Why choose something you don't like?

@JudyEv (325759)

Rockingham, Australia

March 7, 2018 7:32am CST

Cruise ships have featured in a few discussions lately. Both @LoriAMoore and @BelleStarr have been cruising recently. Our only cruise was on the Queen Mary II. They were offering a really good deal out so four of us decided to go. I’ll just tell you about one incident. We joined a group of strangers for breakfast and exchanged the usual pleasantries of where are you from, etc. One man in the group when he heard we were Australian began to moan about the Australians he’d had dinner with the night before saying they complained about everything. That was okay. I know we’re not all perfect! But then HE started to complain about the ship and the fact that men had to wear a jacket and tie to dine in the formal lounge. This is clearly stipulated in several places in the advertising so you are well aware of the requirement before you book. If you turn up at the dining room without a jacket, they often lend you one rather than making you go back to your cabin for your own. And if you don’t want to wear a jacket and tie, the same meals are served in other areas where the dress is more casual. The guy went on and on about the stupidity of having to wear formal dress. But I couldn’t understand why, if he was so opposed to it, did he even book to go on the Queen Mary? Why didn’t he find a ship that suited his tastes better? We made sure we dodged his table next morning. And the photo is me and my winnings from the last night of bingo. I won the jackpot and paid for my trip. I’ve cut my head off because I don’t like my hair.

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

7 Mar 18

Congratulations for your win! Some people love to complain. I think that complaining they believe they look "more important", while it is exactly the opposite. Well educated people never complain.

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@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

7 Mar 18

I try to become invisible if I see a former colleague from afar. He loves asking me about my health hoping I'm going to ask him, too, so that he can start his complaints. I *never* ask him!

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Mar 18

I couldn't understand why he kept turning up for a formal meal if he didn't want to wear a jacket. The food was exactly the same elsewhere. Talk about ugly tourists!

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Mar 18

@MALUSE Haha. I wouldn't be asking either. Some people really lead you into the conversation they want to have.

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@vandana7 (98826)

• India

7 Mar 18

So that is how you look without head...still beautiful...as to rules...those must be there for some reason. They had a choice to go to non-formal dining, right? Why that was not ok for them?

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@vandana7 (98826)

• India

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv I guess you winning added to your headless beauty...

I was kidding...I am evil.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

@vandana7 I think maybe you just wish you were evil.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

Thanks for the nice words. Yes, there were several other lovely areas serving the same food so I don't know why they insisted on going to the formal area.

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@shaggin (71666)

• United States

7 Mar 18

Ohhh thats fantastic all that money you won! So awesome for you! I would have been really annoyed with that man complaining about others then complaining himself. Sounds like a Scrooge. I may have just listened but I may have pointed out his behavior. Depends on the mood I'm in.

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@shaggin (71666)

• United States

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv awesome I'm glad he said something. Sometimes it gets people thinking about how they acted if they weren't aware. He may just complain to the next person about all the awful Australians on the cruise lol

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

@shaggin He'll probably end up saying he didn't find a nice one! I'm now wondering if other Australians would say something or just listen politely. I'm a bit undecided really. Mostly we're pretty laid back so someone complaining about something trivial just might draw a remark or two.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Mar 18

Vince ended up saying something. I'm never very good in situations like that. I just want to get away.

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@mydanods (6513)

• Nigeria

7 Mar 18

Enjoy your day on the ship. It's great to win the jackpot. How much did you win?

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@mydanods (6513)

• Nigeria

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv It was a great lot of money.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

It was about $US2,000 so it was a lot of money.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

@mydanods It was indeed.

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@Madshadi (8849)

• Brussels, Belgium

7 Mar 18

I don’t like people who complain and criticise everything. That’s a nice prize and well spent

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Mar 18

I couldn't work out why he'd paid all that money if he didn't want to be there.

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@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

7 Mar 18

You won a ton of Yankee dollars! You are the headless Aussie?

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Mar 18

It was a bit strange. There was no cash on the boat but they insisted on paying me in US dollars and we were able to pay our onboard costs using the notes so we didn't lose anything through conversion. Win-win all round.

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@dpk262006 (58675)

• Delhi, India

8 Mar 18

I have never been on any cruise ship so far, however, I wish to go one day. The incident you have mentioned makes me wonder if that man used to complaint about everything in his life. He should not have criticized the formal dress arrangement for having a dinner, it was a norm, which he should have followed.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

I wonder that too and think that perhaps he was just someone who would find fault with all sorts of things.

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@snowy22315 (169965)

• United States

7 Mar 18

Oh lucky you!!!!! You really lucked out. Normally the machines on a cruiseship are tighter than anywhere else. Maybe the gaming tables aren't too bad though. I have been on a couple of cruises back when I had a life..I won diddly squat though.

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@snowy22315 (169965)

• United States

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv A friend many years ago, he and his wife won enough money casino gambling to pay for their entire honeymoon. They hit it big on the first machine and had the sense to walk away. My cousin got robbed near a casino on their honeymoon..and I don't mean by the one armed bandits!

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

The passengers who had been playing every afternoon were keen to have the jackpot night before a lot of them got off in Hong Kong. So yes, I was really lucky.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

@snowy22315 It's always tempting to carry on and see if you can win more. How terrible to get robbed when on your honeymoon. Bad enough by a one-armed bandit let alone a two! (armed bandit)

@marguicha (215423)

• Chile

7 Mar 18

First of all "WOW FOR YOUR WINNINGS!!!". I don´t like people who complain about everything. A reason not to dine with them anymore.

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@marguicha (215423)

• Chile

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv That was awesome! The best I have won was a lot of pennies at a casino, many years ago

Still it was exciting. That was when actual coins came out of the machines.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

@marguicha I've been nearby when you hear and rush and clinking of coins and yes, it is exciting.

@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

Yes, it was a huge windfall. We locked it up in the safe till we were able to pay our onboard bill with some of it.

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@xFiacre (12598)

• Ireland

7 Mar 18

@judyev What's the point of going on holiday if you can't find anything worth moaning about?!! At least you had your hair-do to complain about.

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@xFiacre (12598)

• Ireland

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv Most of my moaning and complaining is done to and about my silly self.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

@xFiacre Oh that's okay then. I hope your other self takes little notice of the complaining one.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

You don't need to moan to others. And I didn't complain about my hair. I just cut off the offending part.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306196)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

8 Mar 18

I got a good laugh about why you cut your head off.

I would dodge a person like that too. One day, God willing, I will be on a cruise. I almost booked one last year, but something came up and the funds were no longer there for it.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306196)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Mar 18

@JudyEv Growing up my mother kept my hair short. She was the beautician in the family. No one went to a salon until they left home. When I left home, the first thing I did was grow my hair long and didn't perm it again for a long time. My hair needed perming if it was long. Then I gradually went back to short, and now, it's as short as it ever was or shorter. I've come full circle with my hair. Only I don't perm it any more.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

@just4him I gave up perming it a long time ago too.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Mar 18

I don't know why I didn't grow my hair longer ages ago. It suits me so much better. I was never really happy with short hair but it was very low maintenance.

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@Hannihar (129470)

• Israel

8 Mar 18

That is so cool that you won at bingo Judy. I can see why would avoid him the next time. You want to enjoy the time away and not be gloomy.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

He went on and on all through the breakfast. No-one else could get a word in.

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@Hannihar (129470)

• Israel

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv That is wrong and sorry you had to deal with someone like that Judy.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

7 Mar 18

I have never been on a cruise, but I hope one day I will be in one.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

It's the only one we've been on but it was a lot of fun.

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@nela13 (55698)

• Portugal

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv you are having a lot of fun and some luck too

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

@nela13 Yes, we really enjoyed our cruise. I hope you get to go on one one day.

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Louise Crisologo

@mlgen1037 (29886)

• Manila, Philippines

8 Mar 18

Hi! Wow. Seems you are having a great time in your cruise! Congratulations.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

We had a lovely time thanks. It was a couple of years ago now.

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@mlgen1037 (29886)

• Manila, Philippines

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv I still envy you. It is not everyday we get to win something.

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

7 Mar 18

We too had to wear a formal outfit while dining with the Captain and we all looked forward to it. But on other days there were no restrictions I did not know anyone could win that much in a jackpot - good for you.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

The bingo had been going for some weeks and most days it jackpotted over to the next day. This day they continued on until someone won it - and that 'someone' was ME!!!

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv Jackpot and me never see eye to eye

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@velvet53 (22528)

• Palisade, Colorado

7 Mar 18

That's neat that you won in Bingo and paid for your cruise. I agree that he should of picked a different cruise to go on.

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@velvet53 (22528)

• Palisade, Colorado

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv Some people are that way.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

Maybe he was just enjoying being objectionable.

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@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

17 Mar 18

Congratulations! That's awesome! I rarely win at bingo. A couple bucks at the most.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Mar 18

I only played three times over the whole three weeks or whatever. Some played religiously every day so they were keen to see the jackpot go off before they disembarked which was fair enough.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

7 Mar 18

Wow. That's a lot. Congrats.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

It was a lot. I was very lucky as I'd only played once or twice.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv How I wish I can win too. Lol

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@FayeHazel (40248)

• United States

7 Mar 18

Wow! Nice outfit and congratulations on your winnings! It sounds like that guy who was complaining about the other Australians complaining about everything - complained about everything himself. It's weird he chose to moan about the jacket requirement. He could have gone elsewhere in the ship to have the meal, or could have chosen a different ship like you say

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

Thanks and my thoughts were exactly the same. Why was he there if he didn't like it?

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@FayeHazel (40248)

• United States

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv SOme people just like to complain I think

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• Philippines

8 Mar 18

congratulations,, wow how lucky you are:) I'm so envy in a good way (hehehe) more blessings to come:)

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 18

Thanks and yes, you're right. I was very lucky.

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• Philippines

8 Mar 18

@JudyEv and more blessing to come on your way:)

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