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My worst dive experience ever about two weeks ago. I burst an eardrum on this dive because I was bullied into descending faster than was safe.
The person at the equipment counter was patronizing and laughed at me when I wanted the weight I usually dive at. He initially refused to give me the weight I wanted because "I have other people to cater to". It was only when I insisted that he gave me the correct weight.
The dive master was experienced but didn't actually care about safety. Despite my telling him I had equalization issues, he said we had to descend fast or I would risk being left behind. He also insisted that we didn't descend feet first but swim down headfirst - hardly advisable especially since we had a relatively new diver in the group. Despite my signalling desperately that something was wrong with my ears on the second dive he paid no attention. I ended up in the emergency room with a perforated eardrum. It could have been much worse - I could have lost consciousness underwater, but came away instead with nausea, some disorientation and a splitting headache.
There's more: He broke off a reef, and yanked up seaweed twice that I saw.
I certainly don't recommend this dive shop to anybody. I wish PADI would do safety checks and regular audits of dive shops they certify. - via 