Changes

We have noticed some changes since we have returned from the cruise.  Some terms had a certain meaning for the 4 months of the cruise, and now they mean something entirely different.  We do not like these changes:

 

1)      “Doing the laundry” used to mean putting dirty clothes into a bag and filling out a card that said what items were in the bag.  The next day clean and pressed clothes would show up in the stateroom.  Now “doing the laundry” seems to mean doing many more steps with the clothes using two big metal boxes, and getting any pressing and hanging done ourselves.

2)      “Preparing for dinner” used to mean getting the correct clothes on and deciding which room you would walk to, or phoning for the food to show up in your room.  Now this task has split into two dreadful steps.  First, one must go to a big-box store and select items to pay for and transport home.  Then one must cook and deliver the food to the table.

3)      “Cleaning up after diner” used to mean pushing the chair under the table once your were finished.  Now it mean scraping disgusting food remnants from the plates, wiping the plates off, sticking them in yet another large metal box, and then putting the clean dishes back into the cabinets.

4)      And, if all this were not enough, Kathleen was out today for about 4 hours doing errands, exercising, and doing this new “buying grocery” thing, and when she came back home, nobody had made her bed and straightened up the house!

 

This is all a quite unwelcome change of events.  After 4 months, you would think that definitions of these types of things would not change.  We like the system on the cruise ship much better, and have found yet another argument for doing a big cruise again some time.