cruise, or nursing home
About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise
through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess
liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting
alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main
dining room. I also noticed that all the staff, ships
officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very
familiar with this lady.
I asked our waiter who the lady was, expecting to be
told that she owned the line, but he said he only knew
that she had been on board for the last four cruises,
back to back.
As we left the dining room one evening I caught her
eye and stopped to say hello. We chatted and I said,
"I understand you've been on this ship for the last
four cruises". She replied, "Yes, that's true." I
stated, "I don't understand" and she replied, without
a pause, "It's cheaper than a nursing home".
So, there will be no nursing home in my future. When
I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a Princess
Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is
$200 per day. I have checked on reservations at
Princess and I can get a long term discount and senior
discount price of $135 per day. That leaves $65 a day
for:
1. Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.
2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I can
waddle to the
restaurant, or I can have room service (which means I
can have breakfast in bed every day of the week).
3. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a
workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows every
night.
4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free
soap and shampoo.
5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a
patient. An extra $5
worth of tips will have the entire staff scrambling to
help you.
6. I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days.
7. T.V. broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to
have the mattress replaced? No Problem! They will fix
everything and apologize for your inconvenience.
8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't
even have to ask for them.
9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip
you are on Medicare; if you fall and break a hip on
the Princess ship they will upgrade you to a suite for
the rest of your life.
Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South
America, the Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New
Zealand, Asia, or name where you want to go? Princess
will have a ship ready to go. So don't look for me in
a nursing home, just call shore to ship.
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