Winston Wolf

Sometimes life is truly difficult

Sometimes life is truly difficult

Sometimes life is truly difficult

Sometimes life is truly difficult

Sometimes life is truly difficult

Sometimes life is truly difficult

Based on my small, unscientific sampling of 36 years in supermarkets….the last 23 in the same large regional chain, I can tell you all the retail workers I know are exhausted and fed up with people. 

Customers range from passive aggressive to just plain aggressive to blissfully unaware of their actions.
I can’t even imagine how current events and protocols are affecting crew members onboard ships.  From my observations, the customers onboard a cruise ship are 100% more demanding than the ones we deal with in a supermarket.  The entitlement attitude I see in some guests is through the roof  
I know how we feel with all the maskless people shopping around us while we are masked up.  I suspect it’s even more relentless for crew members….I can leave the area at the end of my shift and take my mask off.  They really don’t have that kind of option unless they’re in their own personal space.
Here’s an anecdote from our last cruise:
I pull my mask up when I interact with a crew member when we are in a “maskless” area.  In this instance, I was getting towels on the pool deck.  Another guest commented to me that we didn’t need masks out there.  I told him that I was doing it out of respect to the crew member who I was standing right in front of.  He thought I was being ridiculous.  When I was handed my towels, I got a very heartfelt “thank you” from the crew member.   

 
Here’s a thought to take with you today:  It costs nothing to be kind to another person even if you don’t agree with them  
 
 

By the way, you do realize that the rules you agreed to say you will wear a mask indoors at all times, not just when you think you should.  Assuming the masks work, I assume you are exhaling at times, thus possibly contaminating the air.  Assuming they do not work, you are intentionally ignoring the rules.  That is the disrespect that the crew were talking about.  Do you think that the passengers or crew you encounter don't see what you are doing?  You are pretending to follow the rules, when you intentionally are not.   My point is, your comfort level, politics, scientific conclusions, or anything else do not matter to this conversation.  Either follow the rules or don't cruise.  Pretending to follow them when it is convenient for you is exactly the same as not following them at all.

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

I have been keeping them and will send them all in

Last night we went to see Phoenix in the Music Hall, after going to Cats. We both enjoyed Cats, but it is probably a one and done for us.  The dancers are all very good, we just aren’t cat people.  😋 Phoenix, on the other hand, is an excellent tribute band.  I highly recommend them if you’re ever on board and they are playing.  
When they played Hotel California, A couple of highly (Siri translated highway) inebriated attendees got out on the dance floor and danced. If you know Hotel California you’ll understand how entertaining that was. 👀😉 Afterwards the lead singer asked for a hand for the guys playing the guitars…and a hand for the Hotel California dancers. 🤣😂 It was great.  By the time it was over, there was a mosh pit on the dance floor. We were sitting on the second level at the rail, and were almost as entertained by them as we were by the band. Great way to end a great day.
We grew up with the Eagles, the Doobies, Led Zeppelin, etc., the generation with the greatest rock and roll ever (IMHO), and it is always entertaining to see old guys out on the floor enjoying our music…until I remember I’m their age. 😳🤔🤫 At least I am in human years. I have embraced the whole ‘dog years’ measurement of age, which means I’m about six years old now. 🤓

Can you maybe send RC Blog the full week’s compass? I’m totally digging your writing!

Thank you!  I need to set someone straight!

Yes.  We book refundable on all our Panoramic Suites.  We are currently holding 3 of them, all refundable.

Just did a mock booking and the refundable deposit option IS available for this suite:

Yes.  The Panoramic Suites (Cat. VP) are always refundable.  We have several of these bookings and they are all booked a refundable.  Lately, I have heard that the new Ultimate Panoramic Suites (UP) are also refundable.

I will also note that when I have booked refundable directly through Royal's website, nowhere on the invoice did it indicate that it WAS refundable.  I actually took a screen shot when making the booking just in case it came up in the future.