fpsndiver
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scubabrandon:I will make this promise to you, I will make 2 phone calls to try and reach Chris personally. If I cannot reach him then that will be 4 times total I have been in contact with his shop and he has not been around his own shop.
That is really cool. I know that he always harped on my brother about keeping the customers happy, and taking care of them. When I was diving with them, the mates were trying to help me with my fins and crap, and I was shocked, like leave me alone, I am ok. Because I was used to NC no handhold diving. So I was pretty surprised to see that some d/m, probably a disgruntled rock dweller gave you a bad experience.
There are a lot of "dive bumbs" aka "rock dwellers" in the islands that hop from outfit to outfit hoping for better pay. Most of them are trying to eek a living, and could care less whether or not you have a good dive. Maybe Chris inadvertantly hired a "rock dweller", and I am sure that if someone brings that to his attention that he would remedy the situation. I'm not saying that all d/ms and instructors in the islands are "rock hounds", but I have definitely run into a couple of them down there....and I understand about being angry over a ruined dive. I spent $1,000.00 bucks in airfaire to get down there, and the room, and food, and when I go diving, I want to get good dives in, and be treated in a decent manner.......with that I agree with you 100%.
Hope it all works out for you.
Tom