drunken lounger stealers

[HoustonTodd]

You guys think we are stressing or worrying over this issue? We don't sit there upset or moaning about it. It doesn't ruin our day. We don't worry about it. But if we notice the chairs next to us - or 3 levels bellow us where we wanted to sit - unattended for 2 hours ... guess where those towells are going?

 

No worry, no stress. I enjoyed my time up untill that point, I enjoyed my time after it. It took me all of 30 seconds to remove the offending items. No worries here.

[cruzin w chris]

oh.. the CHOGS might also be the same loud obnoxious drunks.

They are often one and the same.:rolleyes:

chogs, lmao i like that first i heard it

[SCOT]

Unbelievable. I have seen many postings about "Chair Hogs" I just want to make sure I understand this. My DW and I get up early, go out on deck, get breakfast and then find a great spot in the sun because we are one of the only people on deck. We lay in the sun and then at some point in the day we decide to go take a break from sunning to enjoy something else that the ship has to offer. We come back and because we were gone too long in your opinion, we should lose our chairs. That being said you had the same chance I did to get up and come up on deck but you chose to sleep in. Now I should lose my spot??? That drives me crazy. I totally understand and have seen chairs on the deck that have no one in them all day but you know what if they show up they should certainly find their stuff still there and not have you putting your hands on it. I can't believe that Carnival has caved in to the whining few that want to sleep in and still get a "good spot" on the deck.

 

Do you do the same thing at the mall? If you see a car parked in a parking space that you want and it has been there all day you have it towed because people are not sitting in the spot???

 

I agree that it is not worth a confrontation and it is a shame that people can't seem to have fun without ruining someone elses.

 

So you are saying that if I left my parking spot to do something else ,that when I return, I should get mad that someone took my spot

[Naomi John]

My kids want to swim, and I'm going to monitor them and I'm not doing it from the top deck if there are loungers available in front of the pool. Therefore, if you leave your stuff, including your "personal" stuff, to go do something and expect your chair to still be there, you'll be surprised if I'm on the ship and want it. It's not a bit stressful for me, so to those of you that keep saying it's messing up vacation to worry, I assure you I'm not worried at all, nor does it stress me. What WILL stress me is being unable to see my kids in the pool and make sure they are safe and behaving appropriately. So, I'm taking your chair if you're hanging out somewhere else and think your towel or flip flips are standing in in your place.

 

I completely agree. Had a similar problem on the Conquest in 2008. DD wanted to use the pool and slide. I sat on a bench next to the pool because the "Chogs" were out. After awhile, I noted the chairs behind me were still empty. I made myself comfortable on the one on the end, moving the towel to the one next to it. After a few mins, a guy shows up, said he was saving these seats. I pointed to the sign, advised him my DD was in the pool/slide, and if his whole party appears, I MAY vacate. Well, they never appeared while DD was enjoying herself. As I was gathering my stuff, another Mother appeared, who's children were also in the pool, (well she didn't appear, she was standing near just watching her children, all the while 3 chairs next to me were unoccupied), and asked if I was leaving, I said yes and she took my chair. Lets say the guy who was holding the chairs was none to happy, but oh well.

 

As for the CHOG Police, I am making signs to indicate why I am not in a seat, including, "I went to the Bathroom, brb", or "I'm on the slide", "getting some tea", and finally "Checking child out of camp, will brb".

[Carol999]

As for the CHOG Police, I am making signs to indicate why I am not in a seat, including, "I went to the Bathroom, brb", or "I'm on the slide", "getting some tea", and finally "Checking child out of camp, will brb".

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Your sign is the exact same as the towel..if your gone over an hour,,and I'm a chair neighbour to any sign, flip flop , book or other item..Im going to tell anyone asking..hey they have been gone awhile,,are you looking? ..take that one..just go put their stuff in the pile over there(where other chair hodg stuff is), aannnd "I'LL BACK YOU UP IF THEY RETURN"

 

and this may be my first friend on my first cruise LMAO

[Crystalbast]

Unbelievable. I have seen many postings about "Chair Hogs" I just want to make sure I understand this. My DW and I get up early, go out on deck, get breakfast and then find a great spot in the sun because we are one of the only people on deck. We lay in the sun and then at some point in the day we decide to go take a break from sunning to enjoy something else that the ship has to offer. We come back and because we were gone too long in your opinion, we should lose our chairs. That being said you had the same chance I did to get up and come up on deck but you chose to sleep in. Now I should lose my spot??? That drives me crazy. I totally understand and have seen chairs on the deck that have no one in them all day but you know what if they show up they should certainly find their stuff still there and not have you putting your hands on it. I can't believe that Carnival has caved in to the whining few that want to sleep in and still get a "good spot" on the deck.

 

Do you do the same thing at the mall? If you see a car parked in a parking space that you want and it has been there all day you have it towed because people are not sitting in the spot???

 

I agree that it is not worth a confrontation and it is a shame that people can't seem to have fun without ruining someone elses.

 

 

Bob B:

 

Lounge chairs on ships and cars in parking lots are apples and oranges. You park your car at the mall to shop not sit in your car. Lounge chairs on the Lido deck are for people wanting to enjoy the sun (or watch their young children in the pool :rolleyes:).

 

If you and your lovely wife are out working on your tans bright and early that is great. But if you have had enough time in the sun and want to go elsewhere on the ship for whatever reason take your stuff with you because you are no longer using them.

 

Based upon your reasoning, people could go and put their towels out on the chairs before going to bed (when there are no people out on the deck) and then have full use of those chairs all day long the next day. I bet you and your wife would not be happy to not find a nice place in the sun after breakfast. :rolleyes:

 

You have an absurd sense of entitlement that is unwarranted.:cool:

 

By the way, if you left your car parked on the side of a highway it would be stickered that, If you didn't remove it yourself withing a fixed period of time, it would be removed for you at your cost. :p

 

We had a car that was an eyesore on our street and we called the police. The police came, called the owner and gave the owner two options: have the car towed herself or the police would have it done. The officer pointed out to her that it would be a lot cheaper if she took care of it herself (she did - cussing up a storm in the process :p :D).

[Crystalbast]

I completely agree. Had a similar problem on the Conquest in 2008. DD wanted to use the pool and slide. I sat on a bench next to the pool because the "Chogs" were out. After awhile, I noted the chairs behind me were still empty. I made myself comfortable on the one on the end, moving the towel to the one next to it. After a few mins, a guy shows up, said he was saving these seats. I pointed to the sign, advised him my DD was in the pool/slide, and if his whole party appears, I MAY vacate. Well, they never appeared while DD was enjoying herself. As I was gathering my stuff, another Mother appeared, who's children were also in the pool, (well she didn't appear, she was standing near just watching her children, all the while 3 chairs next to me were unoccupied), and asked if I was leaving, I said yes and she took my chair. Lets say the guy who was holding the chairs was none to happy, but oh well.

 

As for the CHOG Police, I am making signs to indicate why I am not in a seat, including, "I went to the Bathroom, brb", or "I'm on the slide", "getting some tea", and finally "Checking child out of camp, will brb".

 

 

Good for you Naomi John. Depending how long the chairs had remained empty I would have also backed up the other mother taking one of the three empty chairs.

 

What bugs me more than the chair hogs by the pool are the chair hogs in the theater. That has gotten really bad. I usually end up sitting pretty high up because you can hardly get a seat on the floor due to massive seat saving and Carnival does nothing about it.

[Name Of The Game]

We get to the theatre a half hour before showtime to get the seats we want. Five minutes before it's to start we take turns using the restroom. Inevitably, others will come into the theatre last minute and expect second row seats and try to squeeze in our spot that is vacant only a few minutes. Nothing doing. :mad:

[Kristi Williamson]

We get to the theatre a half hour before showtime to get the seats we want. Five minutes before it's to start we take turns using the restroom. Inevitably, others will come into the theatre last minute and expect second row seats and try to squeeze in our spot that is vacant only a few minutes. Nothing doing. :mad:

 

But, what you're doing isn't chair hogging. Well, unless you're "holding" chairs for 20 people. If you and your significant other are just rotating places going to the restroom, I doubt anyone is going to try and squeeze into a spot for one person, right?

[Name Of The Game]

It's my mother and I ;) and yes, two people will try to crowd into the one open space while it's empty a few moments...and then get an attitude when we say it's taken.

[Kristi Williamson]

It's my mother and I ;) and yes, two people will try to crowd into the one open space while it's empty a few moments...and then get an attitude when we say it's taken.

 

Good grief! How in the world do they expect to sit in a spot big enough for one person!? lol

 

Anyway, what you're doing isn't chair hogging, in my opinion. It's just good common sense. It's those people that have 2 people taking a whole row that really get me. One on one end and one on the other...with the whole empty row between them that they're "saving" for their family. :eek:

[Billfrompa]

Im worrying after reading some of these forums. Please can someone assure me that Im not going to be doging drunken people through out the cruise? Nothing worse than listening to alot of loud obnoxious drunks. Also, my other worry is this "towel " issue. Do the cruise people monitor the loungers at all? If people are coming early to put a towel on a chair to get close to the pool and then going off for hours certainly doesnt seem fair to me

First off, let me say there are no " drunken" people on a cruise. People like us are called " drink of the day challenged", or "doddies" if I may coin a phrase, thank you very much! And-- regarding lounge thieves---. The last blood sucking lounge scavenger I had a run in with---- boy, let me tell you! I threatened to throw her over the railing. Just at that moment, my 6 year old son interviened and said "if you throw mommy off the ship, who's going to sign me out of camp carnival later?; you'll be in the casino until three o'clock!:D. Luvs&giggles to all. Bill.

[brantel]

I read quite a few posts, for entertainment value, and I think that you nailed it. Doing whats right and common courtesy.......which unfortunately doesn't seem to common. Keep cruisin using courtesy......even if they don't.

[brantel]

First off, let me say there are no " drunken" people on a cruise. People like us are called " drink of the day challenged", or "doddies" if I may coin a phrase, thank you very much! And-- regarding lounge thieves---. The last blood sucking lounge scavenger I had a run in with---- boy, let me tell you! I threatened to throw her over the railing. Just at that moment, my 6 year old son interviened and said "if you throw mommy off the ship, who's going to sign me out of camp carnival later?; you'll be in the casino until three o'clock!:D. Luvs&giggles to all. Bill.

Thanks for the laughs Bill. You definately lightened the discussion...

[aubreysmom]

At a small resort my family has stayed at many times, my daughter who is doing laps in the pool watches the chair hogs come by, drop off their towels and leave. She finishes her laps -- of course, no one has been back for at least 45 minutes -- as she leaves, she collects all the "lost" items and puts them in the Lost and Found.

 

She leaves, takes a shower, has breakfast and an hour or two later, she can go to the pool, find an empty chair and watch the show. Everyone is enjoying their chairs, and the hogs start wandering in, surprised to find someone in "their" chair. They head straight to the pool attendant, and whine as the pool attendant points to the "NO SAVING OF CHAIRS" sign.

 

By the end of a week, there's very few "lost" towels as she leaves.

 

Deja vu??? Think I have seen this post before :)