People on Board...

WOW! Where do I start? I find that people are one of the most interesting aspects of shipboard life. I am a 'people person', inasmuch as I enjoy being with them, and, unfortunately, trying to figure them out.


I have found that all-in-all, most people are friendly and usually interesting. Sometimes when you start a conversation with somebody you 'click' with them, good vibes. With others, the conversation is 'strained' and a bit uncomfortable. Now, this is what makes it interesting, those people may be very nice, but feel a bit uncomfortable with strangers, or, even have a bit of trouble making casual conversation. So do not write them off, I try to engage them more, or later, before casting them on to my mental 'rubbish pile' of people that I will not waste my time and energy on.

Sometimes on first encounter people will appear stunned or glazed. I find that there are a few people whose natural state is 'stunned or glazed'. I do not enjoy being in their company. Some people are a little surprised that a stranger will talk to them out of the blue. There are also people who have issues, physical or mental that really are not interested in making conversation at this time. These people I feel sorry for and put to one side, near my rubbish pile unfortunately.

Again, sometimes there are people that I just cannot figure out. A bewilderment to me. They are what I call complicated, too much work to keep up with them and also uncertain whether I want them in my life. I have encountered one such so far and give them a wide berth.

Have you ever met somebody and in the first few minutes, they have told you all about themselves, medically, financially, and too much personal information, but never asked a word about you? Onto the rubbish heap, pronto!

We seem to gravitate to folks who possess a few of the following traits, happy, honest, interested in you, and polite. Happy is probably the most important. Being around an unhappy person is very, very tiring and downright depressing. And there are some people that will NEVER be happy. To the rubbish heap!

And l am not naïve enough to think that we are not judged by others and are sitting on some people's rubbish heaps.

So, our quest continues...

Our time is now three hours behind pacific time. Close to the dateline.