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Update: A client in Tampa told me my 'dance moves' were spooking the fish during an inspection, so I switched to slow, deliberate motions and the data got way better.
Has anyone else had to change a weird habit after getting feedback underwater?
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the_oliver2mo ago
Well, I once got told my buoyancy control made me look like a startled seahorse. Turns out all that flailing was kicking up silt and ruining my own video logs. Had to learn to move like a sloth on sedatives to keep things clear.
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olivers282mo ago
That Tampa client is overthinking it. I've been diving for inspections for twelve years and fish get used to anything after a few minutes. The data change was probably from a tide shift or different light, not your dancing. Sometimes people just need a simple reason for a complex result.
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kelly_hill1mo ago
Remember that study where they put fake plastic seaweed on a reef? The fish treated it like a total non-event after like, two days. Makes you wonder if we're the ones who never really get used to the weird stuff down there. Clients want a clean report, so they'll grab onto any little blip in the data. But half the time the ocean is just doing its own weird thing, right? You could be a statue down there and still get a weird reading because a cloud passed over.
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