How can people be so inconsiderate !

I work at sea. This puts me in close proximity to people from lots of differing countries and cultures.

When I'm out here I'm amazed at how little people think about what they're doing!

One of my main bugs is noise in the public areas which are connected to the cabin areas. People talk too loud or stomp around as though they're walking on solid ground. They have little or no consideration about how this can effect people. The main culprits are the youngsters we get out here. Personally I can hear low frequency bass a lot. Probably something to do with my elephant genes. Even when the stereo is on the gun deck, at the stern of the vessel I can hear it when they have it up loud, in my cabin at the bow. Only the other day I had to remind people about keeping it down in the corridors as people were trying to sleep and there really was no need to talk where they were. You don't want to know me if I haven't had a good sleep for a number of days.

Today though is a real issue. One of the public toilets has a flushing problem, and has for some time now. The pipes are too small or they're blocked further down or something. Whatever the cause, every other day or so it backs up and won't clear when the vacuum is applied. The other day the sign was put up as it wouldn't clear properly. Not a problem as it only had water in it, probably from somebody doing a test flush first. This morning however somebody has used it and now the toilet is full with feces in a kind of soup. It's not as if this issue hasn't been known about. Fucking idiots. The engineers onboard are not going to be happy with that. It wouldn't surprise me if they finally say, enough is enough and close it permanently.

Why do people think they can blindly do things with no thought as to the consequences.

God some people really piss me off. I spend 6 months of the year out here and it's part of what I consider my home. I was going to say they think this place is a hotel, but then again I don't think they think at all.

It's the same in the mess room. Just because it's called the mess they think they don't have to worry about what havoc they cause. Oh it doesn't matter, somebody'll clear it up !!