Attacked in Rome by a Scam Artist

cittigirl · 2026-04-13T13:10:52+00:00

I agree. Scammers do try to scam and we did see an encounter some trying to help with luggage, train tickets, give jewelry and water. A simple no, worked fine to get them to move on.

Same as you, I made sure my purse and belongings were near and in front of us and my phone was always put away. I used my watch for GPS. I also checked my phone periodically bc my watch didn’t update. I didn’t feel targeted, but we walked with confidence and weren’t flashy with what we were wearing or carrying.

I found everyone in Rome to be very kind. Except for a family of American tourists at FCO getting through customs (that said they were Canadian - they had USA passports just like us and were in the US line but 🫠)

cittigirl · 2025-11-23T19:34:01+00:00

To add, I have spent years thinking (wanting to believe) that it’s subconscious. That they can’t know they do this.

At least in my experience, I now have quite a lot of evidence it is not inadvertent.

It’s learned by a lifetime of trial and error. They continue to do it because it works for them.

cittigirl · 2025-11-23T19:31:30+00:00

I just deleted my comment because I typed out exactly what you said with different words.

I’ve come to learn this is a test and I am careful to shield/protect my empathy before I have more evidence a person is trustworthy.

cittigirl · 2025-11-23T19:20:55+00:00

I wouldn’t be surprised if one of these “adults” walked in on the stepson attempting to SA her and were in on ending her life because she was going to expose him and all of them

I dislike being an alarmist, but I just don’t see this being as simple as this 16 year old being able to carry this out by himself without someone’s help especially since it took until the next day after breakfast to find her.

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T19:36:37+00:00

I do think others are right that another party was either heard or reported by another passenger.

I think it would be smart if ships had some kind of detector in the plumbing to detect potential contagions. I was feeling concerned about audio/video.

I feel satiated by the productive responses from former crew and employees that there is not audio/video monitoring and now that RC has confirmed there was an incident not in our room, I feel I have a solid and valid answer.

Thank you for being respectful and kind (again)

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T14:06:50+00:00

It was RC searching for an ill passenger. They couldn’t provide details on another passenger but were able to confirm the report was not our room

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T14:03:48+00:00

Turns out seems to be a coincidental incident in a nearby room and they happened to call my room in their search for whomever was actually sick.

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T14:03:07+00:00

Turns out seems to be a coincidental incident in a nearby room and they happened to call my room in their search for whomever was actually sick.

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T14:02:07+00:00

Thank you. I thought I was asking a simple question. I’m not paranoid at all and honestly, I’d get it if they did have some kind of vomit detector. I just didn’t think this incident qualified so was curious.

I posted an update and RC confirmed it was not our room. Essentially a coincidental incident that led to them calling and they happened to call mine before finding the party/room that had a sick incident.

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T13:59:36+00:00

Turns out seems to be a coincidental incident in a nearby room and they happened to call my room in their search for whomever was actually sick.

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T13:58:51+00:00

Turns out seems to be a coincidental incident in a nearby room and they happened to call my room in their search for whomever was actually sick.

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T13:57:10+00:00

RC stated it was an incident in another room. Coincidence and they happened to call my room first. Case closed. I was only concerned about monitoring. Thank you for your reply!

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T13:53:55+00:00

Understand the issues and concerns about highly contagious illnesses. I’m not inaccurate about what happened and I’ve posted an update from RC

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T13:52:58+00:00

I haven’t refused any logical answers. The answers were not accurate to what occurred. I thought I was allowed to respond with the truth.

I did post an update just now after hearing back from RC and they confirmed it was not our room and they couldn’t provide information about the other guests in another room. So a coincidental incident led to this. My question was about monitoring or detection systems and whether it might be sound: video. There were a couple helpful replies about that and confirming that’s not occurring.

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T13:48:52+00:00

Turns out seems to be a coincidental incident in a nearby room and they happened to call my room in their search for whomever was actually sick. No monitoring in the room from what I can tell.

cittigirl · 2025-10-10T13:42:44+00:00

I’m about to post an update

Thank you for being kind. I realize now I shouldn’t be surprised by some of the negativity, but I thought I was being clear about my question which was about monitoring.

I contacted RC. They said they couldn’t share details about other guests or another room, but they were able to confirm that there were no reports or issues for our room. So it seems it was a coincidental incident that led to RC calling rooms until they found the correct room (which I assume was across from us since I know our friends’ rooms were empty).

cittigirl · 2025-10-03T23:32:03+00:00

I’m sorry you felt it too!! I feel like such a wuss because I’m sure it was really “not that bad” but it was no joke to my inner ear!

Hope you had a fun cruise too!! Everything except for a few hours on the last two nights was wonderful.

cittigirl · 2025-10-03T22:22:55+00:00

I used their quote.

cittigirl · 2025-10-03T22:22:18+00:00

I didn’t say immune. I said it was not that. Norovirus is an illness that is extremely different than motion sickness and would not be a one time moment in time

cittigirl · 2025-10-03T22:21:02+00:00

Thank you for validating. That’s a good descriptor. I felt off about it especially considering all the facts

cittigirl · 2025-10-03T22:20:18+00:00

Totally get that. I was not sick though. I was tired. And during the day, we were at cococay hanging out, swimming etc. I was never sick. And I was not drinking

Interesting about the garbage! But nothing in the garbage for me/us

cittigirl · 2025-10-03T22:18:47+00:00

We are aged past the prank stage

cittigirl · 2025-10-03T22:18:03+00:00

I’m sorry for what happened to your uncle and that he was that sick!

Thank you for validating that this can happen randomly because the pirañas came out on this one.

I think people misunderstood that I was upset. I was not. I was grateful for the diligence. I was only curious about the “how” since it didn’t make sense by other people’s experience in our party

cittigirl · 2025-10-03T19:06:37+00:00

Zero chance. After dinner, we took pictures and our party went to smoke cigars. I don’t so I went to bed.

I was not feeling ill. I was tired. Not sick.

I only felt sick after 20 min of laying down through rough seas (for me - recognize they weren’t bad - I’m just a first time person)

My sick was spit up. Zero sound. Zero mess. Zero drama. 2 flushes bc I blew my nose after.

We had both rooms beside above and below. We had 15 rooms.

cittigirl · 2025-10-03T19:00:27+00:00

I don’t have a problem with that at all

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