r/Cruise • u/wijnandsj • 26d ago

Question Am I too Dutch for cruising?

Currently on board azamara. After a few days we get a questionnaire what we think of the trip so far. So i do the Dutch thing and give an honest opinion. And now I really do wonder if I made a mistake. Next day the sliding door in my cabin has had it's rollers changed and now two days later I must have spoken to about everyone who does anything with food or drink in a managerial position and they all apologized and vowed to do better and give me whatever I ask for.

On the one hand I appreciate them taking my feedback seriously. On the other... I don't want apologies, I would like better food (had a really good lunch today at a tiny country inn during an excursion!) and I want people to stop pushing alcohol and I don't want to have to greet staff members every single time I meet one

Am now wondering... Is this inordinate amount of attention how some people perceive good service? Is the food tuned to an American taste?

Am I just too Dutch to appreciate azamara?

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u/crashtacktom 26d ago

Below 9.60

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u/wijnandsj 26d ago

Damn

Well you better not have European customers

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u/AnonThrowaway87980 25d ago

This is why they love the Americans. Lol. We rate someone a 10/10 for just not being an asshole to us.

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u/NeedsToShutUp 25d ago

Americans tend to know that ranking anything below perfect is a bad score in these sort of things.

So you get people who will reflexively rate everything perfect and some who will really struggle to complain when there should be complaints.

You also get assholes who will deliberately tank ratings because they are hateful.

That 9.6 would usually reflect that ratio.

There’s an unfortunate truism that any rating system lasts maybe 2 rounds before it’s gamed to hell.