JP wrote:
>
> Your best bet for handling troubles on a cruise would be to print up some
> business cards identifying yourself as an attorney, specializing in admirity
> laws. Have it list your true name and address along with your telephone
> number. Then, if you have to complain, whip one of your cards on the cruise
> offical and sound off about what is wrong.
> The idea that you are a lawyer will grease the wheels for a very good comp
> for your troubles. The cruise line will hate the idea that you might file a
> lawsuit upon your return home. Nothing scares a person more than the idea
> that they are dealing with a lawyer, who knows all the angles.
> As far as I know, there is no law against impersonating a lawyer.
Tried that several times, John. I got put off the ship in Barbados, St.
Maartin, Cozumel and Key West for doing it and each time it cost me a
bundle to get back home.
Ermalee will remember something that we DID do once in New Orleans when
we did a Sleazy with the McCauleys and the fabulous Peter and Mary
Bugda. Peter, Mary, Mrs. Nonny and I all used photos of ourselves and
made up "Food Inspector" tags. In bold letters were the initials NOLA,
and I found a picture of some city's official seal on the Internet. I
laminated the four cards- Mrs Nonny's included her in an old Nurse's
uniform, and we hung them from our necks with lanyards. The cards sure
looked "official," and you cannot believe the good food and service we
got while killing a couple days in New Orleans.
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