Dress Code Riot on P&O

[Neuhoftraveler]

No one else has reported this here, so let me call attention to a story in this morning's Guardian.  As the good ship Britannia was returning to Southampton from a week's cruise to the Norway fjords,  a riot broke out in the buffet at 2:00 a.m. after a "black-tie evening," when a passenger who had "specifically booked a cruise with no fancy dress" became "upset" when another passenger appeared dressed in a clown suit.  Passengers resorted to furniture and plates as weapons.  Six people were assaulted.  A number of people, including a crew member, sustained "significant" bruises and cuts.  An ITV personality who happened to be on the cruise reported "there was blood everywhere."  The black-tie evening had been preceded by an afternoon of "'patriotic' partying on deck."  Two passengers were confined to quarters until disembarkation and then arrested by Southampton police.

 

Dress code warriors, take note.

[Host Hattie]

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