My comments were triggered by the experience of a guy I knew that was working a cruise line operating around the Hawaiian Islands. Now, he was not a passenger, but an employee, so I am not sure how different it would be.
Actually, I suspect it is very different.
The stories that leak out give the impression that cruise ship staff are treated as indentured servants rather than employees as we would understand the term.
Staff from first-world countries only put up with so much. Staff from other parts of the world probably put up with a great deal more. Particularly since, if you quit and get off the ship, you're on your own in terms of getting home.
This is all pure hearsay, of course. And from disgruntled employees. But then again, where there's smoke ...
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