I can deal with hand-swimming, instability and poor trim in new divers, because in many cases, proper trim, buoyancy and motionless stability in the water is an "unknown unknown" and you just don't know what you don't know. We were all there once, so I can understand.
What pisses me off is when they are exposed to all these principles, are shown a path to higher proficiency in the water, are given the tools to improve, and then blow it off and don't give a crap about improving.
"Aw, that looks too hard, it looks like work, I don't need to be THAT good in the water, I just wanna dive on vacation."
Then they rototill the bottom, wrecking everyone's visibility, scare the marine life, and if on coral, kill the marine life.
These skills aren't about "looking cool in the water", it's about protecting and conserving the environment and also not being a potential liability. When I see a flailing diver, I don't know if they're just diving, or having a situation.
Which relates to poor team skills, since all their available bandwidth is being taken up just being underwater breathing. But that's a whole 'nuther topic.
What pisses me off is when they are exposed to all these principles, are shown a path to higher proficiency in the water, are given the tools to improve, and then blow it off and don't give a crap about improving.
"Aw, that looks too hard, it looks like work, I don't need to be THAT good in the water, I just wanna dive on vacation."
Then they rototill the bottom, wrecking everyone's visibility, scare the marine life, and if on coral, kill the marine life.
These skills aren't about "looking cool in the water", it's about protecting and conserving the environment and also not being a potential liability. When I see a flailing diver, I don't know if they're just diving, or having a situation.
Which relates to poor team skills, since all their available bandwidth is being taken up just being underwater breathing. But that's a whole 'nuther topic.