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once upon a time, the ship left at the time they had published. The theory was that grown ups could tell the time, and also they could read.

so if it said in the ships paper that they should be back on the ship at a certain time, and that the ship sailed shortly after. They actually understood.

So I did see the rare person(s) stood watching as we sailed away. It was a very rare occasion.

then.. for whatever reason.. the cruise lines stopped doing what they said.

if is said to be back onboard by 4pm, then they were waiting for the latecomers.

People soon saw that no matter what the ships crew said..they were going to wait for you. So that wait time got longer and longer, and happened a lot more frequently.

These days it is a rarity to leave on time.

sad.