Pour Pour Me!

[Zazu]

I still haven't figured out if I'm the SCM in this story or not. Let me explain and you can decide for yourself.

Aboard the Disney Wonder this week to view the new Toy Story Musical (finally got an A discount), we told our cabin attendant our usual spiel: No chocolates on the bed, and a clean pair of wine glasses each evening -- no ice ever. This has worked well for us in the past, so I expected it to work again. Silly me.

:winetost:

When we returned from dinner, bearing a nice Merlot for our evening tote, we saw that he had indeed delivered a pair of wine glasses, artfully arranged on a folded napkin on a plate. Nice touch, classier than our last trip on the Magic.

So I opened the bottle, grabbed a glass and proceeded to pour the wine....


Now before I finish this sentence, do you remember the old trick of stretching Saran Wrap across the toilet bowl? If not, you can certainly imagine the unpleasant consequences. Well, our server had done exactly that for our wine glasses -- each was hermetically sealed with an invisible layer of plastic.


... pour the red wine ... all over my shirt, pants, the neatly folded napkin, table, my shoes, and the floor.

You know, there are times when classy presentation, and even food safety, just don't work for me.

So what do you think, am I the SCM, or is it my Cabin Attendant?


BTW, "Toy Story, the Musical" is better than "Hercules, the Musical", but not as good as "Twice Charmed". And if you don't know what those shows are either, you need to cruise more!

[ktulu]

Given the news stories about the bouts of dysentery cruise ships have dealt with in the past, I don't think a bit of plastic across a glass is out of line. Actually I would expect this sort of paranoia on the part of the cruise line. I don't think this is necessarily the cabin attendants fault, they are probably just doing as told.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Wow, in all the places I have traveled, I have seen water tumblers encased in plastic, or with lids, etc. but I don't recall a wine glass with a plastic "suprise"

Thanks for the travelers tip!

Hope you didn't spill too much!!

[turkeyham]

I think that is odd. Why waste the plastic wrap? I would think it was a SG CM that was working on the ship did the wraping. I would ask the house keeping if this is done daily, if it is not, get the person involved and see if they can have their IQ checked and eyes too. :mad:

[Main Streeter]

Zazu, sad as your story is & as wine soaked as you were, you had me ROFL. :D: Liked your details too. Perhaps this was a late April Fool's joke.

[mechurchlady]

So what do you think, am I the SCM, or is it my Cabin Attendant?

You were an SG for not looking inside the glass to see if it was indeed clean. You should have noticed the plastic wrapping so you were a SG.

The cruise CM did just what you said, no chocolates, two wine glasses and no ice in the glasses. It may be a company rule for the glasses due to health reasons or he may have acted on his own so contact the ship CM in charge of the CM and ask if it is company policy or just something the CM did.

I will be on the Fun Wheel hiding from Zazu.

[DisneyMom]

Why risk spillage?
Next time drink directly from the bottle! ;)

[hobie16]

Well, our server had done exactly that for our wine glasses -- each was hermetically sealed with an invisible layer of plastic.

Perhaps this was a late April Fool's joke.

Check the toilet!!!!

[Zazu]

Why risk spillage?
Next time drink directly from the bottle! ;)

Left to my own devices, sure. But I was sharing the wine with SWMBO, and she tends to Bogart the bottle.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

hehehehe

Next time you will just have to get TWO bottles!!!

no sharing!! heheheheh

(did you ever find out if thats the standard way, now?)