[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by dtennent

Thirty years ago, I had a boss who insisted on my calling into meetings when I was on vacation. Since I am a work hard, play hard type of person, we took up cruising. At that time, ship to shore calls were $10/minute. When I asked him for his credit card so that I could charge him for the call, he decided that they could live without me for 1-2 weeks. Now when I see everyone calling from the ship, I think what could be so important that it couldn't wait for a week? Okay, a death in the family, etc. I understand. But are there that many deaths affecting the passengers on the ship?

My family member won't suddenly be any less dead if they waited til I got home to tell me about it.