LK, I'm not sure who you're calling "inept," whether it's me because I gave up on this jerk, or whether it's whomever sold him his card. For all I know, he might have bought it on Khao San Road.This is exactly the type of instance that I keep seeing complaints about on these forums and indeed have experienced myself on numerous occasions.
People paying good money to go diving / do diver training only to find themselves in the hands of inept 'dive professionals'.
The post, though, was a joke. Although I really did have this DM, it had nothing to do with the fictional agency STD. I don't believe this so-called DM ever wanted to have training, since he clearly had a self-inflated sense of expertise and thought nobody had anything to teach him. He only wanted to "work" with me so that he could "assist" when his g/f got certified. I think he actually believed I'd just let him "teach" her and sign off on her cert.