Just back from a week in upper keys. While there wee had some fun and
the expense of Dive Shops.

Went into three shops to get airfills from Key Largo south to
Islamorada. At each shop we presented a C-Card that was completely and
Obviously fake from the Agency name to the level (It said we were
Meth-Ox certified!). It carried no picture and the info was so bogus as
to be comical.

I'm not going to say which shops are involved but all are reputable and
known.

Shop A was the toughest, on the first trip the shop manager got a good
lauh and asked for a real card. Foiled...   Buton a second trip a tank
jockey at the desk glanced at the front of the card, said okay and
started pumping gas. We let her in on the joke and had a good laugh. She
did ask to see a real card after being told about the fake one.

Shop B the store owner was working, she closely inspected each tank's
VIP and Hydro, then inspected the exterior of each tank and valve for
damage. She asked for a C-Card and was handed the bogus one. She glanced
at it, asked to see the back (recall no picture on it) and started
lugging tanks to the fill station. After being given the card a second
time and told to look it over, she admitted to being had and asked for a
real card.

Shop C was the best - Took the tank and asked for a card - the glanced
at it, made a comment about the agency name (we told them they were
mispronouncing the acronym), then started filling the tank. While
waiting we asked if there were any shops affiluted with our "agency" in
the area, they said there was one in Marathon. We let them in on the
joke but they never asked for a real card and put a sticker on our tanks
that will allow us to have future fills faster as it tells the shop they
have checked the tank VIP/Hydro and out C-Card already.

Three shops, three days - That may make us a legit agency!

I'm going to make the cards look a bit better by adding a photo and
using type insread of a hand-drawn logo. We also put cert numbers high
that 10..  the fun continues.