I have a running bet with my boss that the R1N1(N1R1?) virus will turn us all into Zombies by christmas. More to come on that.
The last week has been utterly insane. Because of this virus, we've been in OPP red again (severe health risk) and we're not allowed to go to any ports in Mexico, which apparently includes Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, and Jamaica. Someone needs to teach these people geography. But what that means is serious lack of internet, serious lack of any form of shopping for supplies like, oh, say, Deodorant, a *lot* of bored guests which means a lot more work for the crew, and a complete bleaching of every possible surface in the ship.
On top of this we had one of our guys in Studio B sign off after finishing his contract. Normally this is not an issue (even though we were sad to see Eric go) however his replacement Ronald didn't have his medical completed. This meant he couldn't sign on to the ship, which resulted in us being *yet again* down a man. I put in 87+ hours last week.
Anyhow, on a lighter note things seem to be going well with a Canadian girl I met, so that gives me something to look forward too.
Anyhow, my break is rapidly approaching an end. Sorry for this one just to be a venting session but it's been a hard week. I'll try to post again this week when I feel less like a walking corpse.
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Wow I would be so pissed if I was on a cruise and couldn't get off at the ports. Plus, this stupid flu is absolutely no different than the stupid flu people get in January. People need to chill the fuck out.
ReplyDeleteIt's very true, and it is rough. As I've been hearing on CNN the flu is *slightly* different than an outbreak they had in 1916 which killed some ~330,000 people, hence the panic. We'll see what happens.
ReplyDeleteThat, and unfortunately on a ship, if just -one- person gets sick, chances are it will run rampant on board hence all the caution.