Friday, April 18, 2008

Blogging and Sea sickness

That is the one thing about blogging, while you are an aspiring blogger, you have to write on a daily basis but once you are rich and famous then you can cut back on the blogging because by that stage you would be able to hire a ghost writer, or all you do is just recycle hate mail and comment on that. Well, from the look of it most bloggers write to themselves and hope in vain that someone out there will take pity on them and read their thoughts.
I have done some further research and it is highly recommended that a blogger watch what they write in case something they wrote aeons back rears its ugly head and bites them in the ass (Poor donkey). The USA laws are pretty strict about a lot of things and there have been cases where bloggers have lost their jobs, etc due to some small reference they made on their blog to their company. So, I think I will steer clear of bad mouthing my company for awhile. I will say one thing though, that our company could make a lot more money if the clowns from Miami got their act together; not only that but the crews would be much happier too and with a happier crew, so too will the guests have a much more enjoyable time.
Where are we today? Well, we are approximately 16 hours from New York. The sea is trying to scare us but by now the guests are either too tired or too drunk to care. Last night was really rough and the vomit cleaning team (yes, we have those teams) had a lot on their hands…or should I say, on the carpets, the floors, the tiles…I do sympathise with the sea sick guests, because in my navy days, it was part of the job description that you had to be seasick every fifteen minutes…and for those of you who have had the honour and privilege of serving on Warrior class Strike Craft off the South African coast line, well, you know what I am talking about.
But on cruise ships, with stabilisers and the general size of these floating hotels…there should be no real need for being ill, however, for a lot of people, motion sickness is a common thing and all those funny little anti sea sickness products out there…nope! On a cruise ship, they might offer the vague assurance that a teddy bear offers in the middle of the night, but when it comes to the real seas and working in a tight battle group formation, they don’t. Andrenaline is a good alternative.

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