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topgun
First Class Passenger
Member # 928

posted 10-16-2001 03:36 PM

I seem to observe some different quirk of cruising each time at sea.

This time around, I realised that for years I have long fought a losing battle with the waiters on the Lido deck at breakfast time.

These fiendish persons have the habit of making your breakfast disappear from in front of you before it is finished. You merely have to look away from the plate, or worse, forget something and go to the serving table and leave your plate unattended. Presto, its gone. Either go and get another breakfast or better still, give in and forget the whole darn thing.

Am I cursed, or does anyone else suffer from these almost magic disappearances?

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 10-16-2001 04:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by topgun:
Am I cursed, or does anyone else suffer from these almost magic disappearances?

No it's not just you, topgun! Unfortunately, I lost my breakfast in a storm!;-)

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recab
First Class Passenger
Member # 1677

posted 10-17-2001 04:46 AM

Am I cursed, or does anyone else suffer from these almost magic disappearances?[/QB][/QUOTE]

You´re so right topgun. Even my camera disappeared once!

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Cambodge
First Class Passenger
Member # 906

posted 10-17-2001 08:15 AM

My wife and I always have breakfast in the Cabin, to enjoy at our leisure, and served on real china not tasteless "Lido Plastic."

On the late lamented Rotterdam, the Lido was a zoo. But cabin service was much more civilized.
[OK Malcom: "civilised']

[ 10-17-2001: Message edited by: Cambodge ]

Posts: 2149 | From: St. Michaels MD USA , the town that fooled the British! | Registered: Nov 1999 | IP: Logged

fondaenergy
First Class Passenger
Member # 1641

posted 10-17-2001 11:57 AM

We have encountered the disappearing breakfast and lunch. I don't know why the staff is so eager to remove half-full plates, unless they want us to move too. Our fix is to always have one of us stand guard. This doesn't work with one person.

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Lind@
First Class Passenger
Member # 2443

posted 10-18-2001 08:39 AM

Oh you are all too slow to notice, it isnt what is in front of you, it is what is above you, its the flying pigs that pinch the breakfasts to feed to the chickens so that we can have fresh eggs each day

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 10-18-2001 09:33 AM

Very good Lind@

That will teach you not to leave your plate unattended - all you have to do is ask someone sitting near you to make sure it isn't removed as your'e not finished yet. I was a waitress in my "younger" days, and you see a plate with no one sitting there and you remove it or else the boss gives you hell for not clearing the table.
OK - Guys - next time ask!

[ 10-18-2001: Message edited by: sympatico ]

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dockside
First Class Passenger
Member # 1622

posted 10-18-2001 10:15 AM

Maybe, it is because I am an early riser, but given the choice, I always eat in the dinning room. The Lido buffets are always very nice but they are afterall buffets where you stand in line for the same foods. I have always found the breakfast and lunch selections and the service in the dinning room far superior.

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jmfleser
First Class Passenger
Member # 1141

posted 10-25-2001 02:16 PM

That has happened to me as well. I got up to get another cup of tea and when I came back my breakfast was gone. Last time on Princess you couldn't even get a hot breakfast in your cabin, only Continental.... a big dissapointment.

Next time I'll just go down below and nab one of those chickens so I can have an omlette in my cabin and not be in fear of having my breakfast whisked away when I'm not looking.

Joan

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barr xx
First Class Passenger
Member # 2537

posted 10-25-2001 03:16 PM

Joan, a little less bacon and a little more sausage next time ok!:lol

Steve

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Green
First Class Passenger
Member # 171

posted 10-25-2001 06:30 PM

Seems to me that half finished plates are quickly removed because so many people load up with much more than they can eat, leaving good food to be wasted. How is the waiter to know you're coming back?

Saw this repeatedly on the Zaandam - fresh juice, scrambled eggs, 6 sausages, a pile of bacon, 4 pancakes, with 3 containers of syrup, butter/margarine pieces, home fries, etc. etc. - add to that toast, maybe a danish, jam and coffee and, for afters, a couple of tubs of yogurt.

Such people have bigger eyes than bellies - and it's not only at breakfast! Shame on you if you're in that category.

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topgun
First Class Passenger
Member # 928

posted 10-26-2001 08:43 AM

Granted, cruise ships now do seem to have an above average number of gluttons.

I always understood that leaving Knife and fork together on the plate meant, "I'm finished", please remove my plate.

This doesn't seem to work now. Even in the dining room, waiters don't seem to know this rule of etiquette.

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barr xx
First Class Passenger
Member # 2537

posted 10-26-2001 12:15 PM

Actually I think it's putting your napkin on top of your plate.
Maybe I will make little cards that say "Do not take" and bring them with me on my next cruise.

Steve

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M.S.Grumple
First Class Passenger
Member # 1340

posted 10-26-2001 02:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by topgun:
I always understood that leaving Knife and fork together on the plate meant, "I'm finished", please remove my plate.
This doesn't seem to work now. Even in the dining room, waiters don't seem to know this rule of etiquette.

I think probably the waiters are very aware of etiquette, but they have to cope with diners who have either forgotten or were never taught,

Incidentally, shouldn't the napkin be left at the side of the plate, unfolded, when the meal is finished?

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topgun
First Class Passenger
Member # 928

posted 10-26-2001 02:51 PM

I think your idea barr xx is a good one about taking cards that say 'do not remove'.

A refinement might be to take your own plate aboard with a spring loaded type of rat trap attached to the underside. Consider the possibilities.

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