MacTheKnife
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It’s every race for itself in an emergency.
In 1987, I fulfilled a long-held desire to work as a croupier on a cruise ship. I joined the M/S Stardancer (later to become the Viking Serenade).We cruised down to Baja California and then up to Vancouver and Alaska. I spent a total of five years at sea, working on four different ships, traveled the world and met some terrific people. It was a wonderful time.
I noticed that ships’ departments were like little nations. For example, officers and engineers were Scandinavian, waiters were Italian, chefs were Austrian or German, casino staff, photographers and beauty salon personnel were English, cabin stewards were West Indians, entertainers were American, engine crew were Filipinos, and porters were Haitians or Cubans, etc.
This arrangement would change slightly depending on where the ship was cruising and whether the ship flag was Norwegian, Italian or Dutch, etc.
Race on the High Seas - American Renaissance
In 1987, I fulfilled a long-held desire to work as a croupier on a cruise ship. I joined the M/S Stardancer (later to become the Viking Serenade).We cruised down to Baja California and then up to Vancouver and Alaska. I spent a total of five years at sea, working on four different ships, traveled the world and met some terrific people. It was a wonderful time.
I noticed that ships’ departments were like little nations. For example, officers and engineers were Scandinavian, waiters were Italian, chefs were Austrian or German, casino staff, photographers and beauty salon personnel were English, cabin stewards were West Indians, entertainers were American, engine crew were Filipinos, and porters were Haitians or Cubans, etc.
This arrangement would change slightly depending on where the ship was cruising and whether the ship flag was Norwegian, Italian or Dutch, etc.
Race on the High Seas - American Renaissance
