Some earth shattering news that will scandalise some on board.......

[roscoe39]

I have to report something I suspect  that will scandalise some and I am surprised that it has not been picked up by anyone before.

 

For years I have walked the promonade deck in the "clockwise" tradition - a personal foible that I am probably best  known for....it seems some old timers consider the correct direction to be Anticlockwise..... a fact, I have always disputed..

 

But .there seems to be a change in policy on board and now the signs point now in the correct direction  to some ....... clockwise

 

Photos on my blog

 

butarewethereyet.blogspot.com

 

Not that I am stirring the pot .......lol....... but thank you you're welcome.

[roscoe39]

Hattie....sorry do you mind correct my spelling in the title??? thanks.....oooops

[Wonky]

So I assume one jogs in the opposite direction? Nothing worse than trying to say excuse me to a thousand people, whilst at the same time trying not to frighten them! 

[exlondoner]

9 hours ago, Wonky said:

So I assume one jogs in the opposite direction? Nothing worse than trying to say excuse me to a thousand people, whilst at the same time trying not to frighten them! 

Actually I think that would be quite sensible. Even more sensible still would be not to jog at all. No good can come of it. 😀

[Summergee]

If everyone walks the same way round then you never meet other people. You can't have a conversation with somebody's back.

[majortom10]

Does it really matter which way you walk around promenade deck. Who really cares.

[ace2542]

What happens if you walk around the promenade deck the wrong way?

[Victoria2]

1 hour ago, ace2542 said:

What happens if you walk around the promenade deck the wrong way?

The Wrong Way Police will frown at you!!  😄

I did it once, by mistake obviously  being a law abiding passenger 👍. Got some filthy looks so followed the herd after that!

[d9704011]

On Cunard ships do you keep to the left hand or right hand side of the hallways?

[PORT ROYAL]

15 minutes ago, d9704011 said:

On Cunard ships do you keep to the left hand or right hand side of the hallways?

Canadians and Americans walk on the right side, while English walk on the correct side (left) of hallway 

 

Edited February 9, 2023 by PORT ROYAL
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[BigMac1953]

39 minutes ago, PORT ROYAL said:

Canadians and Americans walk on the right side, while English walk on the correct side (left) of hallway 

 

 

The announcements definitely say "keep to the right".

 

At sea it's port to port, i.e. keep right.

[exlondoner]

40 minutes ago, PORT ROYAL said:

Canadians and Americans walk on the right side, while English on the left (correct side)

 

In corridors - are those hallways? - I keep to the side with a handrail.

[Victoria2]

1 hour ago, exlondoner said:

In corridors - are those hallways? - I keep to the side with a handrail.

On bouncy sea days, I get my extra steps in by lurching side to side, handrail to handrail. I can double the steps normally taken for a straight line yomp. 😄

 

[alc13]

Excuse me for being dogmatic, and apologies to @roscoe39, but the correct direction is anti-clockwise! 

 

First the relaxing of the dress code, now this.

[cruiseluvva]

7 minutes ago, alc13 said:

Excuse me for being dogmatic, and apologies to @roscoe39, but the correct direction is anti-clockwise! 

 

First the relaxing of the dress code, now this.

Always.

 

[Windsurfboy]

I don't jog , but walk fast , always go in opposite direction so people can see me

. If you are going in same direction, you have people dawdling  along three abreast oblivious to any one behind, and seemingly  deaf to a polite excuse me

[MCC retired]

Glad it is finally being addressed no matter what direction is now official .

But some one will be swimming upstream 

to dodge .

 

[exlondoner]

1 hour ago, alc13 said:

Excuse me for being dogmatic, and apologies to @roscoe39, but the correct direction is anti-clockwise! 

 

First the relaxing of the dress code, now this.

Sorry, but in what sense of correct? Or is it simply what happens in US? Anyway, for now, on QV, it seems not to be the case.

[Bell Boy]

 

 

3 hours ago, d9704011 said:

On Cunard ships do you keep to the left hand or right hand side of the hallways?

When anyone is approaching me I'll move out out the way , however, let's just hope after reading the original post , any newbies walking onto Queens Room Dance floor don't attempt to move forward  Clock wise .      

[roscoe39]

2 hours ago, alc13 said:

Excuse me for being dogmatic, and apologies to @roscoe39, but the correct direction is anti-clockwise! 

 

First the relaxing of the dress code, now this.

thought you. might be outraged!  

[roscoe39]

1 hour ago, Bell Boy said:

 

 

When anyone is approaching me I'll move out out the way , however, let's just hope after reading the original post , any newbies walking onto Queens Room Dance floor don't attempt to move forward  Clock wise .      

hahahah......now that's an idea...thanks......pictures to come!

 

[d9704011]

2 hours ago, alc13 said:

Excuse me for being dogmatic, and apologies to @roscoe39, but the correct direction is anti-clockwise! 

 

First the relaxing of the dress code, now this.

Perhaps in the northern hemisphere but the OP is from New Zealand and rotation is different down there.... witness the flushing water in a toilet bowl.

[Ranchi]

Clockwise or anti clockwise? I guess it depends if you are face up or face down (don’t ask!) on the deck.
Widdershins or deosil causes similar controversy wrt porridge! 

[D&N]

As a dancer I would go anti-clockwise.

Direction on an athletics track, skating rink etc. would be anti-clockwise.

[roscoe39]

1 hour ago, d9704011 said:

Perhaps in the northern hemisphere but the OP is from New Zealand and rotation is different down there.... witness the flushing water in a toilet bowl.

thank you! that is the excuse that I have used in the past much to the annoyance of some crazy who is pointing out to me that it is tradition to go anti-clockwise on ships.. I actually have no idea why they have changed it, but there seems to be much confusion for the walkers now as some traditionalists are scandalised and others are defiant. I.....on the other hand am mildly amused. 

 

It's fun to be right...... as Judge Judy says, I've only ever been wrong once and it was in 1967.

Edited February 9, 2023 by roscoe39