Cruise guest moans about ‘dirty dishes’ in the ‘hallways’
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Cruise companies are usually pretty relaxed about letting guests take a meal or snack to their cabin. However, for some guests this creates a “dirty dishes” problem.
A cruise guest ‘cforever80’ asked: “I was just wondering what we do with dirty dishes. Do I bring the dishes back to the buffet or are there stations around the boat to leave dirty dishes?
“With room service, do I leave them in the room or in the hallway like a hotel? I always assumed that was the correct method.”
In many hotels, guests are asked to leave dirty room service dishes outside their room so staff can collect them.
Some passengers also do this on cruise ships, although some guests find it extremely irritating.
A cruise passenger ‘aeraen’ replied: “This is one of my minor frustrations with cruise ships. I do like to sip tea while watching the sunrise.
“But I am a neat person and I don’t like to assume that someone will follow me around to pick up after me. I hate to see people’s used glasses and plates on the stairways, hallways, or just on the ground out on the deck.”
Another guest ‘SpockData’ said: “Let your room steward know you have dishes to pick up and they will disappear from your stateroom.
“Requesting their removal is superior to just leaving dishes in the hall as it expedites things, avoids dirty dishes in the hallways and is the neighbourly way to handle things.”
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Each cruise cabin usually has its own room steward who is responsible for cleaning the room and dealing with some guest requests.
Many passengers get to know their room steward and some even leave gifts or tips for their steward.
Guests are usually given a way to contact their steward, in case they have any requests while they’re away.
Passengers could try contacting their room steward if they don’t want to put their dirty plates in the hall.
However another passenger ‘TypicalEarthCreature’ said: “I also hate seeing the trays outside in the halls but I felt so bad for my room stewards.”
Room stewards are usually extremely busy and on some cruise lines, cleaning up dishes isn’t within their job description.
Another guest said there was a reason leaving dishes outside the door seems more inappropriate on a cruise than at a hotel.
‘Economy_Insurance_61’ said: “The reason this ruffles feathers on cruise ships is because space is very well budgeted so hallways are narrow.
“This means the tray may impede cruisers with walkers or other disability aids and just generally slows down the flow in the hallways.”
If cruise guests take a plate from the buffet out to the pool deck or another public area, they could leave it on a nearby table.
Passengers could also take the plate back to the restaurant and hand it on or leave it on a table.
Dirty dishes will always be cleared up by the ship’s crew but passengers could aid the process by returning them to the restaurant whenever possible.
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