As if more reasons were needed to stay away from cruise ships.
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Especially Australians
Go to a movie in Australia. You know how American theaters show pre-movie public service announcements about not using your cell phone or not talking? Australia showed a bit about not punching people in the back of the head because you could kill them. That said, I didnāt see a single fight while I was there.
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deck ape, there must be some history behind that āpreviewā but iāve read many WW2 stories of GIās over there and such action would seem very much out of lineā¦ If I had to guess this started coming about when Austrailila got āāon the mapāā in the ā¦80ās?
Otherwise, Iāve worked a cruise ship or two and I figure most āold saltsā would just avoid these confrontations but by damnit, get me and a few old hands pissed and that BS would be over soon enough and the āpro Marinerā Dr. would be busy and the Passengers would be Praising āships crewā !!
Carnival security let the bad behavior degenerate into a brawl and responded by kicking people already down on the deck while some of the crew tried to swat the phones out of the hands of those recording the melee. Carnival must be training their security force at some KGB/Keystone Kops college. Imagine how much havoc these clowns could create at a childās birthday party.
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I donāt know were Carnival hire or train their security personnel, but I know that some of the other Cruise Operators use Gurkhas for that task.
Trained by the best of British Military officers they know how to carry out their job. Besides, anybody who know the reputation of the Gurkhas would know not to F**k with them.
KGB??? Nah, I donāt thinks so, unless Trump has some shares in Carnival?? I hear he got good contacts in that direction.
The Gurkhas were the garrison troops in HongKong when Mao and his little red book were trying to ferment unrest and revolt in the sixties. It didnāt take long for them to quiet things down.
Joanna Lumleyās father was a major in a Gurkha regiment and she has done a great deal of work in getting them better deals on their pensions.
I read that the problems were ongoing over several days and that this family of thugs picked fights with random pax. There are two sides to the story of course, but they sound like trailer trash or what Aussies would refer to as ābogansā
For good reason you wonāt find me vacationing or working on one of these zoo barges. Iād be too tempted to use a pipe wrench as an attitude adjustment tool
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And miss all the fun in the disco bar on karaoke night?!?
Iām more lured in by the Eastern Euro casino gals.