On a shore excusion my husband & I were in line to board the gondolas in Venice. The staff had us step aside & ushered others ahead of us. Just as my husband was about to complain, a very ornate gondola for 2 with a musician on board and the guard rope was removed & we were escorted on - it was our 50th Anniversary and Holland Am had arranged this as a surprise for us!
Or dead. The slot channels are doing more for cruising than these tulip channels are. Someone like Brian Christopher can get 200 rooms full on a cruise. Both have a place though. I liked it better when they were reviewing ships and ports. Reading news off the AP "wire" and giving dumb comments gets pretty dull pretty quick.
There’s a couple instances I can justify cutting or skipping part of the line. In the buffet there’s usually a salad bar section before the rest of the food, if the people in front of me stop at the salad bar, I’ll skip by them. And if there’s no clearly marked queue line and the people in front of me are dragging their feet for whatever reason and there’s a big gap behind the people in front of them, I’ll go around.
Agree. I can't deal with the buffet crowd. I book every single night in specialty dining, if I can. I'm a carnivore so waiting behind 20 people all wanting the salad bar doesn't make much sense to me. I'd rather just place an order and be done with it.
I wont wait the whole entire line for one scoop of the corn I liked. People getting seconds should be able to cut in since they already know what they want and will scoop it and get out quickly. There are full serve options on another deck, right?
I remember when I was coming back from a shore excursion and there was a huge line. I got in line and I was starting to struggle a bit because I'm disabled but I dont frequently avail myself of disability services because in my mind there are people far worse off than me who can really use those services. I did see some benches about halfway through the line though. So what I did, I told the person behind me in the line that I was heading to the benches and would rejoin the line, I went to the benches, let the people in the line know I wasnt cutting in the line and that I just was going to sit on the bench, and then when the line came around to my spot, I rejoined the line. Just a little communication with your fellow travellers can really make the line experience better. Yes its likely hot, yes people are likely tired and cranky. But if you need a hand, your fellow travellers are usually very kind and accomodating if you're kind and dont try to cut the line.
And then there are the folks who encourage people to get in line in front of them. The folks who do this think they are being polite and sharing to the people they let into the line - never mind that they are being rude to the folks who are in line behind them.
My son-in-law was asked this in a long line in Disneyland. He smiled and said it was OK with him but that that they would have to ask all the people behind him first. Very clever 😅.
On our last cruise there was this same couple that was always drunk and they'd slowly move towards the front of the line just before the doors to the comedy club would open. My wife said "We know what you're doing" one night and they just laughed and kept moving up. It's just no use trying to shame them...they are cannot be shamed!
Beat this one. I was on a Panama cruise last February. We got back late from an excursion for the dining room so we went to the Pizza outlet. I ordered what I wanted (and for my wife) and, whilst the crew member was assembling our pizzas and portions of fries (putting them on the counter as he did so), a somewhat, loud, stumbling, inebriated guy came up, shouted at the server what he wanted, then took my fries (presumably as he assumed they were for him), sat down and eat them. Now that IS butting in!!!
Heres a good one. Haiti way in the back on the island 4 seniors, one in a wheel chair waiting for their third shuttle, as it fills up so quickly they get left behind. They asked if they could board first, but the driver has no control over the mob wanting to get back on the ship. So my friend and I tell them we 'll get the seats and a space for the folded wheel chair. The shuttle arrives, unloads, he sprawls over a row and I get the row for the wheel chair, it s almost loaded and they two couples are still getting settled. We get off the shuttle and send them in their way and we catch the next one. We were happy to help. Guy behind us says, you must be Canadian. Yep, sorry, lol.
My wife has encountered women cutting in front of her while in the line for the restroom. And also, people coming up to a bar and shouting their order while we are standing patiently with our sea-pass cards out to place an order.
Unfortunately, one side effect of tipping culture is that some people think that don't have to wait for others to be served first if they have been tipping. And the servers seem to encourage this, as they don't want to cut off the tips. Also, why did your wife line up for the restroom when it would be quicker to just use your own in your cabin?
Don't worry about them. If they want to cheat to win a keyring, then they're the ones that have to live with being spectacularly lame, and that's on them, not you.
@@cathieteachout8124 You have got to be kidding! People actually do that? And we are talking about adults? There is something seriously lacking in anyone who would do that for a little cruise ship trivia game.
@@pattymc4726 we sat next to six Canadian women, who are proud of the fact that they could Google the answers faster than he could ask them. They want a bottle of champagne, and never admitted to cheating. It was disgusting.
@@cathieteachout8124 Why was it important to state they were Canadian? Was that the issue with you? Did you know Don is a Canadian too? I grew up a few miles from the notorious Roxham road in NY. Why you acting like Americans dont cheat? Have you watched the news in the past ten years? Plenty of election cheating around. They wont put him in prison why should they confront someone cheating at a friendly game of Trivia Pursuit in the middle of the ocean somewhere?
Oh they probably know everything. But getting passengers to air complaints serves as a reminder to the offenders, without the staff having to intervene.
Maybe they should add a few floaters in the crew whose job is to walk around the tables. Should they find anyone cheating in that manner warnings are given with a limit of 2 or 3, then the offenders are kicked out of the gaming area with an explanation. No exceptions. It is more fun to play a game honestly, then you learn something, it may be just how much you know or could be something interesting that you didn’t know before. That could just be me of course.
Standing in line for afternoon tea, one door opened, and people started filing in. Suddenly a large group stomped past the people filing in, opened the other door for themselves, and rushed to what they felt was the best table - so rude!
Try backing off an elevator on a cruise on a mobility scooter and there is a mob of people looking to get on and don’t move out of your way so you can back out.
Once I saw people butt in line for an amusement park ride. They progressed all the way to the front when a staffer told them to get out and go to the back of the line. Karma!
Yes we had that situation happen upon disembarkation with MSC. The line was moving extremely quickly, and so I said out loud after seeing a woman cut in front of us, “I don’t understand why people are cutting in line, it’s moving quickly.” And immediately the woman gestured for me to go ahead. It was amazing!
What I hate is the person that creates a line because they can't decide it decide on which one they want. Yes I will Go around them to the next choice.
On embarkation, if I come to an area with the zig-zag queues and there are few, if any, people in front of me, you bet I’m going to bypass that empty line. The cruise line should be monitoring that queue and adjust it as needed. I’m on vacation, not walking a marathon.
One thing bugs me it kinda like this when you have a small venue with 70 seats or so something like Syd Norman. You have one person in line that about 20 people all their "family" happens to join in and cuts in-front of everyone. It just like they do in Black Friday
I do get annoyed by those at buffets, especially salad bar areas. Some want to pick over everything and get the perfect piece. They take forever to make the perfect little salad. Just put food on your plates already! You are holding up the line.
Hi Don my pet peeve is when you watch a show and it is halfway through and they come talking and standing up looking for seats I don’t go to shows anymore it is just annoying with rude people,people are just rude when it comes to travel!
The biggest annoyance are the people who tie up the Deck chairs startiing at 7am. They will have up to 4 chairs. No one can take the chairs as they place towels on the backs of these chairs for 3 to 4 hours at times.
Saw a man grab the throat of another man who got in front of him to be the first to see the Panama Canal. I have see all that you listed, but I am on a cruise and I just let things roll off my back and continue enjoying my happy place.
Worst elevator push in was on a Princess ship. We caught the tender back to the ship, got to the levators with several people with mobility aids at the front of the queue. Lift arrived and as the door opened a chap come up from the tender and pushed in front of the people with wheelchairs, strollers and crutches. I stopped him getting in the lift until the people waiting got in. He gave me a filthy look.
I love cruising. But nowhere am I reminded more of how rude people are than in the buffet on a cruise. I will always allow someone their space to get their food and help myself when they are done. Yet here comes Mr or Mrs entitled that needs to jump in before me to get their food. 🙄🙄
Absolutely, it happens all the time - on our last cruise, upon entering the ship, a young couple simply "jumped - under the rope/line, and they never looked back and unfortunately nobody interrupted or stopped them.
@@RickDuBose-o8q I’m a bit more passive aggressive. I will make a rude comment to them. And the glare I give scares them off. People don’t have manners anymore.
please dont judge me on my comment everyone... i do Always wait in line at the buffet, as i should, but it does irk me that if there is a long line up and people are at the first or second lot of food, why we have to stand behind them to wait rather than walk up to the 4th section of food, where the food is that i want to eat and has no one standing there. yes technically its pushing in line, but if im not wanting anything down the start of the buffet and everyone else is, then whats the harm in going ahead to where no one is to grab what i want. as i said i dont do that, i wait behind everyone else, but it does annoy me a bit. especially as i suffer so so much pain, and standing there im in utter agony and at times i have to leave the line and come back later as my pain is so unbearable
@travelwithdebandnick yes i believe it's perfectly okay to do this it actually speeds up the buffet. If u are in line and you don't like what, you see, you can pass the line and free up space for the next person
Every cruise has a required muster station drill. I wish there were a required video on courtesy, etiquette and manners! The truth is that there are ill-mannered people everywhere. My advice is treat it all with good humor and joke about it. Don't let the rude, or ugh even unsanitary people ruin your enjoyment.
I don't just get in lines anymore I've missed a flight that way and so now I don't care what sign is up I don't care how many people are waiting there I go and I ask someone where I should be first. There is nothing like missing your flight for a trip that's all paid for to the Caribbean just because there's a sign that says stand here and when the worker finally acknowledges you they tell you it's too late to correct an error that's on your ticket. 😢
I was actually surprised by the lack of queue jumping on my last cruise, especially at disembarkation. I was hanging out in the atrium watching staff bring groups of passengers down (I had a late train time so was wasting time!) from their designated waiting areas. In fact i saw one group determined to go to the back of the main line even though the staff member was trying to at that point form 2 queues!! It may just be how the cruise line managaged it. This was the P&O Britannia and it was full.
I experienced everything you said when on an NCL cruise. This June we went on a silver Sea cruise, yes, quite a bit more expensive but none of those things happen. Hard to appreciate the difference to you actually experience it.
100% spot on! Elevators on the Mardi Gras are small and people cannot wait for people in scooters. They are ignored. We had to wait for 3 different elevators because people jumped in front of us. Another place is the lines for pictures. I'm guilty of the cutting in for one item. If I needed more, then I would go to the back of the line. I've allowed people to cut in to get an item. Disembarkation is the worse. We had priority debarkation and still had to wait for people cutting in line in front of everyone.
Hi!!! They need the old fashion days. Put a number . I know the name of that machine but they need it bad. I did back to back cruises and that was the worst thing ever . People think that can just get in front of you .
Bars! Standing and waiting , then Mr Macho. Ones up and thinks he is “ special” and butts in line to order his drink, sometimes like 5 drinks. You nailed it Don, we have all had the same issues with those “special people”
The problem with the one lane at a time when you're leaving the theater is have you ever been standing waiting only to find when your turn to exit is the person at the first seat decides to wait it out so noone in the row can get out now unless you hop over the seats to exit the row in front of you.
People also butt in line when going into the main dining room, both for the usual meals and afternoon tea, etc., when there's a bunch of other people who have been waiting there patiently and longer for the doors to open.
This is why i am avoiding people as much as possible. I won’t be cruising for another year - and I’m enjoying not being in crowds and dealing with rude people.
Definitely agree Don. However, i would really like to see the cruise lines put some effort in clearly defining lines and some sort of organization within the buffets. Too many times it is so incredibly chaotic people might not even be aware of where a line starts. If there is a huge line surrounded by other peope and a dish on the buffet no one is scooping from yet two dishes before is where the line is held up, i can see how people can think it is fine to just grab what they need there. Again, there never seems to be a defined line or organization in the buffets.
I might be one of the pushers in line at the buffet, so please chastise me if I am, but I must say that whenever I have been in a buffet at a station where there is say twenty different food items to chose from I have never seen a line. I must admit that I usually go either when they open, or just as they are finishing (depends on whether I have access to the early or later shows in the main theatre). Obviously you have to line up for the items that are cooked there and then or that are served by the staff. but I have never lined up for the food at the buffet stations.
I don't believe in standing in line at the buffet, I duck in a take what I want, if I encounter a line at the omelet or soup station or something like that I stop and wait my turn, but I am not going to wait behind someone who can't decide what they want, and has to stop and look at every item.
Don, here is one I experienced. I am a senior and walk with a cane so I don't always go to fast. Was walking through the casino on the Carnival Magic when a younger couple came up behind and actually bumped into me to try and get past, and there was room for them to go around.
Our last cruise had some a group of loud Southern American people that seemed to be wherever we were ...... they had no awareness of those around them. They weren't rude, just very loud.
I once had to ask some crew members in uniform to please not talk during the show in BB King’s. We had already moved three times to get away from the babblers. When you go to something that is, first and foremost, meant to be LISTENED to, why talk through it? There are so many places you can go and talk. Why choose that place? When the table of crew members started I ready to set my hair on fire. My husband and I are quiet people. We don’t want everyone to hear what we are saying. And they don’t want to hear it. Loud talkers are probably the people who annoy me the most.
Shows are my pet peav!! Always seem like one or two are standing there, and all of the sudden, five or six more join them!! Wait at the end of the line for your full party to join you!!! I hope you smiled and waved as you left the ship!! LOL!!
I don't mind the line cutters at the buffet or MDR...I usually turn to the people behind me and say " it's OK the can have the cold leftovers I'll wait for the hot and fresh food ".😂😂😂
The line into MDR, we are all waiting, even down the hall. The elevator opens bear the MDR and that car load just pushes their way into the line where the elevator is.
Had a butting in line issue on a Royal voyage. A family of 14 kept butting in line at photo stations and kept taking forever because they wanted certain photos with only certain family members. That staff ask if it might be better to arrange an appointment to have the multiple photos taken. But they just got angry because they wanted to have it done their way. This family was rude to other passengers the whole cruise.
I thought buffet etiquette was if there is a space and you only want one thing that is ahead of the line, you go in a get it without disrupting the line? You don’t break in between two people, but if no one is there, you get what you want and leave.that is efficient.
While I agree that line cutting in buffets are bad. Sometimes this can be taken too far. For example, my brother wanted to get fries on the bar next to the hamburger station. There was usually a line for the hamburgers. The fries were placed right after the hamburgers. There was a passenger that got angry at him for having the nerve for getting fries. He did not take any hamburgers, nor did he impede the line to get the fries. He did not even take all the fries in the bin that they were in. This passenger felt that he should wait for everyone in the line for the hamburgers to clear so he could get the fries that he wanted. Please understand that just because you are in line for a specific item in a buffet. Does not mean that you do not own all the food on the bar.
At the buffet station - Getting a carton of milk or a biscuit that you forgot should be ok to do. NOT a guy who butts in line to fill his plate ................
@@crazycruisingadventures1363about to say that same If someone wanted to quickly grab a item they forgotten on the buffet is totally cool to me (less than 30 seconds and they are done) Completely different if it’s a person who needs to completely fill a plate
There are people who feel that they are special and that everything revolves around them, they don't follow the rules, they talk loudly, they demand, they skip lines, they don't use and they put clothes on the pool chairs so that no one sits down. There is a dress code on a cruise.
Don your totally right !! What I want to know is what was your blood pressure reading was at the end of this video !!! LOL 🤣🤣 I love your videos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your trip 🍹🍹🛳
So many times people try to cut in front of me like I’m invisible. Sometimes I don’t say anything and just roll my eyes. Sometimes I say, Excuse me, am I invisible? I’ve been standing in line here! Sometimes people apologize and move while other times they feel the need to actually argue about it, to which I respond, if it is that important to you go ahead….and I’m thinking to myself about how I can trip them with my cane! LOL. I’ve never actually done it, nor would I, but I do take great pleasure giggling while thinking about it. 😉 I also know someday, that person is going to have a mobility issue and they will also be cut off by someone rude. Most people are consciousness and polite, but there are always those around who are just plain rude.
I totally understand. Every time we are about to board a plane there may be a person in a wheelchair that needs to go one first and then 15 members of their family says they need to go with them. The funny thing is when we got off the plane they not only walked off the plane they walked to the pick up area of the airport.
While what you are saying rings true, you do remember that not all airports are walkable. Some you need to pack a lunch to change terminals, others are small enough that you’ll be in baggage pickup before you could even wait for a wheelchair!
@@Reed-2bigI have limited walking ability. Distance calculations are measured in “walkability” for me. Nice of you to recognize that a huge airport is inaccessible, while others are accessible. Not all who walk after using a wheelchair are cheaters.
@@RobertaHanscom Thank you. I’m old enough to remember when Atlanta didn’t have the mid terminal cross over, not that still isn’t a long way. I was always having to change spokes so to speak and it was alway end to end! We almost couldn’t speed walk it in the connection times! At that time I travelled about 35% of a year and was in late 20s early 30s. I also don’t remember even golf carts existing! In fairness, I now have a wheelchair but my husband could always walk the long walks. Now, I need to be sure I get him a wheelchair in the larger airports, especially changing international to domestic. I don’t try to jump lines in fact I encourage others to pass me first in the halls as I’m already have a place to sit waiting! That usually gets a smile too.
my family of three were on a smaller excursion this past March. Tour completed, and a substantially sized couple got on the 15 seat van first. Of course they sat in the FIRST two seats right at the entrance/exit, and acted all bothered when everyone else had to crawl over/around them to be seated. Now you know...not the brightest bulbs on the tree.
On my last cruise there was this guy that was all over the ship with his group talking loudly and swearing up a storm with every other word. You knew when he would walk into a room because he announced his presence by doing that. By the end of the cruise I could tell most people couldn’t stand him by then and kept far away from him. He would sit in Sorentos, the free pizza place on RCL and act like this and when you look around EVERYONE there was very uncomfortable. I almost lost it with the dude when he nearly ran over my elderly mother in law for walking too slow and making a jab saying “taking our time aren’t we?” I really hope I never see that guy again.
Oh boy, someone pissed off Don! We see this everyday, we are in Brooklyn NYC. Oh boy, I can tell you stories. But when we are on a cruise or vacation we relax we let everyone go by, if there in a hurry let them go, they are basically going the same way we go, so go pass us by, we know everyones getting nowhere fast, your on freaking vacation RELAX, ENJOY!!! Why run around like lunatics. Best Jeff & Sandy Brooklyn NY
Sorry Don,we were in line to see mamma Mia in RCL and we went to the back of the line (long line) and watched many in front of us butt the line! At which point we looked at each other and agreed we didn’t need this and decided to go get a drink at Boleros! About the time we got our drinks the ship announced that the mamma Mia show was cancelled! Lololololol
I was waiting in a long line when the woman in front of me was greeted by four men who knew her from work and they proceeded to cut in with her. She was very embarrassed but she didn’t tell them no
If you are in a buffet line and you come to a section where you want nothing and the people in front of you are taking a bit of everything, it is perfectly acceptable to go in front of them. You actually speed the line along.
I haven’t been on a cruise in a while, but when I go to any other buffet on land. You kind of just step up to whatever you want and get it and then go to the next thing it’s not a line like a cafeteria like it’s a school or something. Is that how Cruz lines are doing it now? Because if so, I’m just eating in the dining room which I want to do that anyways because I don’t like the way they stack the dishes where you have to reach over one thing to the other thing and I’ve heard people use their hands and I don’t really want to get Off the ship for cussing somebody out at breakfast
If the buffet line isn’t moving, and I forgot a fork, butter, one item, etc., and food in the other hand… I will excuse myself and ask if it’s OK to do so.. then I think that is acceptable, as I’ve already been through the line…
At the bar. Waiting for the bartender and a person just walks up and demands their drink. I have to admit, I have told people that someone else is in front of them and appointed to that person. I have also done this when the bartender has come to me and someone else has been waiting longer. Another area is in the dining rooms when there is a line to get in. Some people just crowd all the way up to the doors so they can sit down first even though I doubt they’ll be waited on any quicker than if they just were courteous and waited their turn.
My first cruise, I went exploring and found the coffee shop. I am blind and wasn’t with my sighted guide. Well, I decided to get a coffee. I listened for a line, but didn’t hear anyone, so I went to the counter. It turned out there was a line. I apologized and asked to be directed to the back, but the woman behind me said it was fine. The woman behind her was not happy, so I stood there feeling really awkward not knowing what to do as they argued. I never went alone again. lol
I ‘m always amazed by the people that pretend they don’t see you in line at the buffet and jump in front of you. On a recent cruise, a family of four skipped the line to exit the ship to get to their shore excursion. Oddly enough, they did have a planned excursion, they were just walking around the port.
My family and I were on a Norwegian cruise which we will never go again. There was nobody in front of us, nobody, but there were still lengths of roped off lines at disembarkation. We went under the ropes and were yelled at. The host that checked us in just rolled their eyes at their cohort. I had to laugh as she was also yelling at another traveler at disembarkation. Great customer service.
I admit I did jump the line in the buffet, but to my reason, my wife was hypoglycemic and crashing, we forgot to bring some snacks back to our room, we tried room service but that would be 45 minutes, so we ran to the buffet to get carbs and proteins. I explained the situation to the people who were in that section and they were very understanding and familiar knowing other people with the same condition. A few shrimp and a plate of pasta and I was out of the line. So not everyone jumping the line is just greedy.
On a shore excusion my husband & I were in line to board the gondolas in Venice. The staff had us step aside & ushered others ahead of us. Just as my husband was about to complain, a very ornate gondola for 2 with a musician on board and the guard rope was removed & we were escorted on - it was our 50th Anniversary and Holland Am had arranged this as a surprise for us!
How wonderful!
❤ Such a wonderful surprise! ❤
We're Holland America 3 star Mariners and have never been disappointed!
@@lindakesner6361 that's so wonderful
@@lindakesner6361 that's wonderful.
Between Don keeping people in line and Tony banning all the non compliant, they are going to make cruising great again!
we hope so
@geraldwalker7609 cruising has always been great, and so has America. Lol
Or dead. The slot channels are doing more for cruising than these tulip channels are. Someone like Brian Christopher can get 200 rooms full on a cruise. Both have a place though. I liked it better when they were reviewing ships and ports. Reading news off the AP "wire" and giving dumb comments gets pretty dull pretty quick.
Wish folks were pushing in front of me to wash hands ..:
There’s a couple instances I can justify cutting or skipping part of the line. In the buffet there’s usually a salad bar section before the rest of the food, if the people in front of me stop at the salad bar, I’ll skip by them. And if there’s no clearly marked queue line and the people in front of me are dragging their feet for whatever reason and there’s a big gap behind the people in front of them, I’ll go around.
ditto
Jinx!....lol I just posted this exact sentiment 😂
Agree. I can't deal with the buffet crowd. I book every single night in specialty dining, if I can. I'm a carnivore so waiting behind 20 people all wanting the salad bar doesn't make much sense to me. I'd rather just place an order and be done with it.
It's Narcissism, period. They don't think it's OK to cut in line, they KNOW that THEY are ENTITLED to do so. We are just in THEIR way.
I wont wait the whole entire line for one scoop of the corn I liked. People getting seconds should be able to cut in since they already know what they want and will scoop it and get out quickly. There are full serve options on another deck, right?
@thomasallen6980 uhhhhh, no. If the corn was that good you can wait for more like the rest of us.
A couple butted in front of me boarding the bus for our shore excursion. Turns out they boarded the wrong bus 😂.
😂😂😂😂😂
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I remember when I was coming back from a shore excursion and there was a huge line. I got in line and I was starting to struggle a bit because I'm disabled but I dont frequently avail myself of disability services because in my mind there are people far worse off than me who can really use those services. I did see some benches about halfway through the line though. So what I did, I told the person behind me in the line that I was heading to the benches and would rejoin the line, I went to the benches, let the people in the line know I wasnt cutting in the line and that I just was going to sit on the bench, and then when the line came around to my spot, I rejoined the line. Just a little communication with your fellow travellers can really make the line experience better. Yes its likely hot, yes people are likely tired and cranky. But if you need a hand, your fellow travellers are usually very kind and accomodating if you're kind and dont try to cut the line.
@burningisis I would have let in front of me my friend
And then there are the folks who encourage people to get in line in front of them. The folks who do this think they are being polite and sharing to the people they let into the line - never mind that they are being rude to the folks who are in line behind them.
Yes! My husband does this and it makes me NUTS!
My son-in-law was asked this in a long line in Disneyland. He smiled and said it was OK with him but that that they would have to ask all the people behind him first. Very clever 😅.
On our last cruise there was this same couple that was always drunk and they'd slowly move towards the front of the line just before the doors to the comedy club would open. My wife said "We know what you're doing" one night and they just laughed and kept moving up. It's just no use trying to shame them...they are cannot be shamed!
😮 Shame we can't bring our cattle prod on the ship because it would be a nice way to say hello to line cutters 😊
😂😂😂😂😂
Find a higher class cruise brand to go on. You might have outgrown the party ships.
@@thomasallen6980 Mr. Nasty is back. LOL
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@@notinterested6343 he is correct
Beat this one. I was on a Panama cruise last February. We got back late from an excursion for the dining room so we went to the Pizza outlet. I ordered what I wanted (and for my wife) and, whilst the crew member was assembling our pizzas and portions of fries (putting them on the counter as he did so), a somewhat, loud, stumbling, inebriated guy came up, shouted at the server what he wanted, then took my fries (presumably as he assumed they were for him), sat down and eat them. Now that IS butting in!!!
throat punch
I recently went to a wedding. The bartender put our drinks on the counter and someone came up and took them. I'm still shaking my head over that one.
@@nigelcartwright5986 lol
@@B-ch6uk That's happened to me before!
@@mmc9828 Shocking
Heres a good one. Haiti way in the back on the island 4 seniors, one in a wheel chair waiting for their third shuttle, as it fills up so quickly they get left behind. They asked if they could board first, but the driver has no control over the mob wanting to get back on the ship. So my friend and I tell them we 'll get the seats and a space for the folded wheel chair. The shuttle arrives, unloads, he sprawls over a row and I get the row for the wheel chair, it s almost loaded and they two couples are still getting settled. We get off the shuttle and send them in their way and we catch the next one. We were happy to help. Guy behind us says, you must be Canadian. Yep, sorry, lol.
Good on you! That's awesome! Thank you.
Very nice!
My wife has encountered women cutting in front of her while in the line for the restroom. And also, people coming up to a bar and shouting their order while we are standing patiently with our sea-pass cards out to place an order.
Well....Sometimes gaining access to the restroom is an emergency.
Unfortunately, one side effect of tipping culture is that some people think that don't have to wait for others to be served first if they have been tipping. And the servers seem to encourage this, as they don't want to cut off the tips.
Also, why did your wife line up for the restroom when it would be quicker to just use your own in your cabin?
@@JandB-TCB maybe she was going to have an accident
It's called the "Me first syndrome".
While we’re talking about rude people on cruises, let’s include the ones who google answers to cheat at trivia!
Don't worry about them. If they want to cheat to win a keyring, then they're the ones that have to live with being spectacularly lame, and that's on them, not you.
@@cathieteachout8124 You have got to be kidding! People actually do that? And we are talking about adults? There is something seriously lacking in anyone who would do that for a little cruise ship trivia game.
@@pattymc4726 we sat next to six Canadian women, who are proud of the fact that they could Google the answers faster than he could ask them. They want a bottle of champagne, and never admitted to cheating. It was disgusting.
@@cathieteachout8124 Why was it important to state they were Canadian? Was that the issue with you? Did you know Don is a Canadian too? I grew up a few miles from the notorious Roxham road in NY. Why you acting like Americans dont cheat? Have you watched the news in the past ten years? Plenty of election cheating around. They wont put him in prison why should they confront someone cheating at a friendly game of Trivia Pursuit in the middle of the ocean somewhere?
@pattymc4726 yep. Especially on Carnival where there's a ship on a stick involved. We gave up trying to win one.
I found it extremely interesting that the cruise staff running the game show were totally surprised that this was even an issue.
Oh they probably know everything. But getting passengers to air complaints serves as a reminder to the offenders, without the staff having to intervene.
Maybe they should add a few floaters in the crew whose job is to walk around the tables. Should they find anyone cheating in that manner warnings are given with a limit of 2 or 3, then the offenders are kicked out of the gaming area with an explanation. No exceptions. It is more fun to play a game honestly, then you learn something, it may be just how much you know or could be something interesting that you didn’t know before. That could just be me of course.
Standing in line for afternoon tea, one door opened, and people started filing in. Suddenly a large group stomped past the people filing in, opened the other door for themselves, and rushed to what they felt was the best table - so rude!
Try backing off an elevator on a cruise on a mobility scooter and there is a mob of people looking to get on and don’t move out of your way so you can back out.
And all of them think you can back up straight into a space at least 2 inches narrower than the scooter!
Had plenty of arguments when people have rushed the lift by passing me. I just park my scooter over the doors so they won't close.
Once I saw people butt in line for an amusement park ride. They progressed all the way to the front when a staffer told them to get out and go to the back of the line. Karma!
Yes we had that situation happen upon disembarkation with MSC. The line was moving extremely quickly, and so I said out loud after seeing a woman cut in front of us, “I don’t understand why people are cutting in line, it’s moving quickly.” And immediately the woman gestured for me to go ahead. It was amazing!
A cruise ship is a microcosm of the world in general. Some people are kind and thoughtful and others aren’t.
Obviously their parents did not teach them manner.........................
What I hate is the person that creates a line because they can't decide it decide on which one they want. Yes I will Go around them to the next choice.
On embarkation, if I come to an area with the zig-zag queues and there are few, if any, people in front of me, you bet I’m going to bypass that empty line. The cruise line should be monitoring that queue and adjust it as needed. I’m on vacation, not walking a marathon.
You can't reason with 'These People'! Nothing you can say or demonstrate will work. Just let it go and 'Have a Great Cruise!
One thing bugs me it kinda like this when you have a small venue with 70 seats or so something like Syd Norman. You have one person in line that about 20 people all their "family" happens to join in and cuts in-front of everyone. It just like they do in Black Friday
I do get annoyed by those at buffets, especially salad bar areas. Some want to pick over everything and get the perfect piece. They take forever to make the perfect little salad. Just put food on your plates already! You are holding up the line.
OMG……YES!!!!!!
Hi Don my pet peeve is when you watch a show and it is halfway through and they come talking and standing up looking for seats I don’t go to shows anymore it is just annoying with rude people,people are just rude when it comes to travel!
The biggest annoyance are the people who tie up the Deck chairs startiing at 7am. They will have up to 4 chairs. No one can take the chairs as they place towels on the backs of these chairs for 3 to 4 hours at times.
Saw a man grab the throat of another man who got in front of him to be the first to see the Panama Canal. I have see all that you listed, but I am on a cruise and I just let things roll off my back and continue enjoying my happy place.
😮 never seen a fight or anyone putting hands on another person. WOW
I try to keep in my happy place too. But when someone pushes me, steps on my toe to get in front of me….mad place takes over😂🚢
@@joelroach416 and you're the one who is going to have the best vacation
Worst elevator push in was on a Princess ship. We caught the tender back to the ship, got to the levators with several people with mobility aids at the front of the queue. Lift arrived and as the door opened a chap come up from the tender and pushed in front of the people with wheelchairs, strollers and crutches. I stopped him getting in the lift until the people waiting got in. He gave me a filthy look.
I love cruising. But nowhere am I reminded more of how rude people are than in the buffet on a cruise. I will always allow someone their space to get their food and help myself when they are done. Yet here comes Mr or Mrs entitled that needs to jump in before me to get their food. 🙄🙄
Absolutely, it happens all the time - on our last cruise, upon entering the ship, a young couple simply "jumped - under the rope/line, and they never looked back and unfortunately nobody interrupted or stopped them.
MANY CRETINS OF THIS CATEGORY ON BOARD....WIFEY WILL NOT ALLOW IT!!!!
The Asian people are bad for the elavator they don't even wait for people to get out Elavator 😮😠😡
People feel its okay to cut if they want one thing. Its not okay but they think it is.
@@RickDuBose-o8q I’m a bit more passive aggressive. I will make a rude comment to them. And the glare I give scares them off. People don’t have manners anymore.
All Great Points Don. Thank You For Sharing. We Hope You Have A Wonderful Cruise
please dont judge me on my comment everyone... i do Always wait in line at the buffet, as i should, but it does irk me that if there is a long line up and people are at the first or second lot of food, why we have to stand behind them to wait rather than walk up to the 4th section of food, where the food is that i want to eat and has no one standing there. yes technically its pushing in line, but if im not wanting anything down the start of the buffet and everyone else is, then whats the harm in going ahead to where no one is to grab what i want. as i said i dont do that, i wait behind everyone else, but it does annoy me a bit. especially as i suffer so so much pain, and standing there im in utter agony and at times i have to leave the line and come back later as my pain is so unbearable
@travelwithdebandnick yes i believe it's perfectly okay to do this it actually speeds up the buffet. If u are in line and you don't like what, you see, you can pass the line and free up space for the next person
Every cruise has a required muster station drill. I wish there were a required video on courtesy, etiquette and manners! The truth is that there are ill-mannered people everywhere. My advice is treat it all with good humor and joke about it. Don't let the rude, or ugh even unsanitary people ruin your enjoyment.
I don't just get in lines anymore I've missed a flight that way and so now I don't care what sign is up I don't care how many people are waiting there I go and I ask someone where I should be first. There is nothing like missing your flight for a trip that's all paid for to the Caribbean just because there's a sign that says stand here and when the worker finally acknowledges you they tell you it's too late to correct an error that's on your ticket. 😢
I was actually surprised by the lack of queue jumping on my last cruise, especially at disembarkation. I was hanging out in the atrium watching staff bring groups of passengers down (I had a late train time so was wasting time!) from their designated waiting areas. In fact i saw one group determined to go to the back of the main line even though the staff member was trying to at that point form 2 queues!! It may just be how the cruise line managaged it. This was the P&O Britannia and it was full.
Careful Don! You're tapping into my annoyances! Stop That! 😅😅
Well....Sometimes gaining access to the restroom is an emergency.
I experienced everything you said when on an NCL cruise. This June we went on a silver Sea cruise, yes, quite a bit more expensive but none of those things happen. Hard to appreciate the difference to you actually experience it.
100% spot on! Elevators on the Mardi Gras are small and people cannot wait for people in scooters. They are ignored. We had to wait for 3 different elevators because people jumped in front of us. Another place is the lines for pictures. I'm guilty of the cutting in for one item. If I needed more, then I would go to the back of the line. I've allowed people to cut in to get an item. Disembarkation is the worse. We had priority debarkation and still had to wait for people cutting in line in front of everyone.
Hi!!! They need the old fashion days. Put a number . I know the name of that machine but they need it bad. I did back to back cruises and that was the worst thing ever . People think that can just get in front of you .
Bars! Standing and waiting , then Mr Macho. Ones up and thinks he is “ special” and butts in line to order his drink, sometimes like 5 drinks. You nailed it Don, we have all had the same issues with those “special people”
The problem with the one lane at a time when you're leaving the theater is have you ever been standing waiting only to find when your turn to exit is the person at the first seat decides to wait it out so noone in the row can get out now unless you hop over the seats to exit the row in front of you.
People also butt in line when going into the main dining room, both for the usual meals and afternoon tea, etc., when there's a bunch of other people who have been waiting there patiently and longer for the doors to open.
This is why i am avoiding people as much as possible. I won’t be cruising for another year - and I’m enjoying not being in crowds and dealing with rude people.
Definitely agree Don. However, i would really like to see the cruise lines put some effort in clearly defining lines and some sort of organization within the buffets. Too many times it is so incredibly chaotic people might not even be aware of where a line starts. If there is a huge line surrounded by other peope and a dish on the buffet no one is scooping from yet two dishes before is where the line is held up, i can see how people can think it is fine to just grab what they need there. Again, there never seems to be a defined line or organization in the buffets.
The slides,the stairs,the comedy shows,and the bar
I might be one of the pushers in line at the buffet, so please chastise me if I am, but I must say that whenever I have been in a buffet at a station where there is say twenty different food items to chose from I have never seen a line. I must admit that I usually go either when they open, or just as they are finishing (depends on whether I have access to the early or later shows in the main theatre). Obviously you have to line up for the items that are cooked there and then or that are served by the staff. but I have never lined up for the food at the buffet stations.
I don't believe in standing in line at the buffet, I duck in a take what I want, if I encounter a line at the omelet or soup station or something like that I stop and wait my turn, but I am not going to wait behind someone who can't decide what they want, and has to stop and look at every item.
All this waiting in line sounds like a wonderful holiday.
We always pick the latest time to disembark. That way you are not stressed out and most people are already gone.
Thanks Don!!😊
Don, here is one I experienced. I am a senior and walk with a cane so I don't always go to fast. Was walking through the casino on the Carnival Magic when a younger couple came up behind and actually bumped into me to try and get past, and there was room for them to go around.
Being TOO LOUD when it’s inappropriate lol 😊
Our last cruise had some a group of loud Southern American people that seemed to be wherever we were ...... they had no awareness of those around them. They weren't rude, just very loud.
I once had to ask some crew members in uniform to please not talk during the show in BB King’s. We had already moved three times to get away from the babblers. When you go to something that is, first and foremost, meant to be LISTENED to, why talk through it? There are so many places you can go and talk. Why choose that place? When the table of crew members started I ready to set my hair on fire. My husband and I are quiet people. We don’t want everyone to hear what we are saying. And they don’t want to hear it. Loud talkers are probably the people who annoy me the most.
Shows are my pet peav!! Always seem like one or two are standing there, and all of the sudden, five or six more join them!! Wait at the end of the line for your full party to join you!!! I hope you smiled and waved as you left the ship!! LOL!!
I don't mind the line cutters at the buffet or MDR...I usually turn to the people behind me and say " it's OK the can have the cold leftovers I'll wait for the hot and fresh food ".😂😂😂
The line into MDR, we are all waiting, even down the hall. The elevator opens bear the MDR and that car load just pushes their way into the line where the elevator is.
Preach it Don! You are so right. Rude people on cruises. Pushing their way in everywhere.
Had a butting in line issue on a Royal voyage. A family of 14 kept butting in line at photo stations and kept taking forever because they wanted certain photos with only certain family members. That staff ask if it might be better to arrange an appointment to have the multiple photos taken. But they just got angry because they wanted to have it done their way. This family was rude to other passengers the whole cruise.
Glad you spoke up Don.
I thought buffet etiquette was if there is a space and you only want one thing that is ahead of the line, you go in a get it without disrupting the line? You don’t break in between two people, but if no one is there, you get what you want and leave.that is efficient.
cutting in line at elevator and at buffet is what I have seen a lot
Reflection of the days we are in, people are lovers of self…….
While I agree that line cutting in buffets are bad. Sometimes this can be taken too far. For example, my brother wanted to get fries on the bar next to the hamburger station. There was usually a line for the hamburgers. The fries were placed right after the hamburgers. There was a passenger that got angry at him for having the nerve for getting fries. He did not take any hamburgers, nor did he impede the line to get the fries. He did not even take all the fries in the bin that they were in. This passenger felt that he should wait for everyone in the line for the hamburgers to clear so he could get the fries that he wanted. Please understand that just because you are in line for a specific item in a buffet. Does not mean that you do not own all the food on the bar.
@@shavbobster33 lol
@shavbobster33 Sometimes you just have to say you cn't please all the people all the people all time ha ha
Line cutters are so annoying.
At the buffet station - Getting a carton of milk or a biscuit that you forgot should be ok to do. NOT a guy who butts in line to fill his plate ................
@@crazycruisingadventures1363about to say that same
If someone wanted to quickly grab a item they forgotten on the buffet is totally cool to me (less than 30 seconds and they are done)
Completely different if it’s a person who needs to completely fill a plate
the wife jumps in front of me to use the shower.
😂😂😂😂
LOL
There are people who feel that they are special and that everything revolves around them, they don't follow the rules, they talk loudly, they demand, they skip lines, they don't use and they put clothes on the pool chairs so that no one sits down. There is a dress code on a cruise.
Those people are generally known as "PRICKS".
Ha ha
there is so different people in this world. I never cut in line. Thanks
The bar 'line' is hard to define and just as frustrating to get service.
Keep up the good work!
Don your totally right !! What I want to know is what was your blood pressure reading was at the end of this video !!! LOL 🤣🤣 I love your videos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your trip 🍹🍹🛳
Great video Don! So many annoying line cutters!!
Epic Rant .... The pop machines ....
So many times people try to cut in front of me like I’m invisible. Sometimes I don’t say anything and just roll my eyes. Sometimes I say, Excuse me, am I invisible? I’ve been standing in line here! Sometimes people apologize and move while other times they feel the need to actually argue about it, to which I respond, if it is that important to you go ahead….and I’m thinking to myself about how I can trip them with my cane! LOL. I’ve never actually done it, nor would I, but I do take great pleasure giggling while thinking about it. 😉 I also know someday, that person is going to have a mobility issue and they will also be cut off by someone rude.
Most people are consciousness and polite, but there are always those around who are just plain rude.
Elevator hogs, lounge chairs being held for hours, customer service
I totally understand. Every time we are about to board a plane there may be a person in a wheelchair that needs to go one first and then 15 members of their family says they need to go with them. The funny thing is when we got off the plane they not only walked off the plane they walked to the pick up area of the airport.
While what you are saying rings true, you do remember that not all airports are walkable. Some you need to pack a lunch to change terminals, others are small enough that you’ll be in baggage pickup before you could even wait for a wheelchair!
@@Reed-2bigI have limited walking ability. Distance calculations are measured in “walkability” for me. Nice of you to recognize that a huge airport is inaccessible, while others are accessible. Not all who walk after using a wheelchair are cheaters.
@@RobertaHanscom Thank you. I’m old enough to remember when Atlanta didn’t have the mid terminal cross over, not that still isn’t a long way. I was always having to change spokes so to speak and it was alway end to end! We almost couldn’t speed walk it in the connection times! At that time I travelled about 35% of a year and was in late 20s early 30s. I also don’t remember even golf carts existing!
In fairness, I now have a wheelchair but my husband could always walk the long walks. Now, I need to be sure I get him a wheelchair in the larger airports, especially changing international to domestic. I don’t try to jump lines in fact I encourage others to pass me first in the halls as I’m already have a place to sit waiting! That usually gets a smile too.
my family of three were on a smaller excursion this past March. Tour completed, and a substantially sized couple got on the 15 seat van first. Of course they sat in the FIRST two seats right at the entrance/exit, and acted all bothered when everyone else had to crawl over/around them to be seated. Now you know...not the brightest bulbs on the tree.
loved the video, gave me the giggles, thanks
That's why they were in a hurry to get out - they were trying to leave an unpaid balance behind!!! LOL
Everybody just slow down for a minute and respected each other. We wouldn’t have any of these problems in the world.
On my last cruise there was this guy that was all over the ship with his group talking loudly and swearing up a storm with every other word. You knew when he would walk into a room because he announced his presence by doing that. By the end of the cruise I could tell most people couldn’t stand him by then and kept far away from him. He would sit in Sorentos, the free pizza place on RCL and act like this and when you look around EVERYONE there was very uncomfortable. I almost lost it with the dude when he nearly ran over my elderly mother in law for walking too slow and making a jab saying “taking our time aren’t we?” I really hope I never see that guy again.
It gets busy at sorrentos no excuse for his comment
@@donnapee8402 No excuse for any of his nasty behavior either. I’m amazed he didn’t get into a fight during the cruise.
There are always the "Special" people that can't wait their turns!!
Oh boy, someone pissed off Don! We see this everyday, we are in Brooklyn NYC. Oh boy, I can tell you stories. But when we are on a cruise or vacation we relax we let everyone go by, if there in a hurry let them go, they are basically going the same way we go, so go pass us by, we know everyones getting nowhere fast, your on freaking vacation RELAX, ENJOY!!! Why run around like lunatics. Best Jeff & Sandy Brooklyn NY
Biggest pet peeve those rushing into the elevator before anyone can exit. I will use my outside voice and yell out before in. 😂😂😂
I agree with you totally.
Totally agree !! Rude and crude people
Sorry Don,we were in line to see mamma Mia in RCL and we went to the back of the line (long line) and watched many in front of us butt the line! At which point we looked at each other and agreed we didn’t need this and decided to go get a drink at Boleros! About the time we got our drinks the ship announced that the mamma Mia show was cancelled! Lololololol
Drives me nuts when people stop in the middle of a walkway to chat or look at a paper instead of stepping to the side
YES!!!!! Or take 1 step off of an elevator and JUST STOP…..hello 6 other people are also exiting that elevator 😡😤🤓
Or stop suddenly in the middle of the hallways to scroll on their phones
I was waiting in a long line when the woman in front of me was greeted by four men who knew her from work and they proceeded to cut in with her. She was very embarrassed but she didn’t tell them no
If you are in a buffet line and you come to a section where you want nothing and the people in front of you are taking a bit of everything, it is perfectly acceptable to go in front of them. You actually speed the line along.
Yes, thank you for saying that EXACTLY
YES just grabbing ONE Item is ok. If people then stay in that line for other food then NO
I haven’t been on a cruise in a while, but when I go to any other buffet on land. You kind of just step up to whatever you want and get it and then go to the next thing it’s not a line like a cafeteria like it’s a school or something. Is that how Cruz lines are doing it now? Because if so, I’m just eating in the dining room which I want to do that anyways because I don’t like the way they stack the dishes where you have to reach over one thing to the other thing and I’ve heard people use their hands and I don’t really want to get Off the ship for cussing somebody out at breakfast
If the buffet line isn’t moving, and I forgot a fork, butter, one item, etc., and food in the other hand… I will excuse myself and ask if it’s OK to do so.. then I think that is acceptable, as I’ve already been through the line…
@@wendywilliams9334 I Agree, I am not etting back into a 10 deep line to get a fork, or a bisquit
When there’s a “Big Jewelry Sale”. People go crazy
Yes and they are not really on sale
At the bar. Waiting for the bartender and a person just walks up and demands their drink. I have to admit, I have told people that someone else is in front of them and appointed to that person. I have also done this when the bartender has come to me and someone else has been waiting longer. Another area is in the dining rooms when there is a line to get in. Some people just crowd all the way up to the doors so they can sit down first even though I doubt they’ll be waited on any quicker than if they just were courteous and waited their turn.
My favorite elite status benefit is a separate line for guest services, but others think I’m cutting the line. Be positive and enjoy your cruise.
yup last cruise i went on was that way and im disabled and waited in line like the others they are so rude and they were the younger people
Entitlement is a learned behavior.
My first cruise, I went exploring and found the coffee shop. I am blind and wasn’t with my sighted guide. Well, I decided to get a coffee. I listened for a line, but didn’t hear anyone, so I went to the counter. It turned out there was a line. I apologized and asked to be directed to the back, but the woman behind me said it was fine. The woman behind her was not happy, so I stood there feeling really awkward not knowing what to do as they argued. I never went alone again. lol
Don't hold back Don, tell us how you really feel!
I ‘m always amazed by the people that pretend they don’t see you in line at the buffet and jump in front of you. On a recent cruise, a family of four skipped the line to exit the ship to get to their shore excursion. Oddly enough, they did have a planned excursion, they were just walking around the port.
My family and I were on a Norwegian cruise which we will never go again. There was nobody in front of us, nobody, but there were still lengths of roped off lines at disembarkation. We went under the ropes and were yelled at. The host that checked us in just rolled their eyes at their cohort. I had to laugh as she was also yelling at another traveler at disembarkation. Great customer service.
I admit I did jump the line in the buffet, but to my reason, my wife was hypoglycemic and crashing, we forgot to bring some snacks back to our room, we tried room service but that would be 45 minutes, so we ran to the buffet to get carbs and proteins. I explained the situation to the people who were in that section and they were very understanding and familiar knowing other people with the same condition.
A few shrimp and a plate of pasta and I was out of the line. So not everyone jumping the line is just greedy.
It's nice for you to tell people don't do that, but it will still will happen. People don't have common curiosity for others.