When I talked about the instructor at the shop, I found out his personality is like that, and he is just that way even w/ other instructors. He knows his stuff and well, he is who he is. Can't change him, just need to take him as he is and move forward. I will tell you tho, It kinda ruined that dive for me. I really want to dive and got into it meet people and really have fun. I have little experience and want to learn. Luckily once I get into a hobby, I usually get absorbed into it. Right now I actually created a working dive log in excel and I read a post here where he prints a blank sheet from his program and fills in the blanks when he takes his course work, etc. That's a great idea! Now I need to find the right size blank paper...hahaha