Many people mistakenly believe a prohibition on agency bashing prevents people from criticizing agencies, That is not true. So how does agency bashing (not allowed) differ from agency criticism (allowed)? here is how I considered the difference when I was on staff.
Agency bashing makes mindless attacks unsupported by factual information.
Agency bashing makes mindless attacks unsupported by factual information.
- Agency ABC's name means "Always Buy our Crap"
- The leadership of ABC is filled with money-grubbing slugs.
- Every time ABC published new standards, they are just lowering the bar again.
- Anyone with a certification from ABC is a potential scuba fatality.
- ABC charges instructors twice as much as most other agencies to process certifications.
- ABC removed buddy breathing from its curriculum several years ago, and I believe that is a mistake because it is a potential life-saving skill.
- ABC does not allow instructors to teach introductory skills while neutrally buoyant, which I believe to be a superior technique.
- Here is a list of all 58 instructors from ABC three years ago. From that list, only 5 are still active. That is an indication of a problem.