Peg Caldwell-Ott wrote:
>Treatment of Special Guests:
>This is where there is a world of difference between the two lines,
>and it is an important consideration for us--although most others
>would probably not even consider it a factor. There is no doubt that
>we simply wore out our welcome on Celebrity!!!!!!!! Eight years of
>visiting the ships each week each summer were great fun, and we were
>happy to do what we could and what we did for our crew and officer
>friends.
What did you do? You worked for a cruise line contractor?
>But all of that changed with September 11, and a number of
>our friends were very angry that we were no longer able to be of as
>much assistance to them--they just did not understand that it was not
>us who changed--it was the security at the PST!! One Captain in
>particular was VERY upset with us--and he turned out to be the Master
>of the vessel for those last two voyages (summer 2004 and 2005). He
>was exceptionally rude to us in a variety of ways that were totally
>inappropriate (especially on our last Celebrity voyage in the summer
>of 2005 on the Zenith), and made it quite clear that he did not want
>us back as passengers unless we were able to continue helping with
>weekly shore services work (which we could not do owing to the changes
>in security at the PST).
I'm quite sure that the captains on the ships I've been on had no idea
that I even existed, and couldn't do much to make me unhappy if they
had (I suppose they could instruct the cabin stewards to put dirty
towels in my room, but that would be about it). What power did the
ship's captain have over you?
It does seem strange that they didn't realize it was out of your
control.
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