deepsea21
Contributor
Well, I can assure everyone that Jorge hasn't won all the Iron Man competitions he has at his age by rushing through diving to get to a Cantina every day. I've personally never seen him drink more than 1 beer when we've had dinner together. I know you didn't have Jorge in mind when you posted this AZT.
Bottom line is if one doesn't like a dive shop for one reason or another, try another. Same goes for accommodations, bars and restaurants. If one doesn't like a DM for one reason or another ask for a different one. After all, there is no shortage of either on the island - not everyone is going to click and not every dive is going to be perfect. I personally don't think 3P's would have developed the almost cult following they have in the relatively short time they've been around (compared to many other dive ops on the island) if the op and its staff weren't delivering a level of service and dive experiences a lot of divers seem to enjoy. Additionally, there are dive sites I personally could care less about but a dive boat is a dive group and some divers prefer different sites than I do. Some like the deeper sites, some like the walls, (some even like that damned fly-over of a dive Paso Del Cedral which I have to endure several times a trip). I don't complain, I just wait for my turn to request a site that I like that they may not particularly like and then they get to endure my selection. If one visits a site they don't particularly care for, or has an experience they didn't particularly care for, there's always tomorrow, Lord willing.
Our group of 8 or so that seems to show up each year at X-mas tends to request Jorge because we like his DM style, personality and he knows our diving style and personalities. Also perhaps because we've just been diving so long together (5 years for me but far longer for others). Not to take anything away from Edgar and Julio are both great in their own respects and with whom we've enjoyed fantastic dive experiences... Not to take anything away from any of the great DM's we've enjoyed over the last 17? years and came to know as friends, many of which have moved on or retired and some of which are still working and with whom we still check in with when we are down just to say hello and catch up.
One thing is certain, there are far more A-hole divers visiting Coz that the DM's have to put up with than A-hole DM's the divers have to put up with yet the DM's show up day in and day out with a smile on their faces when the reality is the last thing they may want to do that day is haul tanks and gear and get wet again... But they do it because it how they make a living.
