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What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?
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What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?
"Jeff Gersten" wrote Another pet peeve is pushy photographers who will not take NO for an answer. That one is easy... I just smile, say "no thanks" and keep walking. -- George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com January 20, 2008 - GGC2008 - http://cruisemaster.com/adventure.htm October 26, 2008 Sleazy 5 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy5.htm |
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What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?
Lee wrote:
On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:25:18 -0400, "Gregory C. Read" wrote: up. On subsequent days, you realize that there are several stations (lines) and it is easy to dart in and out of the short venues. I've been on so many Personally, I like this style. If you're able to think, you can get what you wish quickly. However, other posters here -- the monolithic thinkers --- hate the style, preferring to put their tray down, and push past everything in one go. That works if you don't have to be served individually somewhere along the line. Where it breaks down is when the stations on line require there to be an employee to serve you, or worse to cook the food while you wait. Or even worse, where the food is there but the employee to dish it out is not. However, most of the larger, contemporary ships I've been on have buffet stations -- Star Princess, Caribbean Princess, Freedom OTS, Liberty OTS etc. HAL seems to be the line for the in-line thinkers. IME HAL had the worst of both worlds. They had a line with stations, and not enough room between the stations for people to wait without backing up into other stations. |
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What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?
Ermalee wrote:
Rosalie B. wrote: "Jean O'Boyle" wrote: Answered Inline: "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... Why do you think I should not be annoyed? If one is NOT sitting at the machines, that is an annoying sound. Does my being annoyed bother you? Why? Does it infringe on your right to sit at those machines? Does it make you feel guilty or something? Can't I say that something annoys me without you telling me that I shouldn't be bothered? Why not? WHOA!! You're the one who is bothered by the so called noise from the slot machines...not me. You wrote "Why would you be annoyed?.." Completely disrespecting my opinion and attempting to say that it was my fault for being where I could hear it. That is unacceptable This is the key point. I said I was annoyed and Jean argued with me about it. I will deal with things that annoy me in my own way. But telling me that I shouldn't be annoyed, and then when I refuse that order, telling me to lighten up does NOT make it acceptable. .nor does your annoyance bother me! I just find your annoyance at someone's good luck amusing, especially since you are not even in the casino! It sure does not make me guilty for enjoying something that seems to annoy you when you can do something to avoid it. I have never been in the casino except when I was forced by the layout to walk through it, so I did not know that was the "good luck" noise. I didn't even know that it was slot machines (which I presume that it is). And I'm NOT annoyed at someone's good luck. Although I'm sure the ships wouldn't continue to do the casino if they weren't making a profit, so I think the 'good luck' is more an illusion than reality in the long run. Of course, the most difficult to extinguish behaviors are those with intermittent reinforcement like slot machines where you only win occasionally. Not annoyed that someone wins. Just annoyed at the accompanying noise. It is an annoying noise. It's music to my ears! ;-) I don't care what you think about it - it is annoying. And I find it amusing, but sad, that you think it is 'music'. Not sad at all, if one minds his p's and q's and doesn't get carried away, betting the farm. I suppose some folks do go too far, bur when I don't have a problem with OTHER PEOPLE gambling. I do not do it myself, and it would not consider it entertainment but I realize that not everyone feels that way. Obviously. Because if they did, the casinos would make no profit. I don't play the lottery either, or bet on horse races (except on paper). Some years ago, we were in Reno and I saw Keno for the first time. I'm spectacularly bad at picking Keno numbers. We played a couple of times, but what we did was - I would pick numbers, and then my husband would pick OTHER numbers, because my numbers did not win and that cut down on the bad choices. you consider it entertainment, and don't go overboard, PLUS enjoying the playing, it isn't sad. Maybe 'music' is the wrong word, because, of course, it isn't MUSIC! Just a great sound that tickles the player when he/she is winning (which does happen sometimes). I won't tell you how much $$ I have poured into those machines, and lost, because I don't have any idea. However, on one cruise I did win enough to pay for the cruise for both of us. I realize that doesn't happen often. I almost never play bingo, but I did on the last day of one of our cruises and won 2600 dollars. I just don't enjoy bingo though. Ermalee --thinks playing the slots is fun and winning is MORE fun :-) The maximum gambling that I ever do is to play solitaire on my computer Vegas style, and even then, I limit my losses to $200.00. Sometimes this happens in 10 hands, and sometimes it takes me hours to lose the $200.00 I have to say that my mother's dad was addicted to gambling - he bet on the dog races and other things. So that my grandmother sometimes had to pawn her jewelry to feed the family. And my mom's opinion of gambling was not favorable as a result. (And she also felt that every woman should have a diamond ring to pawn in emergencies.) Anyway, when I was 10, we went to Colorado to visit my dad's mother, and my mom let me put a silver dollar into the slot machine that was in a restaurant we were eating in. I hit the jackpot. But my mom wouldn't let me keep the money. She made me keep playing with the winnings until I lost it all. It took some time, because sometimes I would win a smaller payout. I learned the lesson that she wanted to teach me. But that only means that slot machines and other forms of gambling don't interest me particularly. It doesn't mean that I disapprove of other people gambling. (I'm not my mother.) Nor does it mean that I find the ding ding ding anything but irritating. |
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What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?
My husband loves music.......any kind and he isn't happy when there is
none until evening other than a few times on the lido deck. While others enjoy a good book or games he prefers to just sit and listen to music. ~~DORY~~ **________*/*/___/*/___/*/_________ *\::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/ *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** |
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What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?
Allen wrote:
The coffee. Youi think you could get a good cup of Joe without paying extra. Allen p.s. This may be just a Celebrity thing. Allen, haven't been on Celebrity in a few years, unfortunately, but I can heartily recommend RCCL's Voyager and Freedom-class ships with their Cafe Promenades that feature hot, fresh, delicious, FREE Seattle's Best coffee. ~ Peri |
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What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?
I admit to being quite annoyed on the old Westerdam during an Alaskan
cruise. In the dining room, there was a Chinese-appearing string quartet playing each night. One evening, I went over and asked them if they'd play Dixie for Mrs. Nonny and me. Believe it or not, they didn't know the tune at all. If a cruise line hires musicians, I strongly feel that they should be screened and only musicians proficient in playing Dixie should be hired. Nonny -- ---Nonnymus--- You don’t stand any taller by trying to make others appear shorter. |
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What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?
Nonnymus wrote:
I admit to being quite annoyed on the old Westerdam during an Alaskan cruise. In the dining room, there was a Chinese-appearing string quartet playing each night. One evening, I went over and asked them if they'd play Dixie for Mrs. Nonny and me. Believe it or not, they didn't know the tune at all. If a cruise line hires musicians, I strongly feel that they should be screened and only musicians proficient in playing Dixie should be hired. Nonny Particularly off the coast of Alaska. I feel the same about Hava Nageela. |
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What's your biggest pet peeve when cruising?
Peri wrote: Allen wrote: The coffee. Youi think you could get a good cup of Joe without paying extra. Allen p.s. This may be just a Celebrity thing. Allen, haven't been on Celebrity in a few years, unfortunately, but I can heartily recommend RCCL's Voyager and Freedom-class ships with their Cafe Promenades that feature hot, fresh, delicious, FREE Seattle's Best coffee. Peri, is the Seattle's Best coffee free or is there a charge for it? The Azamara Journey buffet area had a couple of freshly ground coffee machines, self service, and it was very good coffee. This was one cruise that we didn't have to pay to get good coffee. sue |
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