Awfully Acceptable

Cruises make you do, eat, see, and think weird stuff that you would never find acceptable IRL:

– Thinking “I’m gonna go melt some ice” before heading to pee, because they put ice in the urinals on this ship:

– Having multiple in-depth discussions on techniques on how to figure out the time, and set alarms, in prep for a time zone crossing while you’re sleeping

– Becoming comfortable saying “Washy washy, happy happy”. Out loud. So others can hear you.

– Thinking Aloo Palak + Greek Salad + an IPA is a brilliant meal:

– Totally understanding why folks in your group stopped at the buffet on the way to meeting for dinner at the steakhouse

– Seeing three different people spill/drop food on themselves in the span of ten seconds, none of them ever really reacting to it

– Dipping forkfuls of Greek Salad into Aloo Palak

– Realizing that people are seriously asking you “Did you have your second lunch yet?”

– Nodding in agreement when a guy says “the show wasn’t that good, but it killed 45 minutes”

– Seeing multiple adults, in multiple groups, actively engaging with their phones while sitting at a restaurant, realizing some of them even have ear buds in and are watching a movie.

– Saying “that guy better have a fucking limp” to yourself after you notice the guy who just got on the always-slow/always-crowded elevators is only going down one floor

– Telling your family that your bus got stuck under a bridge in Amsterdam that day, and realizing in telling the story that it’s both the most exciting thing that happened to anybody that day, and also not that exciting: