Angry Chair Hogs

[PoppyandNana]

Lmao... I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or serious. But either way I love it. Though I have to admit I am tired of being the nice person all the time. Maybe I need to be more pushy. The only problem I have is once there is some sort of altercation I seem to run into the same person the whole trip and it makes me very uncomfortable

 

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Completely tongue in cheek I assure you. My wife hates confrontation. She would rather walk away than get into it. I on the other hand have no problem "discussing" the situation. More often than not I end up walking away but fuming for hours. Why should we be put into this situation in the first place?

[JoeRum]

Completely tongue in cheek I assure you. My wife hates confrontation. She would rather walk away than get into it. I on the other hand have no problem "discussing" the situation. More often than not I end up walking away but fuming for hours. Why should we be put into this situation in the first place?

 

Bravo. That is exactly it. If you want a seat at the pool then be there. If you want to go to the show and come back to the pool, you give up your seat and find another chair when you get back.

 

JoeRum

[soccer2010]

Last year, I got to scratching real bad on a sea day and I suspect someone put itching powder on my towel when I left it there for a while.

[TravelerThom]

Last year, I got to scratching real bad on a sea day and I suspect someone put itching powder on my towel when I left it there for a while.

How long was "for a while"?

 

BTW, thanks for the suggestion:rolleyes:

[soccer2010]

I was in the pool for about an hour.

[gi_pam]

I have not seen anything in the MJ compasses about saving seats, but it is on the useful information sheet.

 

 

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That was definitely not in the compass on Harmony over Christmas. And I'm 99% sure the signs you posted earlier. Seems like they've given up the fight on Harmony.

 

 

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[biomedbob]

I like removing one or two towels at random from a saved group. Opens up more possibilites for conflict.

 

A reward for a returned towel would end this problem. All of the kids or teens would quickly empty the saved seats for arcade play! :D

[John&LaLa]

John, off topic but I would like to see what it says about smoking in the Casino. Couldn't make it all out.

 

 

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Smoking for active gamers only. Not sure how it can be enforced. Casino bar is non smoking.

 

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[troykahack]

Smoking for active gamers only. Not sure how it can be enforced. Casino bar is non smoking.

 

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Thanks. Bravo. Royal is listening to their players. I think all will find ALL CASINO bars to be NON SMOKING soon. Also, the Casino will no longer be used for indoor smoking area. They do listen.

Edited January 15, 2017 by troykahack

[John&LaLa]

Thanks. Bravo. Royal is listening to their players. I think all will find ALL CASINO bars to be NON SMOKING soon.

MJ only for now, as far as I can tell

 

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[troykahack]

MJ only for now, as far as I can tell

 

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Enchantment was the same way. I wonder if it depends on the crew that works the Casino. On Enchantment, few of the dealers and crew smoked and the bar was non smoking as well as no smoking and not playing. They actually told Guest no smoking. On Serenade, just the opposite, the dealers and crew in the Casino smoked for the most part. Thanks again for the info.

 

 

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[oza3798]

Had a guy tell me his first stop before breakfast was to put towels on chairs. Very selfish.

 

 

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[davekathy]

Had a guy tell me his first stop before breakfast was to put towels on chairs. Very selfish.

 

 

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What led to that conversation? Sounds like he was bragging about doing it? What a piece of work!

[Retired LEO]

Had a guy tell me his first stop before breakfast was to put towels on chairs. Very selfish.

 

 

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And you should have said that your first stop after breakfast is to remove towels from chairs.

[Twibes]

I still can't get over the people who hog chairs that bring SPECIAL CLIPS/DEVICES to tie their stuff down to the chair. It's like the pre plan to hogging to an extent I didn't believe was possible until the last couple of cruises. I saw some pretty inventive ones. And people even using rope to tie them together so you can't pull them apart! That is dedication right there

 

You'd think the fact that a scanner would show 'ROPE' in someones luggage boarding a cruise might pop a few red flags lol, apparently not!

[Roce48]

The best way to get back at the chair hogs is to beat them at their own game.

 

I get out to the pool area earlier them and claim 4 chairs by putting my stuff on it.

 

This way when I come back later, the hogs don't get my loungers.

 

Works every cruise..

 

And then you become the chair hog!:mad:

[pandaball]

Life is all about the small pleasures, and for me it's a hot cup of well-brewed coffee and a chair hog thread. Loving everyone's stories! :D

[BillOh]

Life is all about the small pleasures, and for me it's a hot cup of well-brewed coffee and a chair hog thread. Loving everyone's stories! :D

 

Me too, though I would refute one poster's suggestion that people who use the chair clips are chair hogs.

 

 

Some of us are out making sure the hottubs are safe :D

[pandaball]

Me too, though I would refute one poster's suggestion that people who use the chair clips are chair hogs.

 

Some of us are out making sure the hottubs are safe :D

 

Oh definitely! I went and bought some after my first cruise having spent a significant amount of time chasing my towel all over the pool deck.

 

Did help burn off some daiquiri calories though....

[Scottee25]

I am always amazed at the things that sets people off on CC. Between chair hogs, smoking, and non-formal clothes in the MDR on formal nights, it can make for some interesting reading. What I find really amusing is that people will complain about smokers and the second hand smoke and then turn around and complain that the prime, next to the pool, in the sun seats are being hogged. So, if I got this right, lung cancer is bad, but skin cancer is not. :)

 

The most amusing thing is that anyone here thinks they can alter the behavior of anyone else. Are there rude people out there? Absolutely. Are they going to change because you disapprove of their behavior? Absolutely not. You move their stuff and they are mad at you. They never see the fact that they violated the rules but trying to hob a chair for more than 30 minutes. But they'll never see it that way because narcissists never see fault in their own actions. It's not different than habitual criminals. You can keep punishing (incarcerating) them and yet they continue to break the law. A logical person would see that as a sign that those people are never going to change. And the sooner we all accept that, the happier we will be in our own minds. Personally I don't want to use up my minutes while on vacation worrying about a rude, inconsiderate, selfish jerk. I am not saying that there is never time for confrontation, but, in my opinion, the middle of my vacation is not that time. We have all heard to pick our battles and to not sweat the small stuff. Chair hogging is small stuff! :)

 

But I think there may be a way to correct this... Royal nickels and dimes passengers everywhere else, so why not on the pool deck too? Make the chairs in certain desirable areas rentable. Starting at 7AM come on down and rent your chairs. Make it per hour. I can assure you, if these people had to pay for those prime seats, they would stop throwing their stuff on them first thing in the morning. As long as you are paying, you can have the seat to hold your towel. This would help free up those chairs for people who really wanted them (and was willing to pay).

[BillOh]

So, if I got this right, lung cancer is bad, but skin cancer is not. :).

 

A big s t r e t c h.

[Scottee25]

A big s t r e t c h.

 

You may see it that way but skin cancer accounts for more than half of all cancer diagnoses. You are more likely to get skin cancer in your life than you are lung cancer. And in fact, 90% of all skin cancer is caused by sun exposure. So sitting around in the sun (you know those seats the chair hogs love to grab) is actually contributing to one's likelihood of contracting skin cancer.

Edited January 16, 2017 by Scottee25
Corrected spelling typo

[Roce48]

I am always amazed at the things that sets people off on CC. Between chair hogs, smoking, and non-formal clothes in the MDR on formal nights, it can make for some interesting reading. What I find really amusing is that people will complain about smokers and the second hand smoke and then turn around and complain that the prime, next to the pool, in the sun seats are being hogged. So, if I got this right, lung cancer is bad, but skin cancer is not. :)

 

The most amusing thing is that anyone here thinks they can alter the behavior of anyone else. Are there rude people out there? Absolutely. Are they going to change because you disapprove of their behavior? Absolutely not. You move their stuff and they are mad at you. They never see the fact that they violated the rules but trying to hob a chair for more than 30 minutes. But they'll never see it that way because narcissists never see fault in their own actions. It's not different than habitual criminals. You can keep punishing (incarcerating) them and yet they continue to break the law. A logical person would see that as a sign that those people are never going to change. And the sooner we all accept that, the happier we will be in our own minds. Personally I don't want to use up my minutes while on vacation worrying about a rude, inconsiderate, selfish jerk. I am not saying that there is never time for confrontation, but, in my opinion, the middle of my vacation is not that time. We have all heard to pick our battles and to not sweat the small stuff. Chair hogging is small stuff! :)

 

But I think there may be a way to correct this... Royal nickels and dimes passengers everywhere else, so why not on the pool deck too? Make the chairs in certain desirable areas rentable. Starting at 7AM come on down and rent your chairs. Make it per hour. I can assure you, if these people had to pay for those prime seats, they would stop throwing their stuff on them first thing in the morning. As long as you are paying, you can have the seat to hold your towel. This would help free up those chairs for people who really wanted them (and was willing to pay).

 

So, hidden in your message is that you are a chair hog.:)

[kerryincork]

How about Royal just enforce the no hogging rule. I do not think paying for loungers would solve any problem, all that would happen is that the chair hogs would move to the free areas so everyone else would be forced to pay for chairs or you would see nothing but empty chairs around the pool.

 

I for one will never sail on a ship that charges for loungers.

 

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[GadgetGod]

You may see it that way but skin cancer accounts for more than half of all cancer diagnoses. You are more likely to get skin cancer in your life than you are lung cancer. And in fact, 90% of all skin cancer is caused by sun exposure. So sitting around in the sun (you know those seats the chair hogs love to grab) is actually contributing to one's likelihood of contracting skin cancer.

 

But that would require they actually sat in the chairs! :D