How Angry Should I Be at this Instructor?

[The Chairman]

I was looking through the smiley's for the little scuba diver I used on a different post and I found this one. I immediately thought about your post

How about this one?

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[Storker]

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[Todd Dicker]

Not much by the sounds of things.

Well, soggybadger, the members of our fire department dive team are skilled divers with decades of experience, and reams of knowledge. They would never make the rookie mistakes that I made. I am the guy who gets to hold lines, watch from above, and try to learn while getting my classroom and initial training under my belt. I would caution you not to judge PSDs from my own admissions.

 

[ReefGuy]

Not much by the sounds of things.

You are welcome to come train with my team anytime.

For the record, I happily accept non divers onto the team. Even the certified divers that make the team don't get in the water immediately. I have two yearlings who got to stand aside and watch for our last callout because they weren't ready for the environment yet. Maybe soon.

 

[The Chairman]

I would caution you not to judge PSDs from my own admissions.

You rock. Anyone capable of admitting their mistakes, and online no less, is MY kind of diver.

 

[soggybadger]

My bad. I was in no way belittling psd or their abilities. Sorry for any offence that was taken I was just surprised that a diver of that quality would be fazed by the situation. I was mistaken in believing that the op was a psd. As for having a go myself no thanks. I'll leave that to the folks with the steely nads.