It was to be the mother of all parties,

saying good-bye to the Caribbean.The plan was to hold it by the pool from 22.15 until midnight,but strong winds and possible rain put paid to that and the do was moved to the Atrium.When I got there just after 9.30,my usual time to leave the dinner table,the music was at full blast,my favourite singer giving it her best,dancers swaying on the the dance floor,among them a very obviously drunk couple, he barely able to stay straight,leaning at her, touching her sexually, quite unpleasant,she laughing like a fool who had just seen a naked bottom,as my mother would say, propping him up.Both young,both large in size.There was the cruise director a couple of feet from them, numerous waiters, officers and other ship's personnel all looking at them, all taking about them all,all laughing at them.But this was not a laughing matter.Many times it looked that they were going to fall down injuring themselves or other passengers.Why were they served drinks when they were so obviously legless? Where was the ship's security who should have politely but firmly removed them from the Atrium and take them to their cabin to sleep it off.Is Cruise and Maritime fit to run a cruise line? Since posting this piece I looked up what there is in the ship's manual about the passengers inappropriate behaviour and getting inebriated. Nothing. Britannia,a P & O vessel, deals with drunks and those, who put the passengers and the ship in danger, mercilessly,and that is the way it should be on every ship. Safety and well-being of passengers must be a priority above all else.