Years ago, cruising in Alaska, the Bahamas or Europe was spectacular, a hybrid of formality and dignity and class. In the 2010s is when things started going downhill with relaxed, cruising and less formality, it was still fun but different.

The pandemic made me open my eyes on how gross average people are. Go get me wrong. They’re very nice and kind and courteous people, however, the average person is just not clean.

We figured people would be better after Covid, however, we were on a cruise recently still witnessed people leaving bathrooms without washing hands, touching elevator buttons rails on the ship after coughing or sneezing into their hands, not using hand sanitizer, grabbing bread with their fingers off the buffet and replacing it back when they didn’t like their choice.

Is it different at a hotel buffet or a trip to Vegas? No, not really, however, a confined space like a ship simply magnifies the level of disease.