Diligent
workers on board/Carlos Pueblo
When I take
the cruise trip, I always feel as an important person, I have
been treating
even better than at home. It is because the diligent workers
on board.
The ship has about 1,500 employees on board and carried about
2,000
passengers like a good size of the U.S. town. Everything is very
organized and
everything is very clean. Almost all of them are foreign workers
because the
employers can bypass the U.S. minimum wage requirement;
however,
this will never deter their motivation and attitude towards work.
Most of them
whom I run into are waiters, housekeeping, chefs etc. They
Are from
Philippine, Indonesia, Peru, India, and some eastern European nations.
I remember a
washy washy girl from Jewel. She would stay in front of the Garden
Café and
greeted you washy washy happy happy in order to remind you the sanitary
necessity.
Last year I missed her at the Western Caribbean and several workers
told me that
she was retired and back to Indonesia. I thought that I lost something
good in
memory. Even on this trip after I mentioning her, one old Jewel customer
remembers
her and knows her retirement.
I get up
very early and climb up to deck 12 to watch the sun rises. Male workers
Have already
up and running, prepare the beach chairs around the pools, mob
the floors
outside and inside the café, they are busy to prepare for the breakfast.
On the rear,
the morning coffee is ready. Maintenance
workers keep the ship in
top shape
like a discipline navy vessel. Waiters are very polite and quick to response
upon the
customer’s needs. You start from the bottom, like folding utensil, assistant
waiter,
waiter, front desk, etc. A manager position takes more than 10 years. a
contract
lasts about 9-10 months, then requires a new contract to continue. Other
cruise
experience is generally ignored.
This trip, I
got no limit to express my admiration towards these group of youngsters.
Some time I
would surprise the Spanish native speakers in my broken Spanish. I wish
I could work
harder in that language. I have acquainted many workers in this trip.
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