Cruise Curmudgeons of the World Unite

[TDC Nala]

Your quote is 100% proper english. That is what should be said. It should not be my Husband and me, it should be my Husband and I.

It's "They were disrespectful to my husband and me." Take out "my husband" and see what you would say. It would be "They were disrespectful to me" not "They were disrespectful to I."

Now "My husband and me went to the race" is not proper grammar - take out "my husband" and you get "Me went to the race." THAT should be "My husband and I."

 

[iankh]

Now I'm wondering about grammar and have to hunt through my bookshelves and find my copy of "The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed." I know what I'm going to be reading on my way to work tomorrow!

(By the way, I take public transportation. I wouldn't want anyone out there to think that I'd would read a grammar book while I'm driving. A gothic novel perhaps, but not a grammar book.)

 

[Principessa]

So my DH & I went out to a resort in West Virginia last week, and one of the spa treatments was described as using "light touch and non-touch techniques". When I researched more about the treatment, evidently many of the "practioners" ascend to such capable heights as to be able to restore "universal healing life force" through these "non-touch" techniques. So.....you get to pay about $160 for 50 minutes of someone NOT TOUCHING YOU, but focusing on your life force.

Tell me that doesn't beat the hot rocks......

I only wonder when the DCL spas will figure this one out and add it to the menu!

When they do, they will be sure to offer you specially prescribed products such as the Spalicious Anti-Oxidant Pro-Collagen Blissful Exotic Lime Ginger Papya Seaweed Salt Aroma Senses Polishing Scrub Cream Spray, to prolong your Non-Touch experience at home, for an undisclosed price! Enjoy!

 

[TDC Nala]

So my DH & I went out to a resort in West Virginia last week, and one of the spa treatments was described as using "light touch and non-touch techniques". When I researched more about the treatment, evidently many of the "practioners" ascend to such capable heights as to be able to restore "universal healing life force" through these "non-touch" techniques. So.....you get to pay about $160 for 50 minutes of someone NOT TOUCHING YOU, but focusing on your life force.

Tell me that doesn't beat the hot rocks......

I only wonder when the DCL spas will figure this one out and add it to the menu!

Unless the practitioner is a short green puppet with pointed ears who can teach you to raise a spaceship out of a swamp it hardly seems worth it.

 

[iankh]

Finally, I think the whole bit about adding an S to things like Palo is a regional thing - upper Midwest, specifically. Can't explain it, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is. Drives me nuts, too, though.

(And yes, actually, I am an English major and a grammar nerd...please don't flame me!)

I apologize for getting regional for a moment. IlliniAmy, I see you're in Chicago? Would you be referring to people saying they are going to Jewels by any chance instead of Jewel?

(It drives me nuts.)

 

[dahuffy]

I have my photography, railfanning and amateur radio forums, but I still get in here occasionally. I'm even posting in our own cruise thread.

Railfanning! You are obviously a train enthusiast (sp?) so is my DH. He has a 900 sq ft building for his layout.

 

[kamgen]

This thread is hilarious! Thank you Ian for starting this! I am a fairly cheerful and perky person, but when it comes to many of these things, I am a curmudgeon! (I added that banana just for fun!LOL!)
I just read through this and could not stop laughing!
Here are my thoughts (as if you care! LOL!!!!)
The S thing:
As for the plural thing (palo vs palos) I think it is a midwestern thing for sure! I grew up in Michigan and everyone I know puts a darn S on the end of things, like Ford becomes Fords and Meijer is Meijers...drives me insane! I am one of those people who cringes when people say Palos....UGH!!!!
Strollers:
And strollers, really?!?!?! I have two small children and even when we cruised when they were 9 months and 2 we did not use a stroller! The hallways and elevators are small enough without adding a stroller to it.
Who is it gonna be??
Do we really need to know ahead of time who the Cruise Director is?? Will you cancel if it isn't the person you dreamed it would be?? Crazy!
MISC Thoughts:
1. Throw flames if you like, but I cannot stand it when people wear jeans to dinner...drives me nuts. It isn't that I think dinner should be a formal occasion, but I associate jeans with the Fall/Winter seasons and a cruise is tropical and sunny...just how I feel. I don't even see a need to bring jeans on the ship at all..unless it is a cold weather climate.
2. Deck parties- do they have to be so long and drawn out?? I love deck parties, but after awhile it is the same thing over and over and over... And how many times do I have to listen to "walkin on sunshine"????
3. Breakfast hours..we ALWAYS miss breakfast at Tritons/Lumiere's due to the short hours they offer. We are on vacation, do we have to get up, get dressed and be there before 9am??? Seems we always have to settle for the overcrowded buffet....
And to echo some previously stated rants: autograph books are annoying, pillowcases seem strange to me, DVC needs something new instead of the same old hats, and I HATE "siggy", "ressie", etc...

And my favorite one: I am a platinum castaway club member and don't need to be reminded what to do when I board the ship...I already know it's time to eat and my stateroom is not ready!

By the way, I like the emoticons and the towel animals

 

[hamm1207]

I am loving this thread! Most of what I have read has been hilarious, but some has started to bug me.

I've got a Disboards curmudgeon... I have read a few posts on here about people complaining about the fish extenders and all the disboards activities, and then I find that those same people are signed up for all of the disboards activities on their cruise meet page!

I'm sorry, but if you're going to complain about it and then go and fully participate that just does not make sense. It's like saying that you hate smoking, and then going out and having a smoke.

Just a little two cents on something that I noticed...

 

[ibouncetoo]

Well I'll be darned. I learn something new everyday! I found a YouTube video and it looks most odd.

A bit like "The Music Man," and the think system.

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It is very Zen!

I'm sorry. I'll try to remember that

I love a smart-alec!

This remindes of one of my peeves....trip reports with NO PARAGRAPHS! I have to highlight a section at a time so I can keep my place.

: An apostrophe does NOT mean "Look out, there's an S coming!" !)

It pretty much does mean that when I'm typing

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The one thing I REALLY hate is when my fingers don't type the words my brain has sent to them.

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[ImprovGal]

So my DH & I went out to a resort in West Virginia last week, and one of the spa treatments was described as using "light touch and non-touch techniques". When I researched more about the treatment, evidently many of the "practioners" ascend to such capable heights as to be able to restore "universal healing life force" through these "non-touch" techniques. So.....you get to pay about $160 for 50 minutes of someone NOT TOUCHING YOU, but focusing on your life force.

Tell me that doesn't beat the hot rocks......

I only wonder when the DCL spas will figure this one out and add it to the menu!

"Therapeutic Touch" was debunked by 10 year old Emily Rosa for her 4th grade science fair project. Her paper was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

I've enjoyed reading everyone's pet peeves.

 

[RileyRoo]

A quick answer to the "I" vs. "me" debate:

Replace it with the corresponding plural pronoun...would you say, "The waiter was disrespectful to we."? No, you'd say, "The waitor was disrespectful to us." Thus, you would use "me" and not "I".

Moving on, my rant of the day: people who get offended beyond all belief when someone disagrees, and get all snippy because they HAVE to be right. Obviously this applies to all forums, but it especially bugs me here, which is a forum about FUN. I only recently started posting here because it's hard for me to bite my tongue when people are mean for no reason. Example: telling someone they are stupid and irresponsible because they don't see the need for a passport. After giving your opinion, why do you care if someone disagrees? How does it affect YOU if they choose to travel differently? I sometimes think these people are almost HOPING something goes wrong for the other person so they can say, "I told you so!!!"

 

[Perdita&Pongo]

I have so enjoyed this thread! Thanx to all the curmudgeons who have ranted.

I haven't laughed this hard since the "corn people" back in the day!!!

 

[GrumpyGoat]

Railfanning! You are obviously a train enthusiast (sp?) so is my DH. He has a 900 sq ft building for his layout.

I don't do no mini-trains... I play with the real thing.

I'm a volunteer at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, where I do a number of things. My primary job is editing the museum newsletter, but I'm also a train crew member, mechanical worker, janitor, furniture mover, docent, photographer and occasional cook's helper...

www.psrm.org

 

[dahuffy]

I don't do no mini-trains... I play with the real thing.

I'm a volunteer at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, where I do a number of things. My primary job is editing the museum newsletter, but I'm also a train crew member, mechanical worker, janitor, furniture mover, docent, photographer and occasional cook's helper...

www.psrm.org

Hubby has volunteered at the Oklahoma Rail Museum several times himself. He always enjoys his time there.

 

[cypressmom]

My biggest pet peeve is grammar - using "I" when it should be "me".

"The waiter was nice to the people at the other table, but he ignored my husband and I." UGH!!!!! Really? Would you also say, "He ignored I?"

And that goes waaaaaay beyond these boards.

Actually, DOPEYLUVER was correct and it is you who are wrong.

According to Oxford Dictionaries , I is the subject of a verb, while me is the object of a verb. A quick test is to rewrite the sentence without the additional noun.

In the example given by DOPEYLUVER, one would say "The waiter ignored me" (with me serving as the object of the verb ignored). Alternatively, to use I, one would have to say "I was ignored by the waiter" (where I is the subject of the sentence, which has been rewritten in the passive voice).

Sorry for the grammar lesson, but it is one my pet peeves as well...

I love this thread! I've steadfastly avoided it for a while now but it kept popping up and finally I had to see what it was all about. I have not laughed this hard in a LONG time, and it makes me feel indescribably better to know that I'm not the only one bothered by mannerless children, etc.

About "...and me" versus "...and I," DOPEYLUVER *is* correct. The easy way to test which pronoun should be used is to remove the other person/pronoun from the sentence and see if it still makes sense. For example, "My husband and I are going on a cruise for our honeymoon" versus "My husband and me are going on a cruise..." Take out "my husband" and look at the sentence; the one with "I" sounds right and therefore is correct (with a little verb adjustment, of course).

But "and I" is not always correct - consider something like "Lyzzbethhe is coming to Golden Mickeys with Kynydy and I." Take out Kynydy and you're left with "...with I." 'Nuff said.

And if you don't want to believe me, will you believe the Oxford Dictionary? http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/grammartipiorme

Another peeve (and I apologize for namelessly calling out a fellow Curmudgeon) is the rampant misuse of apostrophe-S. As I once saw on Facebook, I think: An apostrophe does NOT mean "Look out, there's an S coming!" (And a big DITTO on the your/their/to misuse. When it's your native language, there really isn't any reason to get this wrong.)

Finally, I think the whole bit about adding an S to things like Palo is a regional thing - upper Midwest, specifically. Can't explain it, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is. Drives me nuts, too, though.

(And yes, actually, I am an English major and a grammar nerd...please don't flame me!)

It's "They were disrespectful to my husband and me." Take out "my husband" and see what you would say. It would be "They were disrespectful to me" not "They were disrespectful to I."

Now "My husband and me went to the race" is not proper grammar - take out "my husband" and you get "Me went to the race." THAT should be "My husband and I."

A quick answer to the "I" vs. "me" debate:

Replace it with the corresponding plural pronoun...would you say, "The waiter was disrespectful to we."? No, you'd say, "The waitor was disrespectful to us." Thus, you would use "me" and not "I".

Moving on, my rant of the day: people who get offended beyond all belief when someone disagrees, and get all snippy because they HAVE to be right. Obviously this applies to all forums, but it especially bugs me here, which is a forum about FUN. I only recently started posting here because it's hard for me to bite my tongue when people are mean for no reason. Example: telling someone they are stupid and irresponsible because they don't see the need for a passport. After giving your opinion, why do you care if someone disagrees? How does it affect YOU if they choose to travel differently? I sometimes think these people are almost HOPING something goes wrong for the other person so they can say, "I told you so!!!"

THANK YOU!! You have restored my faith! I thought for sure that no one used I/me correctly.

Like Aan1701, people look at me when I am correct, because they are so used to hearing people get it wrong. Are teachers actually teaching it that way these days?

 

[yargrnhoj]

I apologize for getting regional for a moment. IlliniAmy, I see you're in Chicago? Would you be referring to people saying they are going to Jewels by any chance instead of Jewel?

(It drives me nuts.)

Any why, oh, why, do Chicagoans refer to it as "the Jewel"? "I am going to The Jewel to pick up some pop, you need anything?" "I have to stop at The Jewel on the way home". Like it is some specific place they are going to, not some place on every street corner.

I never hear them say "the Dominicks" or "the Sears".

(I say them because I am not a "man of Chicago" even though I have lived there 12 years now.... When people ask "Cubs or Sox", I say 'neither')

 

[uscgrl93]

THANK YOU!! You have restored my faith! I thought for sure that no one used I/me correctly.

Like Aan1701, people look at me when I am correct, because they are so used to hearing people get it wrong. Are teachers actually teaching it that way these days?

I don't think the teachers are teaching it incorrectly, I think many people just think it "sounds" correct. Same issue with the word "myself." If anyone watches reality television, count how many times that word is used incorrectly!

 

[BelleProfHP]

Sorry I never doubt teachers but this is one I remember from my AP english test. I remember it so clearly as I was confused up to the time of the test. So my AP English teacher and I sat down for about 2 hours the day before the test and it was about this topic. This was on my AP English test and I had to make sure I did not forget when using terms like my friends and I and such. If I had put as my answer my friends and me or my parents and me insted of my parents and I, I would have gotten those parts of the exam wrong. I did score perfect on the test thanks to my teacher. So that is my understanding.

Despite your rememberance you are still incorrect. The question is whether the multi-noun phrase is the subject or the object of the verb. If it is the subject, then YES, one must say "My friends and I" as in, My friends and I are curmudgeons. However, if it is the object, one must say "my friends and me", as in Why did that strange man shout at my friends and me? It's our vacation!.

Congrats though on the 5 on the AP Lang exam (I am assuming by "perfect score", you mean a 5, not as in you answered every question correctly and got 9s on each of your essays). The essays especially can be brutal at the end when you're just ready to be done.

<snip> And if you don't want to believe me, will you believe the Oxford Dictionary? http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/grammartipiorme

Another peeve (and I apologize for namelessly calling out a fellow Curmudgeon) is the rampant misuse of apostrophe-S. As I once saw on Facebook, I think: An apostrophe does NOT mean "Look out, there's an S coming!" (And a big DITTO on the your/their/to misuse. When it's your native language, there really isn't any reason to get this wrong.)

Finally, I think the whole bit about adding an S to things like Palo is a regional thing - upper Midwest, specifically. Can't explain it, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is. Drives me nuts, too, though.

(And yes, actually, I am an English major and a grammar nerd...please don't flame me!)

Thank you for posting the link! I had done so previously, but it showed up as the same color as my font and so appeared to be just underlined.

The apostrophe S is a fairly common occurence down here in the South as well. I find myself doing it all the time, although less and less as I get older. And don't even get me started on their/there, your/you're, and to/too/two. Grrr...

Unless the practitioner is a short green puppet with pointed ears who can teach you to raise a spaceship out of a swamp it hardly seems worth it.

Yoda! YES!! (with apologies for the two exclamation points - please don't take points off of my IQ )

 

[girl_barrie]

Sarcasm doesn't travel well across the pond.....in both directions I might add


You can tell all of that from the pic of my kids? WOW.

Hey my kids are only allowed to participate in the above activities as long as I can do it too!

Sarcasm? Maybe....maybe not

Nope!! Not from your pic... my well-dressed Disney familiar whispered this in my ear while I focused during a "No-Touch, Hovering Hot Rock, Energy Balancing Treatment".

And I KNEW I heard big feet running in those hall at 2 a.m. with the kiddy feet!!! It was YOU!!!!

 

[aan1701]

Congrats though on the 5 on the AP Lang exam (I am assuming by "perfect score", you mean a 5, not as in you answered every question correctly and got 9s on each of your essays). The essays especially can be brutal at the end when you're just ready to be done.

I would really like this to die now. I did get perfect scores on my essays. Honestly I am not sure how, but I did. I took several AP exams in High School and passed all of them. I will say this, the English one made the Physics one look like simple math. That English one had me sweating big time. Now I think it is time to move onto other rants. Oh I got it. People who think they should not have a passport or insurance. I think you should have both.