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I’m a cruise ship worker and we dread hearing the word ‘banana’ – but passengers are totally oblivious to what it means
WHILE many people dream of cruising around the world, for the crew on board, it is their home, often for months on end.
So it’s not surprising that various code words or crew lingo can become widespread on ships.
Cruise ship worker Cass, who posts under @cass_stefanie, shared how she’s been to more than 46 countries during her career on cruise ships.
Originally from Cape Town, the staff member shared some cruise ship secrets from her time on board, including how they often use the code word “banana”.
The crew’s meaning for “banana” actually has nothing to do with fruit, and it’s a phrase you wouldn’t want to hear from your boss, she revealed.
She shared: “We use the term ‘banana’ on a cruise ship when someone’s getting into trouble.
“For example if you’re doing something like walking down the I-95 [the main corridor that joins the back of the ship with the front] with your AirPods in, we’ll stop you and be like ‘listen, don’t let anyone see you because you’re going to get a banana.’”
Cass admitted she was confused when she first heard the word being used on board.
She continued: “When I first heard it, I was like ‘what?’ I had no idea it meant trouble.”
On the Reddit post on the r/Royal Caribbean thread, another crew member also backed this up, explaining it means “a scolding or an earful from your supervisor.”
The post read: “If you see a crew sad or not smiling, you can jokingly ask them ‘Hi (crew)! Why are you sad today? Did you get BANANA from your amo?’”
It is thought that the banana codeword started being used by crew as it’s linked to superstition.
Back in the 1700s, ships carrying produce in the Caribbean and Spain started to disappear at sea, with only bananas found lying in the wreckage.
They also shared a number of other code words from their time on the high seas.
The staff member said “amo” is a “flattering way of addressing someone”, such as your boss or supervisor.
Meanwhile, “taka taka” means “nonsense talk, gossiping or rambling.”
The person explained: “If a crew forgets to hand you an item or an order and they come back to bring it to you and you wanna tease them you can say ‘I know why you forgot my extra towels.
Pros and cons of going on a cruise ship
Whether you're considering a long holiday, working remotely or even living on board a cruise ship for a few months or years, here are the pros and cons from a former cruise shipper.
Pros
- Travel the world, learn and experience new cultures
- Meet new people
- Don’t have to think or worry about room cleaning, or food
Cons
- Internet connection can be painfully slow and expensive
- Limited luggage allowance so have to wear the same clothes on rotation
- Having no control of where the ship would go next and the possibility of visiting the same ports
- Having the same onboard entertainment, on-demand movies, and little choice of TV channels
- No fresh newspapers or new books unless someone adds them to the library
- Relatively the same food week after week unless major menu changes occur seasonally.
- Occasional rough seas, bad weather and viral outbreaks while inboard.
“‘Because you do TOO MUCH TAKA TAKA with other attendants in the storeroom.’”
Some words are banned from being used on ships, such as mentioning the Titanic, for obvious reasons.
Marc Sebastian, who was a passenger on the nine-month Royal Caribbean Serenade of the Seas liner, did a video sharing this fact.
On TikTok he shared: “Number one, you’re not supposed to talk about the Titanic.
“I brought up to an entire room of people having lunch that our ship is only 100 feet longer than Titanic.
“Utensils dropped. Waiters gasped. It’s dead silent.”
His friend told him: “You’re not allowed to talk about the Titanic.”
Marc added: “Well, it wasn’t like that was in the f***ing handbook. Not that I read the handbook, clearly.”
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Bridget Jones fans heartbroken after finding out the real reason Colin Firth’s character has been killed off in new film
BRIDGET Jones fans were left ecstatic when it was announced that Renee Zellweger would be getting back into character for a fourth movie.
However, this joy quickly turned to heartbreak for many when the trailer revealed that Colin Firth’s character Mark Darcy has been killed off in Mad About The Boy.
The trailer shows Bridget navigating life as a widower and battling motherhood alone – although she does seem happy about Leo Woodall’s character coming into her life – a handsome 29-year-old named Roxster.
Despite some fans slamming the movie creators for “spoiling the movie” by killing off the previous film’s main heartthrob, others were quick to make a poignant observation.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, one fan said: “Can’t be mad at the new Bridget Jones plot anymore bc i found out that’s what happened to the author.”
Bridget’s new chapter is indeed close to British writer Helen Fielding’s heart, as her ex-partner and father of her two children, Kevin Curran, died of cancer in 2016.
This was the same year that her close friend and Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher died too.
Helen started to write the screenplay for Mad About the Boy during the pandemic when the feeling of loss was even more poignant.
She wrote: “I wanted to show how you can feel both a sense of humour and a sense of perspective – your friends, your community, your resilience can get you through these things and you can still laugh.”
Helen met Kevin, a writer and executive producer on The Simpsons, in LA on a publicity tour.
The pair started dating and Fielding moved from London to Los Angeles to live with him, and they went on to have two children: Dashiell, born in February 2004, and Romy, born in July 2006.
Fielding’s novel Bridget Jones’s Diary started life as a column in the Independent newspaper.
She was approached to write a column about being a single woman in London and, too embarrassed to write about her own experiences, Fielding created an anonymous character to write under.
This character was loved by readers, and Fielding wrote Bridget Jones’s Diary on the back of its popularity. The paperback shot to the top of the best-seller chart.
I wanted to show how you can feel both a sense of humour and a sense of perspective – your friends, your community, your resilience can get you through these things and you can still laugh
Helen Fielding
Fielding went on to pen the rest of the sequence of novels: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries.
She also joined the screenwriting team on the associated movies, starring Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.
The first film, released in 2001, made more than £222million at the box office.
In a survey conducted by The Guardian, Bridget Jones’s Diary was named as one of the ten novels that best defined the 20th century.
Renee Zellweger's career so far
By Conor O’Brien
Across her three-decade career, Renee Zellweger has won such accolades as two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Here is a look at some of her most memorable roles
- The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995, “Jenny”): The fourth installment in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, this slasher film marked Renee’s first starring role.
- Jerry Maguire (1996, “Dorothy Boyd”): Renee starred opposite Tom Cruise in this classic sports-comedy drama.
- Nurse Betty (2000, “Betty Sizemore”): For her portrayal of the title character, Renee received a Golden Globe.
- Bridget Jones franchise (2001 – present, “Bridget Jones”): The actress adopts an English accent to play the title character in this franchise. The fourth instalment, titled Bridget Jones: Mad About A Boy is due to be released in February 2025.
- Cold Mountain (2003, “Ruby”): Renee starred opposite Jude Law and Nicole Kidman in this period war drama film. She received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- Judy (2019, “Judy Garland”): In this biographical drama, Renee portrayed the legendary actress Judy Garland, most notably known for the Wizard of Oz. She received her second Academy Award for her work in this film.
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