Pet peeves of SCUBA diving

[Trace Malinowski]

My biggest pet peeve about diving is the lack of comms in sport diving because most of our griping about the behavior of others could be remedied by the ability to talk and listen.

 

[Ukmc]

With people like that photographer, as soon as somebody steps up to tell them what selfish jerks they are for being how they are, they believe THEY are the ones being attacked. They never think they do anything wrong. You wonder why this phenomenon run in the veins of photographers? Because photography can be an expensive venture, sometimes a very expensive. This puts into the realm of the well off. I call it “rich and entitled syndrome”. They think they are special and everything needs to revolve around them. They spent a LOT of money on that rig and by god you are going to yield to their needs and desires.

My pet peeve - people generalizing and assuming sh@t.
photographers and videographers have done tons of work promoting the sport and reef safety.
Your comment is very offensive! Entitlement syndrome? Thank you for that diagnosis. Yes, you cracked the psyche behind every photographer.

 

[Jcp2]

Texas is a state of mind, not so much an actual place.

Like New Asgard?

 

[L13]

My biggest pet peeve about diving is the lack of comms in sport diving because most of our griping about the behavior of others could be remedied by the ability to talk and listen.

This!

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

My pet peeve - people generalizing and assuming sh@t.
photographers and videographers have done tons of work promoting the sport and reef safety.
Your comment is very offensive! Entitlement syndrome? Thank you for that diagnosis. Yes, you cracked the psyche behind every photographer.

Not all photographers.
I find SOME photographers very offensive!!!
It’s all about them and their equipment. They take up the most room on boats. They take up the most room at the charging stations! Very self centered.
A lot of other groups have done a lot for reef preservation, like the scientists actually doing hands on work, not photographers.

 

[lexvil]

Whining and zombies

 

[boulderjohn]

My biggest pet peeve about diving is the lack of comms in sport diving because most of our griping about the behavior of others could be remedied by the ability to talk and listen.

I was in a group that suffered a fatality on one of our dives, and I believe it was because of this. It was in a cave, and the buddy pair was exploring the end of the cave. They had an agreement ahead of time that one of them would not go past a known restriction because he really couldn't count on being able to do it. He was supposed to wait for the other diver to return. For some reason he did not wait and wriggled through the restriction. I believe it was because the other diver was talking longer than expected, and he went through thinking he might be able to help. The details would take forever, but doing so endangered both of them, and they were fortunate that only he died.

If they could have talked....

 

[Bierstadt]

I am surprised that this thread was revived, but who doesn't like a little gripe session?

Divers who take forever to get geared up.

Divers who think there's nothing wrong with taking forever to gear up while you are baking alive waiting for them.

Divers who think they're much better than they really are.

Inexperienced divers who ask your opinion then "correct" it because they think they know more than you despite never having done the relevant training or the type of diving being discussed.

Selfish people.

People who waste/don't respect your time.

Dive buddies who turn a dive from what was planned and agreed upon into you following them around wondering what the heck is going through their minds... their tiny, pea-sized minds...

The horror of realizing that YOU have, at some point, been that idiot.

 

[Ukmc]

Not all photographers.
I find SOME photographers very offensive!!!
It’s all about them and their equipment. They take up the most room on boats. They take up the most room at the charging stations! Very self centered.
A lot of other groups have done a lot for reef preservation, like the scientists actually doing hands on work, not photographers.

Ok good,
because I have seen SOME non-photographers do that, SOME new divers, SOME resort divers, SOME divers with 100s of dives ,
SOME American divers,
SOME Chinese divers,
SOME males but also SOME females…

Anyhow, there is a way of saying it without offending the divers that enjoy photography but also are very aware of marine ecological issues any many are very excellent divers.

As a side point, I would love to debate what is the most effective and impressionable impact on general public as far as stopping water pollution, over-fishing, invasive species… I bet one photo or video would worth 1000 words in the argument. Or at least 500

 

[Chavodel8en]

Divers who take forever to get geared up.

Divers who think there's nothing wrong with taking forever to gear up while you are baking alive waiting for them.

There are only two buddies out of hundreds who I will never dive with again, and this is the reason.