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Nightmare At Sea Reveals Who We Are

We’re living during a time of radical unpredictability that causes greater degrees of uncertainty than we’ve ever had to cope with in the past. Who we are at our core as individuals, governments, and businesses are being revealed by how we respond.

Being told you must get off the ship and get out of the country as soon as possible without providing assistance to do so would create a stressful situation for anyone, but it’s ten times worse for those who are the most vulnerable.

A “nightmare at sea,” was how The Sun Sentinel newspaper described my Amsterdam world cruise in an article on March 18th. I’ve included the link to the article, which is an accurate description of what has been happening on our ship for almost 2 weeks now. I never thought I would pay so much money to be treated so poorly.

https://www.havasunews.com/nation/nightmare-at-sea-cruise-line-forces-elderly-tourists-to-get/article_4ccc13da-6949-11ea-8ccc-43a19656926f.html

As I watched the behavior of my fellow passengers as the situation worsened, the unwillingness of Holland America to provide any assistance to the passengers they were abandoning in Australia with 4 days’ notice,  and lack of empathy shown by Captain Jonathan Mercer, I was reminded of the quote by Robert McKee that “True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure – the greater the pressure the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character’s essential nature.”

We’re living during a time of radical unpredictability that causes greater degrees of uncertainty than we’ve ever had to cope with in the past.  Who we are at our core as individuals, governments, and businesses are being revealed by how we respond.

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