I finally stopped blaming my gear after a dive supervisor called me out in the Gulf

I was diving on a pipeline job near Port Fourchon last August and kept complaining my drysuit was leaking at the neck seal. My dive supervisor finally pulled me aside and said 'it's not your suit, it's how you're prepping the zip before each dive.' He showed me I was missing a full 10 seconds of wax application along the groove where the zip teeth meet. After I started spending 30 seconds on that one spot instead of rushing, I went from getting damp on every dive to bone dry for a full 3-week hitch. Has anyone else had a supervisor point out a tiny habit that was causing big problems?

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karen_west597d ago

Do you think most people just aren't patient enough to slow down on the small stuff, or is it more that nobody ever bothered to show them the right way?

jesse9946d ago

That line from @karen_west59 about "nobody ever bothered to show them" really clicked for me, I used to blame impatience but now I get it's lack of teaching.

morgan.logan7d ago

Most people are just never shown the right way in the first place. Patience helps once you know what to actually do, but without being taught the trick you're just guessing and getting wet.