Ana
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If you "don't care", why would you agree to descend with a person you were "forced" to buddy with?
(also, how were you forced under the water with this individual? And who did the "forcing"?)
If you accepted the commonly understood relationship found in diving with another individual, you were responsible to carry out those terms. Regardless of how well you knew them.
Why tell this "insta-buddy" you were going to be "useless" when diving solo was an option?
It is very simple. I just do what a great number of divers do, I'm just up front about it.
Here is the typical situation for me. The work I do takes me to very cool places for several weeks at a time, sometimes I have enough down time that I can sneak a dive, but not enough time to interview charters much less to find a buddy. So the deal is a quick phone call to see if there is room for one, no need gear, I have everything I need, and by the way I rather dive solo. As you may or may not imagine it, that doesn't work all the time. Many charters don't allow me to dive solo after a phone call, hence I'm force to dive with a buddy. However I have the decency to tell them that will be a useless buddy. They don't really care, as long as my money is good and they follow the rules 99.9% of times their response is "yes whatever". Which is why I also tell the person stocked with me to not count with me for anything.
Do you understand now the way I am forced? When my only options are diving with a buddy or not diving, means I'm being forced to dive with a buddy.
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