Memories of Working on a Cruise Ship

Amy, The Card Shark

Recently I found myself watching my screensaver. What can I say, I live a thrilling life. My screensaver consists of photos that were taken on my brief career for Norwegian Cruise Lines America in Hawaii. Pretty much everyone I've shared this with has asked a bunch of questions, the first one usually being "That had to be a lot of fun." I know that's not a question, shut up and enjoy the story :). I typically reply with "It was pretty fun but it was a whole bunch of work too." It didn't really hit me, however, exactly how bizarrely fun it was until I sat there watching this slideshow I'd seen (literally) hundreds of times before. What struck me the most were the people. It seems like they were there and then-*POOF*-they were gone. Allow me to introduce you to some phantoms from my past that still feel like characters from a book to me sometimes.

Tales from the Bus: Jerry and Rockin' Joe

People. They really blow my mind sometimes.

This evening started like many others. A long pleasant walk to the bus top heading into work. It was at the point that I approached the all too familiar bench and I saw a man with a bushy beard and large pack full of stuff animatedly discussing the finer points of open container laws with another gentleman that I knew tonight was going to be special. Luckily I had my headphones in and could thus take a seat on a nearby curb without being drawn into the debate. The man who was debating with... we'll call him Joe, got up and went to the fast food place across the highway leaving just Joe and myself at the bus stop.