jobell Posted October 15, 2013 #151 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Oh sure Joelle! You and I did plenty of crazy antics on our cruises, and always got into trouble. Trouble that I certainly could never, ever write about! Both Jerome and Eric always just looked at us shaking their heads. Unfortunately, there is lots of picture evidence that I cannot share either. Great to hear from you! Oh yes...motorboats come to mind among other girl gone wild moments. ;) But Jerome and I had some trouble moments to as Nachi Cocum comes to mind. :eek: We miss you guys! xoox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseguys2009 Posted October 15, 2013 Author #152 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Well, maybe not you exactly, but you may be in there somewhere.I'm heading out on Ecstasy soon so I'm enjoying your review. As it happens, I was on the RCI Enchantment when you were heading out. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hck0aq29v9u9flg/DSCN0069.JPG is your ship at 4:26pm on 9/23 in the rain. Looking forward to more of your adventure. How fabulous you got this shot... Yes it was pouring rain, but then, once we got away from Florida, it was perfect cruising weather for the entire 5 days until we pulled back into Port Canaveral. I also think its funny that now looking at the Ecstasy, those add-on balcony cabins really do look like over the door hanging shoe storage bags. Thank you so much for posting this pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texmex.ferr Posted October 15, 2013 #153 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I logged on tonight to get the next instalment in the story (my bed time story!!) and there's nothing reported..........awwwwww. Looks like Santa's maybe got in the way!!!!! lol Aw well, I'll just have to Tinkle and then get off to bed. Until tomorrow.........;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwebber Posted October 16, 2013 #154 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I logged on tonight to get the next instalment in the story (my bed time story!!) and there's nothing reported..........awwwwww. I hope there's more before my cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder315 Posted October 16, 2013 #155 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Woooo Hooooooo Has anybody seen TROUBLE??? We need more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCCL 1 Posted October 17, 2013 #156 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Think I saw him on facebook putting up a 22 foot Christmas tree :p:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncarob Posted October 17, 2013 #157 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Best. Trip. Report. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.C05 Posted October 17, 2013 #158 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Seriously, I have never laughed so much at a review in my LIFE!!!! You, my Queenie, are a fabulous writer! Can't wait for more!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommzie Posted October 17, 2013 #159 Share Posted October 17, 2013 It's been 36hours since our last dose!! JW we need you!!! Where are you?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibble Posted October 17, 2013 #160 Share Posted October 17, 2013 It's been 36hours since our last dose!! JW we need you!!! Where are you?!?! It feels like MUCH longer!!!! YooooHoooooo!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMomma Posted October 17, 2013 #161 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Can't wait to hear what happened next! Come back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miataman19 Posted October 17, 2013 #162 Share Posted October 17, 2013 "Everybody take it easy" (what movie?)......he had to TINKLE..:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotreallyme Posted October 18, 2013 #163 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Giving it one more try - please finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwebber Posted October 18, 2013 #164 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Any message you want delivered to the ship next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseguys2009 Posted October 18, 2013 Author #165 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The Meanest, Rudest, Nastiest, Bartender in the whole wide world. All four of us, Jerome, Chris, Jeff and I decided to venture to the Society Bar which is in the Aft of the Ecstasy, just outside the Starlight Lounge. We were interested in seeing if there was any turnout for the GLBT or Friends of Dorothy Meet and Greet. Newsflash, none, except us, but there were two groups of guys on each side that I almost went up to and had some fun with. See, it was Monday night, after 9PM and all the televisions on both sides of the Society Bar had Monday Night Football showing, quite loudly. So that alone was not conducive for a GLBT meet up at the bar. I mean, in all of my years, I can count on one hand the number gay guys I know that actually went nuts for football. Common, we are more the Will and Grace, 2 Broke Girls, Project Runway types. Certainly not Monday Night Football. Chris dared me to go over to one of the groups of guys and since it was the GLBT Friends of Dorothy meet up, well, they must be “Friends of Dorothy”. And any Friend of Dorothy is a Friend of Mine. Chris dared me to go and try to pick one of the guys up. Gutsy I am, outright crazy, I am not. It would not have been pleasant or fun to write about it later with a broken nose. Realistically though, I have found that in today's world, they probably would have been flattered. So, that idea squashed, we moseyed up to the bar and there were two bartenders. The first, a darling gal, her name was Marina. Later in the week I called her Marina Martini Master as she is the ultimate best at making a perfect Martini with the most creative Martini shake and always offers a dynamite smile. Marina hails from one of the Baltic States, and one thing I have learned about women from the Baltic States. Never, ever get on their bad side. Their country’s hard fought life for pride and independence took a toll on these fine ladies and they are amazingly strong, kind hearted, genuine, hard working, focused and fierce. But gosh forbid if I were to ever get on their bad side. Just saying. I bring this up as what happened next, left all of us and Marina totally speechless. The four of us approached the bar and there was another male bartender there, who point blank, refused to tell us his name after repeatedly asking him for it. I spoke up first, saying. “Good Evening!” The male bartender looked at me, with the other female bartender standing nearby, which we later found out how fabulous she was and her name, Marina. “What’s good about it?” The male bartender replied. Jerome, Chris, Jeff, Marina and I, all looked at him with a shocked look. “What kind of a response is that?” Chris said. Marina was still in shock, with a look like “What’s wrong with this guy?” The male bartender continued with a barrage of unsolicited and unprofessional phrases with such force and such inappropriate language, it was revolting. I will have to censor the actual words, and will not even use words with certain letters missing, but will use blankadeeblank instead. You fill in the blanks. He started with “The only thing good about tonight is that I only have four days left on my contract”. “Carnival Sucks Blankadeeblank bigtime.” “Carnival Blankadeeblank mistreats its employees”. “Carnival is the biggest Blankadeeblank Blankadeeblank Blank Liar and Cheat.” “I can’t wait to get off this piece of Blankadeeblank, old, Blankadeeblank ship”. “In four days I won’t have to deal with anymore Blankadeeblank Fat American Cows.” Okay, so maybe I have put on a little weight and I do wear expanding waste band pants that come up to my ankles, but really, Fat American Cow? Who is he talking about? This guy spoke perfect English, with only a slight accent. Jerome spoke up first, and said to him “So I guess this means that you are not going to renew your contract.” “Blankadeeblank Right it does” The male bartender answered back. Then Chris says to him “Hey look buddy, we just want to order a couple of drinks here without all that language.” “These Blankadeeblank Fat American Cows” he said, “I hate them all.” Marina just stood there dumfounded, I mean, what was she supposed to do? She was a scared and annoyed as we were. I turned to Jerome and we backed away from the bar, turning around we looked up at the ceiling in the rotunda that surrounds the stairway going down to the Wind Star Aft Dining Room. I said to Jerome “Look at this incredible hand painted fresco ceiling!” I continued, “Wow this offsets all that nastiness we just heard from that guy” “Can you believe it?” Jerome answered back and went on, saying “Geez, someone should get him off this ship, he scares me”, "I don't want to order a drink from him, he might put something in it to make me sick." It was then my I Love Lucy eyes opened wide, and I turned and looked at Jerome. He said, “Trouble, what are you up too?” I just shrugged, but I was up to something indeed. Yessiree! Chris was able to get a glass of wine from Marina, but Jerome and I ended up not wanting to order anything from this bar. Carnival just lost revenue from us and we were made to feel badly, by this, excuse me for saying this, Jerk, that we even felt bad that we spent our hard earned money to come on this sailing. I felt mistreated and the anger started to boil up inside of me. Jerome could see that I was about to boil over, and though not often, it would be better to remove me from the situation before someone was going overboard! As we were about to leave, this mean, vile, male bartender, was issuing another barrage of filthy language and his disdain for Carnival comments to another couple that just arrived at the bar. I interrupted him by asking “Excuse me, what is your name?” “None of your Blankadeeblank business”, was his reply, as he first covered up his name tag like he was saying the pledge of allegiance, then removing it. I asked again “No really, what is your name?” The Jerk turned and walked away, ignoring my question. Well, I thought to myself “I am going to fix your little fanny and click my heels and march right down to Guest Services!” But I stopped short of doing that, because I did not want to go to Guest Services huffing and puffing. Been there and done that before, and that usually ended up making me look like the Jerk instead of the employee. I needed to go to Guest Services composed, professional and calm. That would take some time. Perhaps first thing in the morning. The Jerk probably thought that someone would be going to Guest Services that night, but I wanted to surprise him and go the next day. So, Jerome and I went to the Casino instead, I let off some steam there, won a nice jackpot, then after several libations, went back to our cabin to get some sleep. As I lay Driftily Dreaming I said to myself “I’ll get you my pretty, first thing in the morning.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormike1 Posted October 18, 2013 #166 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Oh my Gosh JW, I can't believe him saying that to you!!!! I can't wait to hear what Guest Services says about him. I would be reporting him to. Good for you to wait until you had cooled down. How many times do you hear someone yelling and screaming at the front desk and they being totally ignored as they are being obnoxious! Continue on please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swak0616 Posted October 18, 2013 #167 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Awesome review so far! I can't remember which night it was but I met you at that exact bar and you were with the three other guys. It was right before a comedy show. So I guess this means you did go back to that bar... The female bartender there was super sweet. You are totally right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseguys2009 Posted October 18, 2013 Author #168 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Awesome review so far! I can't remember which night it was but I met you at that exact bar and you were with the three other guys. It was right before a comedy show. So I guess this means you did go back to that bar... The female bartender there was super sweet. You are totally right! Yes I remember you and your husband. That was the third night. Marina, the bartender, was a doll baby. Yes she was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDFla Posted October 19, 2013 #169 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Three days between post! Put down the Mistletoe and compose! Talk about bad customer service! Ok, I have a past with JW too so I'm allowed... First time I met him he grabbed me and two minutes later introduced me to some lady passing by as his husband to test me...She left, I laughed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdette4 Posted October 19, 2013 #170 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I hope you unleashed the flying monkeys on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare maxandmolly Posted October 19, 2013 #171 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Funniest review ever. The wait for another installment is agonizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwebber Posted October 19, 2013 #172 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Too bad it looks like I'll be on board before the next installment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stazerd Posted October 19, 2013 #173 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Always worth the wait for the next installment! Thanks for the hilarious story so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minoushka Posted October 19, 2013 #174 Share Posted October 19, 2013 So .....where s the rest of it .???really enjoying readingyou ...come back ...pulease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.C05 Posted October 20, 2013 #175 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I can't wait to read the rest of it!! Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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