This reminds me of an incident last week in class (I teach 7th grade). One of the students said something and of course, I started singing a song. One of the students said, "that's from '75, that is really old!" I stopped what I was doing and looked directly at him and said, "If 1975 is old, then what does that make me?" ( I'm 52). He stated, "That makes you a "W," (winner) because you've lived this long!" Sigh. While I wasn't really upset and had to turn my head to the side so he couldn't see me, I pretended like I was very upset with him. I told him if he was going to say I was that old, then I was going to teach like "back in my day," and made him go to the board. After writing the 3rd sentence, "I will not tell my teacher she is "W" for living this long," on the board. He turned to me and exclaimed, "Hey, this is cool, it's kind of like I'm Bart Simpson." (Heavy sigh from me) I had him stop writing as it wasn't meant to be fun and cool....smh. Had I taken my student's photo, he would have been grinning from ear to ear with delight.
I hope my next cruise isn't as rowdy as what it appears cruises have been lately. I see the disrespect where I work and I can definitely see why these emails are put out there. However, as previously stated....will there be follow through??? Otherwise, it might be time take more cruises on other lines.