'Germanic' sunbed row hits P&O cruise ship
A British cruise ship captain was facing an inquiry after criticising passengers who reserved sun loungers with towels for "Germanic behaviour".
Christopher Wells, 52, the captain of the 77,000-ton Oceana, caused controversy when he used the ship's loudspeakers to ask passengers not to reserve loungers they were not using.The captain, whose wife, Hedda, is German, announced: "We don't want that kind of Germanic behaviour here!"
Captain Wells apologised to Germans on board during the 15-day P&O Caribbean cruise last month, but now faces an inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission over whether his remarks were racist.
The row began a few days into the cruise, when some of the 2,000-plus passengers on the ship began to complain about sun loungers in prime spots being "reserved" with towels, books and bags.
One female passenger said the crew had tried unsuccessfully to put a stop to the "bed bagging". She said: "There were enough loungers for everyone, provided they were not reserved when not in use.
"Crew members did their best, sometimes removing the towels, which were P&O property, but then passengers reserved the sunbeds with their own items."
The grumbles came to the captain's attention and he tried to defuse the situation by allowing passengers to reclaim sunbeds which had remained unused for 20 minutes. However, that only led to more confrontation when some holidaymakers used stopwatches to monitor how long beds were unoccupied. The female passenger, who asked not to be named, said: "This led to heated arguments and complaints - some people nearly came to blows." Finally, in exasperation, Capt Wells grabbed the ship's microphone and made his controversial announcement over the Tannoy. A spokesman for P&O said: "Captain Wells apologises unreservedly for any offence caused."
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Il sunto dell´articolo é che diversi passeggeri della crociera mantenevano degli atteggiamenti troppo crucchi che hanno fatto imbestialire il capitano della nave il quale, al megafono, ha pronunciato la frase : "Noi non vogliamo questo tipo di atteggiamento tedesco qui!". Geniale, questo significa che il sottoscritto non é un malato paranoico ma che atteggiamenti alquanto surreali sono presenti nella mente di molti crucchi i quali, pur di essere primi in qualsiasi ambito, venderebbero la madre.
Grande Sig Wells! Io sono con lei, anche se la accusano di razzismo!
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