-There are ten washers and dryers...with a list of "do's and don'ts" posted. Everyone gets 1 hour to wash and 1 hour to dry.
-When there is a line of "lost socks"...this is no practical joke...you often have wondered where the lost sock goes...well...somehow it has gone "walk about" on the Africa Mercy.
Other amusing things...you know you live on a ship when...(some borrowed from Ben's blog)
- Your messages get sticky tacked to your door
- When you have the same curfew time you had in high school
- You wake up thinking your alarm is going off, only to discover it was the next door cabin
- You talk about "cabins"
- You have to choose between: breakfast and lunch or sleeping in on weekends
- 2 minutes is considered a normal shower time
- You share your living room with 400 people
- You are privileged because you are a driver
- You can only have the Land Rover for 4 hours (unless you're with another driver)
- Flashing your knees is exciting
- People in Africa can go topless (not on the ship) but it is rude to show your knees
- Your commute lasts less than 30 seconds
- The toilet flushing is a luxury
- The comment ‘hit the deck’ can actually be taken literally
- Your phone number consists of 4 digits
- You meet someone for the first time and start with asking: “how long are you here for?”
- Your don’t have a kitchen but a galley
- You receive a call from reception saying the smoke detector in your cabin has set off the fire panel
- You have a fire drill every other Thursday
- You have a "muster station" for for drills
- You get rocked to sleep every night
- A big date night is on Deck 8 watching ships come in/out of the port
- Recognizing different types of ships and what they carry
- You have a general announcement speaker in you cabin
- You receive general announcements
- You have a Captain, Security Officer, and Gurkha looking after your safety
- You have a hospital ward on Deck 3
- You have a gangway instead of front steps
All in fun...we love it here. But some things make us realize we are not in a "normal" environment...and their fun to laugh at and poke fun of. =)
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