Extreme Chair Hogging...

Here is another story we experienced on board the Regent Sea years ago. We were sitting around the pool when we noticed 2 deck hands running to the pool and filling 2 buckets each of water and running back to some where ? The next thing we notice is that the ship is not moving and the power is out. The Captain announces that a fire had broken out in the engine room. We all try to make it back to our cabins to get our lifejackets. No power, no lights, no cell phones with lights in those days. (we always carried small pocket flashlights after that). And being a Caribbean cruise in the summer time with no air conditioning meant maybe sleeping out on deck. Fights did break out between passengers for deck lounges. The Captain sent out a S.O.S. and the appearance of a freighter quelled the passengers. For the sight of the freighter coming along side our ship changed our thoughts from on deck sleeping to abandon ship instead. After some time while the sun was still up, the captain announced that the fire was put out and power will be restored shortly. As the freighter moved away life on board went back to normal, dinner was late and no one complained.

The best solution for cruise ship deck chairs was practiced on Home Lines Atlantic and Homeric. There were two deck hands dressed like 'tennis pros'. At the beginning of every cruise, after one had finished visiting the MDR to switch their nightly seating preferences, one would head up on deck to reserve their deck chairs at a cost/day. When one arrived each day to the pool deck the chairs were all stacked and one of the pool attendants would check off ones name (having paid) and inquired where one preferred to have their deck chair set up with towels. The deck chairs had a slot where ones name was placed. If one was leaving , these deck hands inquired for how long, they would remove the name and re-stacked the chair until one returned. A very civil system, no fighting, the that could break out today.

SNORTS COFFEE OUT NOSE!!!!!!!!!!!! thats a 10!!!

Just wait till the captain wants to go water skiing

And there were no chair hogs on that cruise. Quite the opposite.

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!

I was on a supervised cruise once. Here's a pic from that sailing. I'm in the lower right had corner. The name on my boarding pass was #42

You may need supervision......heheheheh

Hmmmmmmm...... could be. But idiotic actions like chaining a deck chair does get my blood boiling. I just can't wrap my head around that kind of mindset.

Personally, I have removed towels that I notice have been on unoccupied chairs for an extended period of time. I have never been confronted about it but if that ever happens I'll just tell the person there weren't any towels on the chairs when I arrived (all while trying not to sneer at them, which I admit will be harder to pull off than the lie itself). How would they know any different?

.... rest assured it will pass.

A little crankipated this morning are we???