So, I am not going to slag on any one race...that would not be politically correct. In the past I have loudly complained about the Dutch...very pushy abrasive people, I have complained about the German.....very cold and unfriendly (sometimes they are awesome and jolly), I have complained about the Aussies (stingy with tips, I refuse to believe that they don’t understand that out in the rest of the world we TIP! Just because you don’t doesn’t mean the rest of the world doesn’t), I have complained about the French, oh, correction, I haven’t because they never leave their country, and I have also complained about our own Canadians, they have a tendency to be whiny and cheap, all the while being exceeding nice. And judging by myself, complaining ungrateful people!!
Now I am complaining about another group of people, new to the tourist travelling world. This group is very very green to the protocols and general world expectations, or they just don’t give a hoot. They are happy friendly and so grateful to be enjoying this experience. And that is so good to see. But, they just don’t understand the meaning of lining up, no hawking and spitting, watermelon is for everyone as are the chairs, you don’t have to break your leg to get to an elevator first, andI swear, we are going to run out of hot water! When we were visiting their country I noticed that just due to the extreme number of people in their place the niceties of life just simply disappear. They are not poverty stricken like some countries, which may cause the same sort of behaviour, just sheer numbers forces you to become aggressively pushy and self serving. Thank goodness their is no driving involved on this trip!!! But due to the fact that over half the 3000 people on board are of this race, it makes for a tense competitive atmosphere.
I wasn’t going to make friends, as I always say. I really don’t like people. But....I was waiting for an elevator, as were a jillion others, and this little man of about 45 yrs attached himself to me and started to ask about where everything was. Why me? Why do I always get these lost little people attaching themselves to me? Jeez!!
Well this guy was a true blue hillbilly. I mean right down to having only one front tooth and a redneck accent like none other. Straight from dogpatch. And he was lost. He was looking for a place that I had no clue where it was. So I took him over to the brass map and legend on the wall and we both had a look. Upon finding it we proceeded to the elevators and he told me he had never been on one before. WHAT?? I thought maybe I was being punked! So we got on and I gave him a tutorial on how to use it. We were on 14, I was getting off on 9 and he was getting off on 6. So I had him push the two buttons and away we went. At 9 I went to get off and he literally attached himself to me and got off too. I pushed him back and said no no, you get off on 6 remember? He hung his head and said he didn’t know how to read the numbers! Holy crap!! A woman in the elevator, impatiently said she would show him how to get off...she was so annoyed at all the delays. I had become kind of fond of the little lost fella and felt a twinge at leaving him with a pushy not nice person.
Today I ran into him again, down in the bowels and middle of the ship. Again he was lost and didn’t know how to get out into the open. So I tried to explain but he was so upset and bereft. I finally took him in hand and led to the correct spot. I’m just going to hide in my room now. How does a person like that get on the ship? He said he is alone...I don’t know..seems fishy to me. I remember one time in an airport the family of an old lady with dementia was put on a plane by her family with no way to track back to them. She was wandering around the airport totally lost, didn’t even know her name. It was awful. I never forgot that.
At the moment Bill is watching a show. Its so funny because he is totally engrossed and trying not to show it. It is Snow White and the 7 dwarfs so he is feeling kind of foolish but at the same time completely into it. He now and then bursts out with stupid inappropriate comments just to show that he isn’t seriously watching it...which he totally is. I am going to suggest we go down to the stores and I bet he says no and finds some stupid excuse! I shall then make total fun of him. hahaha.
I am going to try to load a couple pics but it may be too slow. I shall post them on facebook though. TTYL
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