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Life Working on a Cruise Ship (THE TRUTH😭) #shorts

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👁️ 167K views📅 4 months ago⏱️ 0:39

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Editorial Summary

Alli reflects on her past experiences working on cruise ships and compares the profession to a toxic relationship. She explains that while she enjoys the aspects of traveling and performing for a living, the drawbacks often outweigh the benefits. The creator notes that the job involves significant mental trauma, complex ship politics, and physical strain on the body. She uses an analogy of a relationship that ended three times to illustrate the cycle of wanting to return to the lifestyle despite knowing it is not healthy. Ultimately, she concludes that the profession is not worth the long term costs. She states that she has no intention of returning to work on cruise ships in the future.

Written by TripBacon from this video's transcript.

What This Creator Said
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Creator's Key Takeaways

Do I absolutely love traveling and performing for a living? Yes.

But is it worth the long-term mental trauma, cruise ship politics, and literally breaking my body? Sometimes debatable, but 99% of the time, no.

Yeah, so long story short, working on cruise ships, similar to my ex, I will not be going back.

Creator's Tips & Advice

Write things down to remind yourself of negative experiences.

Questions This Creator Answers

QDo I miss working on cruise ships?

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