I work on a cruise ship – the strict rules we have to follow & why we can’t spend longer than 15 minutes with guests
A MAN who lives on a cruise ship working as a dancer has revealed the strict rules he has to follow.
Ethan James took to social media to reveal the secrets of working on board a boat.
He said: “These are some rules we have to follow and rules I didn’t expect while working on a cruise ship.”
The entertainer revealed after five or six o’clock, staff are all expected to dress formally and wear long pants or they can end up in big trouble.
Ethan said: “On my first contract I learnt that you can’t talk to guests for longer than 15 minutes or it’s preferred that you do not.
“The reason for this is more just like crew to guest, the relationship that you have with the guest.
“Obviously you are working on board and you are an image of the company, so they prefer that you kind of limit time with guests.”
Ethan added that his second contract working on a cruise ship didn’t have this specified and was encouraged to talk to guests as much as possible.
The cruise ship worker also revealed even if you have a pass for ‘open dining’ and sitting with the guests for dinner you can be refused entry.
He continued: “Guests come first so they can actually deny you even if it’s quiet because they might have bookings later on.”
There are also only around ten tables that can be used by staff in the restaurants.
Lastly, Ethan revealed even the staff had to tip room stewards despite working for the same company. He said: “It’s cool, so much respect for them and they know how to clean a room.”
“This is purely from my experience so far.”
The video was posted to his TikTok account @ethanjamesx and has since gone viral with over 110k views and over 3,000 likes.
People took to the comments and some were shocked by some of the urles.
One person wrote: “I work for a different company but the rules you said are exactly the same.”
Another commented: “The 15 minute thing was because of Covid surely?”
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