The essence of being a North Atlantic Trident is
exemplified by the motto, "one for all and all for one". Truly, selfishness,
competitiveness, rudeness, obnoxiousness is left behind at the dock! At sea,
compassion, caring, helpfulness, good manners, and the spirit of giving to
others at your own expense is shown by each and every North Atlantic Trident!
And one more universal attribute we all have--always being honest and truthful
(as honest and truthful as I, Phil Glorioso, am in describing
Tridentology).
Things you will NEVER see on North Atlantic
Tridents shipwreck diving charters:
1. Trying to get down to the shipwreck before
anyone else.
2. Pushing, shoving, elbowing, tripping, kicking
another diver who gets in your way.
3. Jumping onto another diver who manages to get
into the water a millisecond before you.
4. Knocking off the mask of another diver
"accidentally".
5. Dropping your 20 pound weightbelt on someone's
toes.
6. Allowing your tank with pony to fall on a fellow
Trident.
7. When a diver has been down too long and may be
out of air or bent, putting in dibs for his tank or regulator, etc., instead of
having compassion for his well being.
8. Having your gear neatly organized and not strewn
all over the deck and on top of everyone else's gear.
9. Leaving fish blood and guts on the deck, the
gunwhales, and on other Trident's gear.
10. Laughing at, making derisive comments about,
eating in front of another Trident who is heaving his guts out over the
gunwhale.
11. Rather than wait for a Trident who is running
late, telling the captain to shove off so we don't miss the bridge opening.
12. In the event the boat is underway, ignoring and
turning our backs on the diver who has, though late by a few seconds, is on the
dock waving to us to come back for him. Then upon return to the dock feign mock
innocence by saying "we never saw you, otherwise we certainly would have come
back for you!"
13. Reaching into a hole to grab a lobster just
after your buddy has spotted it and is making his move (Likewise when spearing
a fish).
14. Having had an abundance of exotic foods and
drinks the night before a dive, and then doing "evil" things in the head that
blisters paint and prevents your fellow divers from using the head.
15. When a fellow diver is having a "near death
experience" from seasickness, losing blood, or is bent, asking the captain if
you can make one more dive because you have more air and more safe bottom time.