Cruisers are a cross section of society as a whole and while
I don’t tend to talk to too many of the people I sure get a kick out of
watching them. There are always
families, couples, and newlyweds, those that have been married for 50+ years,
singles and everything in between from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. One of my favorite observations is watching
these good folks converge on the buffet which runs pretty much constantly from
around 6:00 AM until 10:00 PM.
Watching many of these fellow passengers you’d think they
haven’t eaten in a week or that they have been secretly informed by the captain
that the ship’s engine has quit working, we’re about out of food and it’s every
passenger for themselves.
I often wonder if when they are on land if they actually eat
French fries, nacho’s, twelve slices of pizza, topped off with a bowl of ice
cream dripping chocolate syrup everywhere for lunch just a few hours after the
breakfast buffet of an omelet, waffle, a slab of bacon and a bowl of oatmeal to
mentally purge them of their sin of overconsumption of fatty foods. A couple of hours later they’ll be back for a
mid-afternoon snack of more ice cream, cookies, a crepe which will be followed
shortly thereafter by dinner.
Bless their hearts!
They don’t know how much entertainment they provide or how much stimulus
they provide to the healthcare sector of the economy.
Excuse me now, I think there’s a pizza coming out of the
oven!
