nannyja Posted August 7, 2017 #1 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Belongings moved from lounge chairs while having lunch. Absolutely horrible and inappropriate. Low class ship and people. Be careful! Overcrowded ship and very disappointed. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potterhill Posted August 7, 2017 #2 Share Posted August 7, 2017 In my opinion it's time they started doing this. I have seen chairs with belongings on them all day and no one used them. Meanwhile there are people who cannot find a chair. I don't use the pool area often, but I have observed this behaviour repeatedly. And you are correct, it is low class behaviour. Mo Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colombiangirl Posted August 7, 2017 #3 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I was happy to see on Celebrity that items left on lounge chairs for more than 1/2 hour were taken by pool deck staff and stored away. If items were taken a note was left on the chair of where to retrieve your items. Personally, I love it!!! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itolami Posted August 7, 2017 #4 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I weep for your tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERRIER1 Posted August 7, 2017 #5 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) The policy is if items are left for longer than 30 minutes they will be removed. How long were you gone? Edited August 7, 2017 by TERRIER1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted August 7, 2017 #6 Share Posted August 7, 2017 If you leave stuff on the loungers for over 30 mins they will be removed There are notices in the daily newsletter Sorry but you are the low class rude ones by hogging loungers you are not using Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andee Posted August 7, 2017 #7 Share Posted August 7, 2017 If you're grabbing a quick lunch, I think it's fine to leave your stuff. Longer than 30 minutes, the commonly used term is chair hog. Very glad Oceania is doing rhis. Sent from my SM-G930V using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVNYC Posted August 7, 2017 #8 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Belongings moved from lounge chairs while having lunch. Absolutely horrible and inappropriate. Low class ship and people. Be careful! Overcrowded ship and very disappointed. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Low class people are people that leave their belongings on lounge chairs while having lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchestrapal Posted August 7, 2017 #9 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Low class people are people that leave their belongings on lounge chairs while having lunch. +1 great definition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkieMarkNYC Posted August 7, 2017 #10 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Here's another vote in favor of removing items on unused chairs. OP - I hope you find a cruise line that meets your needs. Meanwhile, we low-class people will continue to remove our items when we go to lunch in order to free up space for our fellow cruisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted August 7, 2017 #11 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I think the decision about who is "low class people" is unanimous :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted August 7, 2017 #12 Share Posted August 7, 2017 This is only day 2 something tells me it is not going to be a good cruise for the OP ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csardas Posted August 7, 2017 #13 Share Posted August 7, 2017 On Riviera in July. Bed hogs strewed belongings from 08:00 and I never saw a staff member remove them! By 12 noon the beds were still uninhabited, except by the baseball caps, STL etc. Very low class behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandt Posted August 7, 2017 #14 Share Posted August 7, 2017 In the meantime, I'll get out the popcorn :) Looking forward to high class service later this month on Riviera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willidc Posted August 7, 2017 #15 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) Oceania's well documented and common courtesy policy of removing chair hog squatter items after 30 minutes is a good one. Hoping the OP finds a mass market cruise line to meet his/her courtesy class since, fortunately for us, Oceania is not a good fit for him/her. Edited August 7, 2017 by willidc addl. comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csardas Posted August 7, 2017 #16 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Oceania's well documented and common courtesy policy of removing chair hog squatter items after 30 minutes is a good one. Hoping the OP finds a mass market cruise line to meet his/her courtesy class since, fortunately for us, Oceania is not a good fit for him/her. See my post, no. 13. They didn't remove items to free chairs/beds after hours, never mind 30 minutes. As to your second paragraph, it's beneath contempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted August 7, 2017 #17 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Csardus; Believing your report for July conditions, it is highly likely that the ship may have received scolding passenger reviews and comments , on that issue, at the end of the cruise, and management dictated a strict enforcement of policy on subsequent (August) cruises. Oceania does read those comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csardas Posted August 7, 2017 #18 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Csardus; Believing your report for July conditions, it is highly likely that the ship may have received scolding passenger reviews and comments , on that issue, at the end of the cruise, and management dictated a strict enforcement of policy on subsequent (August) cruises. Oceania does read those comments! Perhaps they do read our comments but wouldn't it be more appropriate for them to maintain their own rules about beds/chairs all the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare msn123 Posted August 7, 2017 #19 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Have been on ships where people come up at breakfast, leave a book or things on a chair, and the same chair has the same item(s) at noon and it is obvious that the chair hasn't been used. Kudos to Oceania for enforcing a reasonable policy. Sent from my SM-G950U using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burm Posted August 7, 2017 #20 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Surely the OP is a troll. Who else would innocently say something like, "There I was enjoying my lunch in the MDR when the pool attendants rudely removed my belongings so that someone else who was actually in the pool area could sit down", People come and go from the pool area all day long. It is not realistic for the cruise line to provide a lounge chair for every single passenger. If no one ever hogged a chair that they were not using, there would be sufficient for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabbycat Posted August 7, 2017 #21 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Belongings moved from lounge chairs while having lunch. Absolutely horrible and inappropriate. Low class ship and people. Be careful! Overcrowded ship and very disappointed. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Actually what is horrible and inappropriate is you thinking you can hog a chair. Unless you are royalty, come down off your high-horse and back to reality. Why should you get to hog a chair when you are not using it, if someone else shows up who wants to use it. You had you time on the chair. Now it is someone else's. Sent from my SM-T560NU using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted August 7, 2017 #22 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I guess this isn't working out the way the OP thought it would. Is there no one that will agree with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Noxequifans Posted August 7, 2017 #23 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Great enforcement by O! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZjohn Posted August 7, 2017 #24 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Surely the OP is a troll. I would not be so sure about your comment. There is a way to look at their previous posts. There are different cultures who believe that chair hogging is perfectly acceptable and actually common practice (not just on cruise ships but resorts/hotels also). Trust me, I'm not saying that kind of self-centered behavior is acceptable at all. Just the opposite, it's drive me nuts when people only think about themselves and nobody else. But, I do know people from certain areas in Europe that really think this is completely normal to save their lounge chairs all day regardless when they use them or not. Cheers, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted August 7, 2017 #25 Share Posted August 7, 2017 If that's the case with the OP, maybe the reactions to his/her comment will give a head's up that not everyone agrees that chair hogging is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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