Posted on February 25, 2009 by John Heald
Our crew is amazing and as I have mentioned time and time again that whereas in other areas of the service industry standards are falling quicker than Andrew Dice Clay’s career did, Carnival’s service continues to shine.
However, in every barrel of apples there is one that is going to be bad and yesterday I came [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by John Heald
Just before I start today’s blog can you believe that someone bought my bobblehead of eBay for $47?………………………And I just found out who got it…..tell you that later. OK, do you remember the days when you came back from the mall with a new and shiny electrical appliance? And found it had been sold [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by John Heald
I opened my gift from Heidi this morning that was labeled “for your first day as CD on the Carnival Valor.” I opened it and inside the careful wrapping I found a book called A Loo with A View.The note inside the cover was even better, it read “This is to prove you [...]
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Posted on February 21, 2009 by John Heald
“Oh Bugger,” I said this morning as I was finalizing the schedule of events for my first day back in the CD saddle…………….”It’s the Oscars.” knowing I would have to show them on the Seaside Theatre big screen.
I hate the Oscars. Every year, I stay up to watch it, and every year, the same warm, [...]
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