I was working part time for a shop not that long ago when I was asked to take a Korean girl for a resort dive. No problem.
I get to the shop and there she is. Very pretty, very excited about her first dive, very keen to get into the water. I introduce myself and then start getting her gear together. When I have finished and just about ready to go she asks
What do I wear under the wetsuit?
I say usually a swimming suit or a bikini. (This is Sydney in the hight of summer, its hot outside).
She says that she doesnt have one with her and would I mind if she just wears her underwear. I say no thats fine as long as shes comfortable. I also add in that I dont mind waiting if she wants to go back to her hotel and get the one that she forgot to bring with her. She doesnt want to so we are back to her wearing her underwear.
As we are leaving the shop she tells me that she just remembers that she doesnt have any underwear on and would I mind if she just wears the wetsuit. A little taken aback I say thats fine but if she wants to go back to the hotel and get a T-shirt and a pair of shorts thats also ok. Nope, she doesnt want to..and the morning is slowly wearing on.
So, 30 mins later we get to the dive site, I unload the gear and sit her down so that I can go through the gear and what she is about to experience. An hour later and Im done. Shes happy and really keen to get in the water. One we are changed (I turned my back so that she had some privacy) and geared up we slowly make our way down to the waters edge. I then explain to her that we will surface swim to the buoy (20m away) and then descend down the line to the bottom (max depth 5m). She looks at me with a terrified look on her face and says:
You mean that I have to be able to swim to dive?
And thats the end of the that We dont dive, I take her back to the shop in tears. Im furious that the shop when getting her to fill out the forms didnt ask her if she could swim and shes really mad that they didnt tell her that she had to know how to swim.
Suffice to say that we both learned a lesson that day.
Coogeeman
I get to the shop and there she is. Very pretty, very excited about her first dive, very keen to get into the water. I introduce myself and then start getting her gear together. When I have finished and just about ready to go she asks
What do I wear under the wetsuit?
I say usually a swimming suit or a bikini. (This is Sydney in the hight of summer, its hot outside).
She says that she doesnt have one with her and would I mind if she just wears her underwear. I say no thats fine as long as shes comfortable. I also add in that I dont mind waiting if she wants to go back to her hotel and get the one that she forgot to bring with her. She doesnt want to so we are back to her wearing her underwear.
As we are leaving the shop she tells me that she just remembers that she doesnt have any underwear on and would I mind if she just wears the wetsuit. A little taken aback I say thats fine but if she wants to go back to the hotel and get a T-shirt and a pair of shorts thats also ok. Nope, she doesnt want to..and the morning is slowly wearing on.
So, 30 mins later we get to the dive site, I unload the gear and sit her down so that I can go through the gear and what she is about to experience. An hour later and Im done. Shes happy and really keen to get in the water. One we are changed (I turned my back so that she had some privacy) and geared up we slowly make our way down to the waters edge. I then explain to her that we will surface swim to the buoy (20m away) and then descend down the line to the bottom (max depth 5m). She looks at me with a terrified look on her face and says:
You mean that I have to be able to swim to dive?
And thats the end of the that We dont dive, I take her back to the shop in tears. Im furious that the shop when getting her to fill out the forms didnt ask her if she could swim and shes really mad that they didnt tell her that she had to know how to swim.
Suffice to say that we both learned a lesson that day.
Coogeeman
