OK, serious question time.
I've had some serious doubts about my life choices lately. I've realised that I have a pretty rubbish job and a pretty rubbish flat with a pretty very rubbish flatmate, and my lovely lady is no longer my lady.
Wait! Come back! I'm not here to whinge!
Basically, a friend of mine has revealed her plans to me: when September rolls around she's going to work as a chef on a cruise ship, and she reckons she can put in a good word for me for a bar job. I've been a cocktail waiter/barman before, and I'm pretty good at it (there really is more to it than just pouring beer).
I just wondered if anyone here had done anything like this? Is the pay that good? Is it really that much fun? What's to be expected from spending 6 months on a cruise ship serving mojitos to gold-plated permatanned coffin-dodgers with yellow hair and visible chest wigs*?
*possibly.
(Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 2:22, 11 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

do it
rent your flat out and go for it, what is there to lose?

unless you get seasick, it sinks, the whole cruise gets a vomitting bug, you get hijacked by pirates
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 8:08, Reply)

^^This
What have you got to lose? You'll travel, have somewhere to sleep and it'll be an adventure!

Go for it.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 8:19, Reply)

Do it
Just make sure you have a back-up plan. Even if it's a friend's sofa. If you felt you had burnt your bridges and would be in a complete jam if it didn't work, then it'd be too much pressure and you might not enjoy it. If you know there's always the option of flying home from the next destination you drop anchor at, then you'll be more relaxed, and you'll probably love it!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 8:22, Reply)

Go for it!
You'll be making good money, having fun and all in all it sounds pretty damn good!
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 8:41, Reply)

All that and
the promise of a GILF shag? Why the delay?
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Jun 2009, 8:54, Reply)

Hahaha!
GILFs are the new MILFs...it's where it's at.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 9:21, Reply)

Do it
What they all said. If you don't, you'll always wonder... what if?
( chart cat has an itch, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 9:04, Reply)

My sister did it,
she spent the whole time drunk as far as I can tell.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 9:10, Reply)

A friend of mine did it as a photographer
he had the best time as all the staff were around his age and they didn't have that much contact with the oxygen thieves unless they wanted to.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 9:15, Reply)

reckon
she could put in a word for me too?
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 11:50, Reply)

Been there
Worked as a croupier for 18 months on the ships.

I cant remember a thing about it. It was THAT good. The only thing I do know is that I got more sex than is healthy for a 20 year old. Which is a lot. And I'm no gods gift.

Having difficulty making your mind up now?

If you dont go, I will personally fucking hit you.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 13:45, Reply)