The Love In Cruise Ship

Mysterious mate cabin

Erika's embarkation has been on the ship. So he has started to follow the rhythm of the life of the workers on the cruise ship. (Embarkation is when the ship's guests leave and are replaced with new guests. When embarkation is used to refuel the ship. Loading the goods to the ship.All the ship crew is busy working. Especially housekeeping. They have to do the job quickly because the turnaround time of new and old guests is only about 3 hours. While the guest cabins and spaces in the public area must be ready and clean.

Erika will start working early. About 5:15am ship time. He and colleagues will do a liquor table (liquor table is to return the drinks brought by the guests. Usually guests before entering often bring alcoholic beverages. While passengers during the cruise are prohibited from carrying drinks, drinks brought will be confiscated temporarily and returned when they end their cruise)

"Why not the bar department that does the liquor table. Isn't this about the drinks?" erika asked Manoj who was the first to do a liquor table.

"So, it was like that a long time ago. Even the mini bars are their only task which is doing the housekeeping department. On this ship housekeeping is multi task, must be able to do anything," replied Manoj a little emotion.

"That's it, continue your work!" Manoj checks the third table leaving Erika.

"Why not complain to the housekeeping manager?" erika complained to Putu, she replied.

"Because the manager's housekeeping is scared of the manager's bar, the manager's FnB and others. When there are complaints on crew housekeeping, instead of covering his men but instead blame his men so. I have 4 contracts on this ship, so I know the rumor circulating," whispered Putu looked serious.

"really?"

"And even worse. The manager's housekeeping took bribes from his men."

"But whose men?"

"That steward cabins bribe to be given a good section. As in deck 8, the cabins are all suites. Steward cabins will get a lot of tips if they hold a section on that deck."

"I guess all cabins on any deck are the same."

"Certainly different from senoritaaa..."

"Hey you guys are either working or chatting," Manoj looked at Erika and Putu with a glare.

Erika and Putu know themselves, and then they separate. They knew that there was an assistant housekeeping bar 2.5 there to check the preparations. If there were no assistant housekeeping bar 2.5 there, Manoj would not glare. Because if caught, Manoj will be scolded all out.

Finished doing liquor table Erika joined the restroom team. The restroom team during the embarkation of its members was only Su doang. So Erika helped Su clean up the entire public rest room on deck 5, 6,7. Rest room men and women.

Filling up supplies of tissues, toilet perfumes, mopping, picking up trash, and filling soap. Not forgetting to clean the glass. They had to clean up quickly before the guests arrived.

"It feels like dying" Erika said in the housekeeping locker.

"Me too, so tired. But it's mending. Usually I do it alone without help" Su lamented.

"Why indeed?"

"Crew housing is lacking, but the manager does not ask for additional crew, so we on board must work hard," explained Su.

"Why don't you ask for extra crew."

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After Erika's shift was over, she went to the cabin. There was a luggage stored next to his luggage. The cabinet above the one-sided sink next to Erika was filled with brushes and toothpaste, shampoo, soap, and cologne.

"I have a new mate cabin," murmured Erika.

Erika looked around. The closet beside the closet is locked, even the drower between the sink and under the bed is also locked one of them.

"It looks like my cabin mate's a very careful guy. Afraid what I stole? Everything's locked down."

Erika saw a note attached to the door of the refregulator as she was about to take a cold drink.

"I slept under you on top. Your stuff I've moved up! Don't try to open the curtain bed below!" read Erika. He was upset and squeezed the note and dumped it in the garbage bin.

Erika forcefully pulled the curtain on the bottom bed hard. There's another note on the bed.

"I told you not to open the curtain on the bottom bed!💀" complete with skull picture. Erika was getting upset. The bed sheet is neatly installed on the bottom bed, there is also a Dbl brand portable speaker on top of the drower bed. He looked up, the bed sheet was also installed, but Erika's mate cabin placed Erika's belongings carelessly on the bed. Book, snack tortila tortila greedy on bed, lavender therapy scent bottle spilled contents. I don't want to have to replace a new bed sheet.

Erika walks into the linen room, asks for a new bed sheet. Initially the tailor did not want to give bed sheets a replacement for the reason this is not the time for linen change. Tailor was busy with loading linen goods assisted by a linen keeper and linen manager. After showing the dirty bed sheet, the linen manager told the tailor to take out a new bed sheet for Erika. Tailor also carried out his boss' orders while grumbling in Tagalog or Indonesian, Erika did not understand.Only linen keeper who laughed saw the tailor grumbling.

Finished changing the bed sheet Erika went to the laundry crew, she washed her clothes there. Without Erika knowing the cabin mate Erika entered. Along the corridor testing the cabin, he was furious. His father called just to scold him. But until at the cabin his anger subsided. He smelled the soothing aroma of lavender therapy. He also fell asleep. The phone ringer woke him up. He wakes up while cursing.

"Shit**!"

"Hey bro now it's time to pick up your uniform. Come quickly to the store room. Close soon and the water tight door is also closed!"

"You'll take it! I'm lazy!"

"I don't want to! You're here to work, not to have fun. My rank here is higher than yours. So hurry!"

After laying the cabin phone carelessly, he rushed to the store room.

"Finally come too!"

Store keeper gives 2 pieces of white uniforms with matching color pants.2 pieces of white shoes, emblem, uniform for formal night in the form of a suit and dark blue pants, 2 pieces, and black fantovel shoes.

...***...

Since having a cabin mate, Erika has never met him. They seem to work in different shifts. Erika doesn't know what her cabin mate's name is, her position and where she works. So Erika doesn't seem to have a mate cabin. At least no one bothered him, so he did not care about his cabin mate. He can rest in peace without anyone bothering.

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