new about it
Basically you tought that they would take you diving at the time you requested, but they never confirmed with you that it was possible, so you got angry
very angry
When you got home, (again alex and Nicole saying) you emailed them a quite rude way, as you had bough a video of them and requested not to be encrypted for you to make copies, but you were not able to make them
so once again you blame them for you own lack of availity
Once you decide to follow Nicole`s and Alex instructions you had no problem on doing what you wanted to do
but you insisted that it was their fault, that you were not able to do something
I`m defetenally not here to criticize any body, but after reading your post and finding the gaps you left, not particualry by Alex and Nicole, but by the others that dove with you aswell
I must defetenally had to make some comments.
I let you know that you can say what ever you want, as the others I will not bother on continue about this post.
I only want to make one last coment:
You said - Forgot to include: On a number of our dives Aqua World were doing training dives.
That`s the times your enjoy the most were the dives training dives
I belive that say`s all. And please next time before you go to the caverns try to do the Peak performance buoyancy pleasse .. I belive that many future cavern divers would appreciate that1
If you want so know whom Nicole and Alex are check here
www.divemotions.com
I personally and many others belive they are the best in cancun, and we would only dive with them.
