Revealing Stories from Cruise Ship Workers

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the recent pandemic has cast cruise
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ships into the harsh criticism of the
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public light
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the industry has been suffering to
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regain its footing amidst public fears
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and skepticism
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but what is it really like to be a crew
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member on one of these monstrous ships
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where living conditions can ebb and flow
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just like the tides
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from high to low within a matter of
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moments
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long shifts income inequality and a
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troubling social caste system
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can make a career at sea burdensome and
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disheartening on the flip side of the
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coin
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crew members are privy to perks like
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cheap booze and the experience of a
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lifetime
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as they navigate through diverse
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geographical and cultural territories
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while the ship gallivants across the
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globe sometimes
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seafaring frustrations need to be sorted
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out with the help of workers unions and
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legal assistants
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especially when dealing with unfair
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salary discrepancies
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and dangerous working conditions but
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other times the woes of living on the
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waters are quite harmless and sometimes
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downright hilarious
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keep watching to see if you'd be willing
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to trade your familiar life on solid
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ground
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for a nautical professional life at sea
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with these amazing stories from cruise
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ship workers from all across the world
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trust us the cruise ship industry
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definitely doesn't want you hearing
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these wayfaring tales
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facts first presents revealing stories
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from cruise ship workers
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before we set sail and hit the open
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single rooms not for everyone the
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average
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employee on one of these monstrous
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vessels has to share a cabin with other
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crew
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that means very little privacy or peace
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and quiet
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when you're confined to a cruise ship at
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sea you might start to feel like a caged
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animal without having your own space
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if you're one of the lucky ones however
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say if you're an officer or another
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employee of rank
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you might get the luxury of having your
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own private room
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so essentially unless you climb the
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ladder a bit chances are you're not
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going to find any of that elusive booty
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if you get my drift
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seafaring folks with their own private
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rooms however expressed that the added
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privacy does wonders for their love
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lives
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caste system not exactly equal
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there's a very clear and distinct
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hierarchy on cruise ships
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as we already mentioned in the housing
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situation officers are at the front of
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the pack
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entertainers are the next in the chain
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of importance followed by front of the
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house staff like servers and bartenders
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finally the back of the house staff is
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at the bottom of the totem pole
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receiving the worst pay
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and accommodations geographically and
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economically speaking
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cruise workers in america fare better
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than let's say an indonesian employee
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the latter might work their tail fins
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off pulling twelve to fourteen hour
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shifts
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and netting only about six hundred
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dollars a month the american employee
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will likely only work
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six to ten hours a day and make about
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three grand a month after taxes
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social life when it's time to unwind
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when you've put in a full shift and come
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home to unwind how do you relax
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the options can be a little limited
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aboard a cruise ship in the middle of
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the ocean
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but most cruise line employees expressed
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that boozing is the go-to recreational
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activity
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on board one of these megalithic boats
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apparently drinks are pretty cheap too
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one reddit user that goes by the handle
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heaps goods noted that there is a crew
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only bar and beers are a dollar fifty
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it's not surprising that the party scene
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can get pretty intense
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finding the right balance between your
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work responsibilities maintaining a
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healthy sleep schedule
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and managing your social life can get a
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little tricky but also
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totally worth it as one worker put it
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drunken knights hard to forget remember
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that one time you got sloppy drunk at
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the bar and made an utter fool of
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yourself
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don't worry it happens to the best of us
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you probably went home
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passed out woke up and brushed aside the
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night before like it didn't happen
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after all you probably won't see half
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the people at that bar again
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anyway on a cruise ship on the other
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hand you can't just act like that
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embarrassing night didn't happen
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everyone who saw you vomit in that
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planter and stumble around like a
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buffoon
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lives and works in a relatively confined
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space in relation to you
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so you might not be able to just live
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those awkward moments down
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lack of privacy it gets old
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in addition to not getting your own
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private room unless you're an officer
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the cabin walls themselves are super
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paper thin
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so whatever your neighbors are doing
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you're definitely gonna hear it
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when things get a little socially
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awkward as they often do when you cram a
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bunch of humans into a box
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you have to deal with that uncomfortable
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or embarrassing situation for the rest
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of the season
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as such employees have to plan out their
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social lives strategically to avoid
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sticky situations with lasting
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repercussions
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crew food almost inedible redditors had
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a lot to say about this particular
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subject
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while some ships have halfway decent
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menus the majority of crew cafeterias
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serve a blackluster cuisine it's
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definitely a plus that employees are
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provided with free food
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but you're at the whim of the cruise
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line's culinary process
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one employee reported that the
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predominant nationalities on his ship
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were filipino and indian
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so most of the food was stuff they just
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weren't used to
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picture having pigtail stew and fish
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heads being presented to you on a daily
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basis when you've never eaten either
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passenger hookups strictly forbidden
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sure you can go to bed with that cute
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girl
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or guy that you met on your shift that
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is if you want to quickly get fired and
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sent home at the next port
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on your own dime cruise lines strictly
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forbid
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any intimate encounters between
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employees and passengers
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specifically to avoid legal liability
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for sexual assault
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or harassment accusations most ships
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disallow crew members from even riding
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in the same
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elevator as a single passenger just as
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an added precaution
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drama city just like high school another
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downside of being on a boat at sea with
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the same folks for months on end
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is the tendency for things to get a bit
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dramatic
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all this drama can be tiresome vexing
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and troublesome
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but why you might ask does all this
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drama happen one former crew member put
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it pretty bluntly
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everyone sleeps with everyone younger
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and more drama-prone crew members
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especially tend to make the rounds the
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most
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throughout the ranks of the crew members
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everybody's business is out
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in the open who is hooking up with who
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who's cheating on so-and-so
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and everything else to make matters
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worse it's kind of like being in boozy
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jail
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you're in a floating box out at sea that
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you can't leave and your only social
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outlet is the bar
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things can get squirrely real fast
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internet access expensive as heck so you
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might not have to pay rent for your
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cabin but sometimes cruise ships charge
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their employees for basic amenities such
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as toilet tissue
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drinking water and internet access a
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basic connection to wi-fi just for a
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limited number of social media apps
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will cost you about five dollars a day
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and if you want unrestricted access to
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the net for 100 minutes
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you'll be paying 10 bucks at a time as
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such many cruise workers are wildly out
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of touch with world events and pop
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culture for months on end
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great way to save money or blow it since
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most living expenses are covered like
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rent and food working on a cruise ship
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can be a great way for you to save money
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that is if you don't blow all your money
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out of boredom
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you might not expect to get tired of
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life aboard a cruise ship experiencing
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free travel the natural beauty of
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tropical locales and cheap booze but
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it definitely gets old after a while a
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lot of cruise ship crew members end up
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blowing all their paychecks every time
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the ship docks at a new port
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or drinking it all away at the crew bar
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without cell service and expensive
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internet
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access there is very little else to do
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so unless you really like reading books
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and playing video games on your tablet
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you're probably going to find it hard to
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be as frugal as you might hope to be
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join the cruise band for shorter work
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days
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some cruise employees lament about long
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work weeks of 60 to 70 hours without a
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day off
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that can take a toll on your psyche if
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you've been at sea for months on end
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if you're a talented musician however
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you might consider joining the cruise
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band
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typical work days don't exceed two to
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four hours most musical folks spend a
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couple of hours a day practicing and an
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additional couple hours playing shows
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for guests in the evening hours
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but with more downtime comes the
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increased need to fill your day with
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entertainment if your idea of fun is
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going to the crew bar
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more free time can mean more wasted cash
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get paid to travel the world with all
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the ups and downs of working on board a
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cruise ship you
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may be wondering if it's really worth
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all the hassle ultimately it's up to you
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what you value more
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sure some aspects of working at sea
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might be tiresome or overwhelming
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but it does give you the once in a
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lifetime opportunity to literally travel
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the world and get paid for doing it what
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other jobs offer that same prospect
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not too many some employees have
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expressed that over their tenure as cruz
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crew
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they have gotten the opportunity to
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visit nearly every continent and dozens
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of countries
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if that sounds like one of your bucket
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list items then maybe some nautical
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nonsense is something you wish
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yes that was a spongebob reference
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sounds like life aboard a giant cruise
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ship
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isn't for everyone but for those who can
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mesh well with the required lifestyle
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changes it can be packed full of amazing
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possibilities
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do you think you'd enjoy working aboard
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a cruise ship or do you prefer your
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landlocked life
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with all of its familiar comforts let us
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know what you think in the comments
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