Do you hate everything? Or just agencies? Or just PADI?
No, I have nothing against any persons or agencies in particular; but I do have animosity toward crass and cynical marketing efforts, aimed at the increasingly credulous consumer. When I was a teenager, the classes were, for the most part, one and f**king done.
"Dive Against Debris" trash collection specialty? Dear God, really? Out of curiosity, tally up what it would cost to take the lion's share of those idiotic courses.
Well, I'll never be able to flash that shiny Master Scuba Diver Card to impress the girls; never crack that . . . two percent who achieve PADI greatness. I'll just have to live with that -- diminished though I am.
Incidentally, about six percent of Navy Seal applicants qualify for the program; but, c'mon, the Navy cannot afford to be as exclusive as PADI . . .