po go

1 hour ago, Harry Peterson said:

As in:  http://viz.co.uk/2014/10/15/postman-plod/

 

Great fan of Viz in its heyday.  😁

had 2  cardboard boxes full but as it said in its injoe got less worth the price increases 

46 minutes ago, Presto2 said:

ying tong ying tong ying tong iddle i po - YouTube

postman plod in viz magazine 

11 minutes ago, Host Sharon said:

Shopping is delivered but yes, I chat with my postie who is more than happy to discuss his 7 month old, and my Asda delivery drivers - mostly about their unreasonable customers who always moan!! People are people wherever they may be in the world. Don't you?

our postie like plod out of viz 

31 minutes ago, Bloodaxe said:

In actual fact we always have done so wherever we go in the world, never been in a Wetherspoons though.

had a nice chat with emily from aldi's customer service on isle of wight today straightaway we were on 1st name terms 

4 hours ago, Host Sharon said:

That will explain it then. Personally I like to chat to crew, find out where they are from, etc. Not to treat them as invisible servants.

do you do it in tesco , wetherspoons etc??

3 minutes ago, zap99 said:

Are you Roger?.🤔

no 

31 minutes ago, terrierjohn said:

I assume all wine waiters and bar staff do the same, they just look at our cruise cards and use our forenames because they are easier and more common than surnames.

it's something that off shore call centre staff do too 

1 hour ago, zap99 said:

I see you are fairly new to cruise critic so welcome. In case I don't get another chance, I'll say goodbye now🤣

so it's not cruise critic but p&o doffing as they squeeze the last pip from customers and staff sorry if anyone took personally

1 minute ago, Selbourne said:

If the crew can memorise the names and cruising histories of several thousand passengers per cruise just from photos, then their superhuman skills are wasted working on cruise ships! It’s also a wonder how they have the time to do that on changeover days when they are flat out! Just out of curiosity, have you ever been in a cruise?

by they i meant the cruise line , like the savoy hotel programme a non celebrity booked a suite every year and they knew from her booking when coming and told staff to be grovelling , it doesn't take much to sift out repeat bookers where there cabin is , and table is -- yes been ON cruises as said BEFORE'

Just now, grapau27 said:

Unless I missed it there was one nice person called Sharon but I didn't see a mention of CC Host P&O cruises.

TBH I only watched the program to the end to see you Sharon.

The program itself was mediocre.

Graham.

the blurb said experts but most interviewees were made to look like general public

11 hours ago, Presto2 said:

This made me cross - sorry po go. We have been on cruises and had a number of staff members come up and greet us and know our names even though it was a different ship with years between. One member of staff Costa could tell us the ship and cruise we had been on and then we met Hyacinth who knew the same. We also met Capt Willard and he recognised us from a previous cruise. On our last cruise on Oceana some staff came to us and said 'hi' having seen us on the ship before. They chatted about those cruises. This was so lovely and we know exactly what Sharon meant. It is special and makes you feel like your cruise ship staff are like a 'family',

they know exactly who's cruised  when where and for how long with photo's i'd expect  they brief people on who's been before where and when ,  either that or some bother the staff too much , i want my waiter to bring the food not know his life story

48 minutes ago, AnnieC said:

Whilst I'm not suggesting that everything in the cruise industry is perfect, are you suggesting the staff are better off now that they are unable to work for the cruise lines, instead probably working for very low pay in their home countries, or unemployed?

 

 

that;'s like saying victorian working conditions were great as everyone had a job

8 minutes ago, Presto2 said:

You were the positive voice. It was refreshing to hear about the relationship between crew and passengers etc. 

 I once got volunteered to do a very short TV news  item for work and seeing how it ended on the news compared to the filming that day was interesting... the editing was clever. 

by relationship do you mean crew pretending to remember people

59 minutes ago, ann141 said:

I think they probably misled some of those they interviewed who obviously loved cruising e'g Sharon and some former entertainers/photographers etc by thinking it was going to be a positive programme but I felt they over emphasized the negatives of not paying taxes, environmental damage, poor staff conditions etc without mentioning that the newer ships would be more environmently friendly, cruiselines were trying to reduce plastic etc and generally crew were treated fairly- no mention of the effort by P and O and Cunard to repatriate lots of the crew etc.Very disappointing.I wonder what Host Sharon thought of the programme??

you really think can gloss over all the way made millions by underpaying staff and not paying tax ?  at least sharon wasn't disturbing the steward at midnight every night and thinking it was good 

1 minute ago, amajaa said:

It was interesting I thought, glad to know the conclusion was the industry won’t be going bust.

 

I watched it and deleted it before reading this thread, so which one was Sharon?

 

I couldn’t work out where the photographer and his wife were being filmed, so glad at the end it showed they were on a narrow boat because I could see the port hole and was thinking it was a funny cruise ship cabin.

the one called sharon --  it never said everyone was industry related just slipped something in at 3rd or 4th appearance --  sharons the one who buys a present for a baby after the programme's shown the staff live badly , get paid badly  and pressured to underclaim full wage 

7 minutes ago, ann141 said:

I think they probably misled some of those they interviewed who obviously loved cruising e'g Sharon and some former entertainers/photographers etc by thinking it was going to be a positive programme but I felt they over emphasized the negatives of not paying taxes, environmental damage, poor staff conditions etc without mentioning that the newer ships would be more environmently friendly, cruiselines were trying to reduce plastic etc and generally crew were treated fairly- no mention of the effort by P and O and Cunard to repatriate lots of the crew etc.Very disappointing.I wonder what Host Sharon thought of the programme??

give some one a stage   ............... and they're  an editors dream  

11 hours ago, Purdey16 said:

I’ve just caught up with this thread and thank you Andy for starting it and the many ones posting on here , reading about how everyone is doing at this trying time and my thoughts and prayers go to you all that have lost family or friends it’s a very sad time for all . I really don’t have any interesting things to add that’s different in my life at the moment just busy taking care of the in-laws who are 86 & 82 , it can be very hard at times  but nothing to compare with what others on here are experiencing . It would be nice to eventually meet up with all on here to say hello face to face , almost done it with 

Ann141 and jean on our October cruise , maybe there will be a cruise just for us critics to go on 😃😂😂 take care everyone and thank you for sharing bits of your lives with us 

isn't every cruise for critics 

THE ONE and only chesney hawkes  and your all time indian cricket team as serving staff , as a fantasy you could have captain sunill and kapil for entertainment  and  geoff (boycott) as butler and fred (trueman ) as waiter 

maybe training to become bridge officers