Hi all,
The last thread posted here got me to thinking; Anyone who's been to sea will have, I'm fairly sure, seen some rule or regulation broken. But to what extent? And how bad is it?
For example; I work on a ship where smoking is prohibited inside the accommodation, and we have to go outside to smoke. But, I know of at least one crewmember who smokes in their cabin, and late at night, especially if the weather is sh1te, I'll smoke in my bathroom. We have no smoke detectors in our cabins and we do have extractors in the bathrooms.
That is, I'm sure, a very tame example, but I'm very interested to hear how far the rules get bent on other ships. I'm fully expecting that there will be some people who will want to shout me down, and tell me that smoking in my bathroom (or whatever else people divulge) is terribly irresponsible and they hope they never sail on a ship with such an idiot, but I have a feeling (and please correct me if I'm way out here) that most of those people will be in the category who have not yet been to sea or have only done a few weeks at sea.
I'm not condoning rule breaking, nor am I asking anyone to whistleblow, that's why this is being posted anonymously, and I STRONGLY suggest anyone who replies with a story to do so anonymously as well, but anyone who's been at sea for any length of time will, most likely, have seen things being done not in accordance with the rule book, and I think it's worth discussing: Where are the lines drawn in the real world? What is OK? What is OK because you/the crew think it's bullsh*t, What is OK because no-one cares? What is OK because there's no time to do it properly? What is deemed OK because no-one knows any better? What passes as OK because no-one has the time? Does the paperwork get flogged? How much? Is it little things you consider forgiveable or do you cringe if you're asked/told to sign something when you know it's not right?
Hopefully, no-one's going to come up with any major issues here, but if there is something big you want to get off your chest, don't hold back, if you post anonymously it can't be traced, and it may be that the collective can give advice as to how to get it sorted.
The last thread posted here got me to thinking; Anyone who's been to sea will have, I'm fairly sure, seen some rule or regulation broken. But to what extent? And how bad is it?
For example; I work on a ship where smoking is prohibited inside the accommodation, and we have to go outside to smoke. But, I know of at least one crewmember who smokes in their cabin, and late at night, especially if the weather is sh1te, I'll smoke in my bathroom. We have no smoke detectors in our cabins and we do have extractors in the bathrooms.
That is, I'm sure, a very tame example, but I'm very interested to hear how far the rules get bent on other ships. I'm fully expecting that there will be some people who will want to shout me down, and tell me that smoking in my bathroom (or whatever else people divulge) is terribly irresponsible and they hope they never sail on a ship with such an idiot, but I have a feeling (and please correct me if I'm way out here) that most of those people will be in the category who have not yet been to sea or have only done a few weeks at sea.
I'm not condoning rule breaking, nor am I asking anyone to whistleblow, that's why this is being posted anonymously, and I STRONGLY suggest anyone who replies with a story to do so anonymously as well, but anyone who's been at sea for any length of time will, most likely, have seen things being done not in accordance with the rule book, and I think it's worth discussing: Where are the lines drawn in the real world? What is OK? What is OK because you/the crew think it's bullsh*t, What is OK because no-one cares? What is OK because there's no time to do it properly? What is deemed OK because no-one knows any better? What passes as OK because no-one has the time? Does the paperwork get flogged? How much? Is it little things you consider forgiveable or do you cringe if you're asked/told to sign something when you know it's not right?
Hopefully, no-one's going to come up with any major issues here, but if there is something big you want to get off your chest, don't hold back, if you post anonymously it can't be traced, and it may be that the collective can give advice as to how to get it sorted.
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