Marlinspike
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In addition to some others already mentioned,
1. Diving industry people that are less skilled than I, acting like dive gurus instead of constantly learning and trying to become better divers themselves.
1.5. Instructors who dont take the time to work serious dive skills with OW students, instead just trying to get through the checklist as quickly as possible.
2. People who smoke on a dive boat. Seriously, you have to have seen the data proving that your little habbit is detrimental to your health. Show some courtesy to those of us who dont smoke.
2.5. People who smoke on the fuel dock.
3. Captains who put you on the wrong wreck and think you will never know the difference. So...exactly how many boilers is a diesel submarine supposed to have?
4. Newbie divers who buy some recreational "tech" look gear who proceede to be loud and annoying while trying to call attention to themselves and their gear. Yeah, you are certified now, welcome to the world of diving but shut up and dive.
5. People who think diving is only about who has the most expensive gear and people who never bother to learn how to use their own gear. All the expensive gear in the world does not make you a better diver.
6. People who show up at scubaclub meeting and out of nowhere start telling you their life story and how rough things have been lately. Leave me alone, I came here to listen to a dive related presentation and converse about diving. Go buy a cat.
7. Divers who set up next to you on the boat but have little regard for your gear or divers who like your reg and start handling it without your persmission. I am about to put that mouthpiece in my mouth. Keep your hands off my stuff.
8. People who use divetrip/boat dive/scubaclub to try to expand their business. I saw a lawyer pitching his routine to divers on a boat recently. For that matter, shops that use the scubaclub or shop arranged trips as a clever ploy to sell stuff. "Why are you diving APEKS/mares/etc? Come by the shop later and we will hook you up with Scubapro."
9. Divers who give advice on stuff they dont actually do, like spearfishing, etc.
10. Divers who try to pick an argument about which agency is the best. Give it a rest, anyone who has been diving long enough knows intructors are the real difference. Shut up and dive.
~Marlinspike
1. Diving industry people that are less skilled than I, acting like dive gurus instead of constantly learning and trying to become better divers themselves.
1.5. Instructors who dont take the time to work serious dive skills with OW students, instead just trying to get through the checklist as quickly as possible.
2. People who smoke on a dive boat. Seriously, you have to have seen the data proving that your little habbit is detrimental to your health. Show some courtesy to those of us who dont smoke.
2.5. People who smoke on the fuel dock.
3. Captains who put you on the wrong wreck and think you will never know the difference. So...exactly how many boilers is a diesel submarine supposed to have?
4. Newbie divers who buy some recreational "tech" look gear who proceede to be loud and annoying while trying to call attention to themselves and their gear. Yeah, you are certified now, welcome to the world of diving but shut up and dive.
5. People who think diving is only about who has the most expensive gear and people who never bother to learn how to use their own gear. All the expensive gear in the world does not make you a better diver.
6. People who show up at scubaclub meeting and out of nowhere start telling you their life story and how rough things have been lately. Leave me alone, I came here to listen to a dive related presentation and converse about diving. Go buy a cat.
7. Divers who set up next to you on the boat but have little regard for your gear or divers who like your reg and start handling it without your persmission. I am about to put that mouthpiece in my mouth. Keep your hands off my stuff.
8. People who use divetrip/boat dive/scubaclub to try to expand their business. I saw a lawyer pitching his routine to divers on a boat recently. For that matter, shops that use the scubaclub or shop arranged trips as a clever ploy to sell stuff. "Why are you diving APEKS/mares/etc? Come by the shop later and we will hook you up with Scubapro."
9. Divers who give advice on stuff they dont actually do, like spearfishing, etc.
10. Divers who try to pick an argument about which agency is the best. Give it a rest, anyone who has been diving long enough knows intructors are the real difference. Shut up and dive.
~Marlinspike
