have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moon light

Working for a lovely and tiny company called Off the Wall Divers which consists of the owner, myself and one other instructor. I swim all day and drink most nights and that's about the size of it. So I've moved back to the Caribbean because why the hell not. Totally forgot I had an LJ until I got bored and needed to read some porn. The afternoon trip served to lift spirits though, and I knocked off 3 lionfish. To top it all off, they were all shit divers. Because it really isn't fair to me or my coworker that we must work from 7:30 to 5:30 with no break for bathroom or food so that you can take your damn time buying a coconut from that homeless guy. So when people get all pissy at me for wanting them to be on time and hurry up with the lollying around I get a bit cranky. Now, the small window between trips is for us to, you know, eat and stuff. With our other guest waiting rather impatiently for us to arrive, fill tanks and get on again. We didn't leave our dock until 9:15, putting us back into our dock for around 1. Our people were scheduled to meet us for a pick up at the cruise dock at 8:30. If you are LATE, cruisers, that makes everyone else on the trip have to wait for YOU. We also run an afternoon trip set to leave the dock at 12:45. Then the shallow dive (30-60ft) which generally lasts between 45 minutes and an hour. Then is a 45 minute surface interval lest all of our guests get the bends. Depending on air consumption this can last anywhere from 20 to 50 minutes. We have a set departure time of 8:45, motor out to whatever site is available and do our first dive, generally a wall dive to about 100ft. Which is not very good when you have a schedule to keep up for your business. So, on the whole, they are late for everything. They tend to think that the whole world is supposed to just wait for them to decide when they'd like to do something. People off of cruise ships are the worst. It also means that you hate them with a fire that burns like Satan's bum after too much Taco Bell. So as one might imagine in any place that thrives on tourism, working in the industry means that you must rely on them for your paycheck. Full boat today - 4 cruisers and 4 on island folks.

Got to the dock right on time for 7:30 to set up gear and whatnot for our 8:45 departure.

Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moon light