15 August 2008People Will Be The Death Of Me
So we’ve made it onto our cruise ship and it’s full of fat people and stupid people. Still it’s a break from the norm and who knows I might even get a tan.
I’ve been reminded by a couple of things today, that in the event of an emergency it won’t be any of my actions that will cause me to die, it’ll be other people. I’ll tell you for why.
At 16:30 today we had the mandatory ship evacuation drill. There were three rules.
- Keep right at all times.
- Go to the muster station printed on your life jacket.
- Don’t put your life jacket on
Fairly straight forward, no?
Still, what did about 50% of these chunky, brain dead bastards manage to do?
That’s right, scramble about the corridors in any old fashion headed for the first muster station they saw, with their life jackets on.
For fuck’s sake people it’s not difficult, just follow the instructions, they were clear enough.
I fear for my safety in the event of a proper evacuation, everyone of these bloody idiots will panic and start waving their flabby arms around and the whole system will fall apart.
God help us all.
Saw a film about your situation once. Now let me think, what was it called? Ah yes, just remembered, Titanic. Oops!!!
August 16th, 2008 at 14:43
Oh yes… forgot to warn you… my little bruv (who worked on these cruise ships for a few years) reported that you will be sure to meet some of the fattest people alive! As well as the most stupid.
For example, everyday the mat on the floor of the lift said the day of the week (very twee, I know) and he lost count of the amount of times people asked the way to the ‘Tuesday’ lift that they had used the day before because they thought they were lost. I’m sure you will return with a million similar tales! Enjoy!
Oh and by the way, what are your feelings on the latest ‘Crocs’ phenomenon? Let me know if you see any correlation between these hideous rubber shoes and obese, thick Americans!
August 17th, 2008 at 20:11
Fat, stupid people with very little imagination seem to comprise about 90% of the passengers on this vessel and yes, Crocs are in abundance.
They need them because their joints are under such immense pressure that every little assistance to cushion gravity’s pull helps.
They are an ugly shoe for ugly people.
Here ends my rant.
August 18th, 2008 at 17:22