New Divers are the *Best* Divers

When people talk about a thing, whatever it is, it’s very easy to gravitate to the worst experiences a person had.  This is just as true with work.
“You will NOT believe what Becky did at the office today.”  Or, “We had the WORST guy today.  He was screaming, throwing a tantrum…” etc.
I’m here to tell you that people like to talk.  It’s easy to talk about things that you didn’t like.  It’s so easy to be negative.
That’s what’s so good about new divers.   Teaching new people to dive is really the best part about what we do.  Every time I get a new person in the ocean, I get to experience scuba diving for the first time through them.  It’s a vicarious experience that has no parallel.  The excitement, the satisfaction, all the hard work that pays off finally in certification, it’s really great.  So thank you, all you new divers.  You make it a pleasure to be around.  Seeing people on their best days… there’s nothing else that comes close.
Congratulations: Sheila and John McClellan, Sydney Scarrow, Haley Hanna, and Eric Wisnom