Day 2 of the eating adventure out at sea. We begin with
lunch when we board the boat. I was not prepared for this at all. I was
thinking a bunch of people going on a nice trip together; we are all on the
same ship, and one big family. Well we were on board with a bunch of cousins
that nobody wants to invite to the reunion. It was as if these people lived in
caves and never been in contact with other humans before. I was scared for mine
and my wife's lives.
They didn't care if you were next in line; they just push
you out of the way and piled all they could on their plate. It didn't matter if
they could eat it all or not. That was a little sad. Most of the employees on
the ship were from countries that were very poor. So it was very embarrassing
watching all these fat Americans waste all that food. Way to represent people.
The worst were the old people. I guess they had to hurry up and get theirs
because they didn't know if they were going to be alive the next day to eat
again. They acted like they were too old to notice that they were cutting in
front of people, but I could tell they knew what they were doing when I saw one
of them trip a kid to get them out of the way. The kids were horrible too.
Taking their snotty, unwashed hands and grabbing everything. I wanted to jab
one with a fork when their parents were not looking. The favorite of the cruise
was when I got behind the lady who acted like she had a stick shoved upped her
back side. She was picking through a bowl of fruit. Not a big deal I know. But
she only picked out three grapes. Not just any grapes off the top, but she
pushed other grapes aside to get to these particular three grapes. What was so
annoying was that it took her 10 minutes to pick out three grapes.
My wife and I ended up at the Chinese buffet line. They had
some good noodles, chicken, and some shrimp. Nothing that made you go wow, but
this was our first meal and we were just happy to get away from the feeding
time at the zoo and find a quiet place to sit and eat.
Then it was dinner time. This was when the action was
happening. Not knowing what was going on we got to the dining hall early. We
would not make that mistake again. They would not let you sit early, so once
again like a heard of animals we had to wait in line. That's when it happened.....
Then elevator doors opened and out of nowhere came this old
lady flying out on her scooter. No beeping noise, no looking to see who was
behind her. She just floored that little red scooter and backed out of the
elevator like a bat out of hell. I had to push my wife out of the way, or she
would have lost a big toe. The old hag got stuck and could not turn the scooter around. She was
getting so mad at her husband that was trying to help her. She said, “I do not
like this and I am getting very angry at all this.” Then, she got up and walked
away leaving the scooter behind. Just when my wife and I were getting over the
humor of the situation, we hear this awful noise. Some little kid was not
getting enough attention and thought he would get everyone’s by screaming at
the top of his lungs. To top this off the dad, grandfather, boyfriend, whatever
he was said, “If you don't stop I am going to punch you in the stomach so hard
it will knock all the breath out of you.” We just wanted to get inside and we
were hoping we did not have to sit with any of these people.
Finally inside at our seat, we sat with a fun couple we had
met earlier that day and a nice
newlywed couple. We were actually looking forward to having dinner with them
every night. Then it was time to order. I had steak and potatoes, plus a crème
brulee for dessert. It was all very good. But really it wasn’t so much about
the food as it was about the atmosphere. The dining area was supposed to be a
nice place to eat. In fact they suggest to you to dress up a little. But not
these rednecks; they wore their flip flops, shorts, and what they called a
shirt. Pretty much the same thing you would see if you went to a Waffle House
at 3:00 in the morning. I was a little disappointed with the portions, but that
was just being a newbie to the cruise dining. I learned something very
important from another passenger at breakfast that I will share on another
blog. The thing was if you didn't get enough to eat and got hungry around 1:00 or
2:00 in the morning; there was always the 24 hour pizza and ice cream bar. I
didn't know if I could sleep knowing that would be available to me all night.
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