Dive shop owners or Independent instructors... Question: Do you tell the prospective student...

[diverintheflesh]

I used to have an Easter egg in it. Nobody read it because they never do. I think it's time to put it back in...

"When the customer doesn't read the terms of what they are purchasing,"
Slightly OT but. I heard a radio interview with one of the megabands from the 80's, I think it was ELO. The interviewer asked about the band's reputation for being diva's, because their typical contract was 56 pages long and even specified that there had to be a big bowl of M&M's with no red ones in it, in their dressing room. The band member guffaw'ed at that and said "No, you don't understand. The red M&M's bit was real. But we didn't care about the M&M's, we just stuck it in there because if we saw red M&M's in the bowl, we knew that no one had read the contract."
So, if you really want to know whether they have read what they are signing? Just put in a note halfway through that says "Session #9 will require eating ten red M&M's, students must supply their own red M&M's. All substitutions must be approved by the instructor before the course begins."
I think our instructor supplied the Coke we all had to drink.(G)

 

[diverintheflesh]

LOL.

Where do you get the salt water?

Where do you get the salt water from? IIRC, you are very far away from the ocean.

 

[RainPilot]

"When the customer doesn't read the terms of what they are purchasing,"
Slightly OT but. I heard a radio interview with one of the megabands from the 80's, I think it was ELO. The interviewer asked about the band's reputation for being diva's, because their typical contract was 56 pages long and even specified that there had to be a big bowl of M&M's with no red ones in it, in their dressing room. The band member guffaw'ed at that and said "No, you don't understand. The red M&M's bit was real. But we didn't care about the M&M's, we just stuck it in there because if we saw red M&M's in the bowl, we knew that no one had read the contract."
So, if you really want to know whether they have read what they are signing? Just put in a note halfway through that says "Session #9 will require eating ten red M&M's, students must supply their own red M&M's. All substitutions must be approved by the instructor before the course begins."
I think our instructor supplied the Coke we all had to drink.(G)

I love that story, it was Van Halen and brown M+M's. David Lee Roth gives the reasoning here:

 

[TMHeimer]

LOL.

Where do you get the salt water?

While the LDS that has one is right near the Gulf of Mex., I believe no one uses real salt water--they pour stuff in to make it salty. I think it's only about 1/3 as salty as the real thing, so obviously the buoyancy differs.

 

[diverintheflesh]

Salt water chlorination - Wikipedia

 

[BoltSnap]

And what is the point? We use real SEA salt water in some pools

 

[diverintheflesh]

I think that is a perfect add. I used to have, "any specialty for $25 and a fresh baked cookie of your choice."

This precedence and application is already established.

But as with mine, nobody read it, this no $25 specialties or cookies ever given.

I love that story, it was Van Halen and brown M+M's. David Lee Roth gives the reasoning here:

 

[oly5050user]

And what is the point? We use real SEA salt water in some pools

Less damage to gear that chlorine pool would do, I find eyes do not sting as they do in chlorine pool. Also easier to maintain chemistry for hygenic and water clarity.

 

[runsongas]

the salinity is also low enough that an accidental swallow is NBD. you don't have to hack it up like seawater

 

[Rred]

They all missed out on the cookies?!
These are the folks who are later found with zero air in their tanks and no apparent reason, aren't they?