A couple weeks ago, I thumbed a dive because of a shattered mask... of course, one could also say it's simply that my brain is wired poorly, too (either way, an equipment malfunction!).
Our group was diving with a company that we'd told "please don't set up our gear." When I stowed my gear after our morning dives, everything was fine. When, despite our request, they took it upon themselves to set up my gear for the night dive, they didn't secure my tank on the boat and when the unattended tank fell, it smashed my mask. Very frustrating to me because it was so unnecessary.
I dove frustrated once a couple years ago and, despite the dozen or so reef sharks in the water with us, I was absolutely miserable until I worked through it. My wife skipped this dive so I could have used her mask, but knowing that I don't enjoy diving when I'm feeling frustrated, I thumbed it and enjoyed a beautiful night sky and loaned my dive lights and camera to other folks on the dive. The charter replaced my mask so I didn't miss any dives over the rest of the week and also let us set up our own gear for the rest of our time with them.
Our group was diving with a company that we'd told "please don't set up our gear." When I stowed my gear after our morning dives, everything was fine. When, despite our request, they took it upon themselves to set up my gear for the night dive, they didn't secure my tank on the boat and when the unattended tank fell, it smashed my mask. Very frustrating to me because it was so unnecessary.
I dove frustrated once a couple years ago and, despite the dozen or so reef sharks in the water with us, I was absolutely miserable until I worked through it. My wife skipped this dive so I could have used her mask, but knowing that I don't enjoy diving when I'm feeling frustrated, I thumbed it and enjoyed a beautiful night sky and loaned my dive lights and camera to other folks on the dive. The charter replaced my mask so I didn't miss any dives over the rest of the week and also let us set up our own gear for the rest of our time with them.