It’s time for another Below Deck Med recap. These charter guests are super annoying. Captain Sandy is also getting more annoying by the hour. I am also annoyed because it is hot as balls in the shack today. The air has been set to 67 for several days straight and it is currently 80 degrees in here. It’s impossible to stay hydrated, so my head, she is hurting. Poor Kiko is also hot from working his ass off in the kitchen and having a rough night. After a fantastic six course meal for twelve, he is really tanking this dinner service. It almost feels like story line.
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Somehow, everyone survives to see day two of this charter. Kiko is still beating himself about the dinner service the night before. So of course Sandy is rubbing salt in Kiko’s wounds. One of the charter guests randomly announces it is his birthday. So I guess Kiko will be expected to make a cake he did not buy provisions for. It seems the deck crew is also falling apart. Even Rob is on edge and he’s usually on top of things. Jessica suddenly can’t understand Bugsy’s accent. The charter guests food and drink requests are insane.
Sandy Has A Knack For Making A Bad Situation Worse
Sandy walks in on Jessica and Bugsy fighting. This is one hot mess of a charter. Sandy is so annoying. Bugsy is frustrated about the running of the interior. The birthday boy gets a Mariachi band for his dinner party. Sandy hovers over Kiko driving him nuts. The band is a lot of fun at least. The guests are happy with the food. It looks like this might be a better night. Until one of the vegans said he didn’t want any pasta. So just eat some air then. And the texture of the prawns is off. The vegan also complains that the cake is not vegan. The guests tell Sandy that dinner was “average.” This has to be story line.
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The guests prefer Bugsy to Hannah. While that is not shocking, what does shock me is that Bugsy hugs all the guests good night when they go to bed. That’s peculiar. Because Sandy moved the boat to a new location overnight, the deck crew has had to take the slide and water toys up and redeploy everything the next morning. Kiko is stressed and depressed about this charter. It’s effecting his cooking. Jessica needs to be shown how to replace a vacuum cleaner bag in the vacuum. It’s like everyone has been struck dumb. Also no one acknowledges the guests sitting at the breakfast table. Sandy wakes Bugsy up. Sandy says it seems like Hannah has checked out. She’s not wrong about that. But Sandy makes things worse.
Can We PUHLEASE Get These Guests Off The Boat?
Malia is thrilled she gets to drive the boat. Finally, we get to the dock to offload these fools. But not before the guests complain about the food and praise Bugsy. This doesn’t bode well for Hannah. Rumors are that Hannah gets fired on camera this season. Jess whines to Rob (in between making out) about Hannah. I just noticed this episode is 90 minutes long! That’s fine I guess because I really haven’t had much to say so far. This charter was one fuckup after another. Or more likely, Andy has tacked WWHL on to the show again.
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At the tip meeting, Sandy threatens to fire people. They got $15,000 in tips. That is probably the smallest tip of the season. Sandy calls Hannah to the aft deck for a lecture. Sandy is acting like she wants to fire Kiko! Is she on crack? Then Sandy lectures Kiko. With two charters left, she threatens to fire Kiko. That will never happen. Next week, it looks like Malia has to save idiots on jetskis. And yes it is WWHL tacked on again.
I’ve long disliked Hannah and I hate to say it but I think Captain Sandy is right that she’s disinterested and not really that into the job anymore. You can just feel it. And Bugs was asleep during that badly handled breakfast. It seems that the blame for that would be solely on Hannah since some of the breakfast had already been prepped and was sitting there unserved.
Cringy to see Rob continue to work over Jess when he had a girlfriend the whole time… total F-boy behavior.
As much as Sandy is a micromanager and that’s annoying, it’s nice to see that she teaches the deckhands how to drive the boat etc.
“Jessica suddenly can’t understand Bugsy’s accent” & “So just eat some air then”
You crack me up!
I just started watching and already want to punch Sandy. Captain Lee or Captain Mark never were so bothersome.
Sandy has turned into nails on a chalkboard for me. She’s never been my favorite, but after seeing Glenn be such an effective captain, that made me dislike her even more. I was literally screaming at the tv last night. She seeks out bad remarks from guests and drama between the crew. The whole episode she was literally walking the ship looking for crap where she could insert herself.
On Sailing Yacht, we would be like “YAY! A glimpse of Captain Mark being a captain!” On this franchise it’s more like “God why is this woman ruining every scene? Doesn’t she have a boat to drive or some maps to read or SOMETHING?”
Captain Sandy has a horrible management style, I wouldn’t cheer any manager acting like that.
Exactly!! Why is she always setting up the interior to fail?
Sandy shaking Kiko is impossible to watch. She needs some coaching on how to motivate people. Shame doesn’t motivate Sandy it makes you feel terrible .
*shaming
Agreed. Why does she not get that??? She drives me nuts.
Kiko is the most zen chef ever, but it is like Sandy’s goal to break him. Fuck you Sandy, you hovering micromanager.
As much as I dislike Bugsy, I would want her as chief stew but I’d watch my back. She is excellent on service.
Okay, if Bugsy takes Hannah’s place I will watch.
Sandy is the worst manager and makes things worse. Her statement the other wk was just nonsense. Their job is to please her not the guests ? If they please the guests she should be pleased. What an idiot.
Yes, Kiko is late but I doubt his food got that bad this one charter. All the other charters have been raving about it. These people are idiots.
What I do not understand is that these guests were praising Kiko and his food to his face. Than all of a sudden it’s bad and not up to par. I get that there was some issues (raw fish and breakfast), but don’t do the passive aggressive crap. I couldn’t work under the stress/pressure with Sandy hovering over me. She is micromanaging way too much. I’m confused, one of the guests kept wanting mushrooms but you are not happy about the food that was served?! I didn’t like the fact that Sandy thought it was beneath her to help take the food up. Stop yelling and just help out. Glenn would of totally grabbed the food without a problem. Those guests were not going to be happy regardless. I get why Hannah is coming off like she doesn’t care. I think when Bugs came on and Sandy was praising her that Hannah stopped caring. I’m not saying it’s right but I get it. I have a feeling Hannah will be leaving before the season is over and Bugs will take her place.
I don’t understand why Kiko, or any chef on board, doesn’t have an assistant… a sous chef. It seems like the single most important factor in a big tip is… the food. There are 3 stews, a bosun and 3 deckhands, and I’m sure at least 2 engineers in the engine room. I think a helper for Kiko is in order.
I’ve never understood that either. And another thing- Bugsy being such a Cu*& in the kitchen during service- I worked all sorts of food service for YEARS- from fine dining, to a lunch lady- I would never drop my dirty plates off and bark orders at the Chef! Geez- what was this, a charter of 8?
Poor guy he is cooking two completely different cuisines for every meal! No way he can do that himself, and esp with Sandy over his shoulder. This charter will break his spirit and that will break my heart. He def needs an assistant but if he cant get one than another crew member should be in there to give him a hand. Waking up Bugsy was fucked up too, Sandy woke her two hours early, and she did not complain once.
I never though Hannah was a great chief stew, you can see watching Malia, who the superior supervisor is. Even as young as she is, she is getting shit done and effectively but respectfully managing her crew. I love watching her.
I f’ing hate Capt Sandy now, it’s official. Pretty much always disliked her, but she is freaking awful.
Oddly, Hannah isn’t bothering me at all this season, and she usually does.
Aw Bugsy, is it really that hard to enunciate over the radio?
Finally no Pete! YAY!
I really like Malia.
If they do a show with Sandy, Bugsy, and Malia, I don’t think I would like it. Bugsy is really nice and an excellent stew, but she irritates for some reason. She’s too professional to be a hot mess on tv, and that’s partly why we watch the show.
Sorry bugsy is that girl in college that makes her life work something minuscule and then brags about her low goals while stabbing real ppl with actual goals 4 the best life in the back to achieve it lol
Exactly!! I like your description. It’s passive aggressiveness with a smile and over-the-top tablescape.
Two idiots on the vacuum bag leaving guests sitting UNACKNOWLEDGED for HOW LONG? That was what needed to be addressed by Sandy. Hannah definitely has CHECKED OUT. She is doing even less work and more whining than usual.
Sandy just does her best to stick her snout in that camera every chance she CAN CREATE. She is almost as good at creating problems with guests. (Notice how Captains Lee and Glenn are charming and respectful when guests invite them to dinner and Sandy hams it up and creates tension for stews and chef.
I hope when she watches back that she will see that NO CHEF would have made these people happy. Need proof? The fucking vegan sulked because the birthday cake wasn’t vegan. I have a friend who is a professional vegan-only baker and even SHE admits that vegan cakes are not as good as with eggs (and sometimes butter). What a dick! Everyone else — including the birthday boy — was supposed to have vegan cake to suit him! Prick.
When the guests complained about the food on the way out, I screamed, “Next time, stay home and eat each other!” Muthafuckas.
Late to the party but I just finished watching and omg Sandy is such a dick! I just love Kiko and this episode made me mad! I can’t stand Sandy and she is a shitty captain who just wants camera time. She’s a bigger asshole than Pete.
I would think that on a boat this size that there would be a bigger staff overall and accommodations to house them along with the same for guests if they are booking that many people per charter.
The kitchen should be big enough for more than one chef who is cooking for the staff in addition to the guests. So agree with those up thread who mentioned a sous chef. These guests were a total PITA. There should be in the charter contract extra charges for each additional guest over a certain limit. Also for each person who has a dietary restriction. The contract should clearly state that they are not to deviate from preference sheets and explain to incoming guests how this affects what provisions are ordered especially for their trip… not like they can run out and get extra ingredients. And that the chef is not a short order cook. Idk how one chef can even cook all the staff, and all the different meals plus the nonstop extra requests and ever fit a nap in, much less a decent amount of restorative sleep. And Sandy standing there micromanaging would prompt me to pick up a sharp knife to get her to stfu! She is literally nitpicking every single thing in every single department… who is driving the boat? You know that saying about one who is an expert of everything is actually a master of nothing? This is Sandy. She really has no clue what each individual crew members job is bc her job is to drive the boat and delegate the rest. The epic failures ultimately lie with her management skills. If the guests are really as rich as they portend to be, they would have their own butlers. (Carnival and Costa cruise lines even offer this if you book a suite FFS) If they charged more for all these ridiculous requests the boat could afford additional staff. I tend to think much is storyline which I am no longer buying. But I do think that most guests try to find something to bitch about in order to cheap out on the tip. I also think the majority of problems ALL originate with Sandy. She’s the one who hires the dickhands like Pete and others in the past. She encourages the guests dissatisfaction by asking leading questions when she should be in the wheelhouse UNSEEN like most captains. It’s not a love to hate situation watching her, it’s plain old hate! The heads of department are perfectly capable of managing their teams, although Sandy interferes in that too. Ughhh. I do think Hannah is over it, who wouldn’t be working with Sandy. They should also have a dedicated laundry person. Supposedly Sandy says Hannah was fired and Hannah says she quit. Who cares how it happened? IMO it was more likely a mutual decision. Sandy is the control freak that has to keep repeating that she fired her. Clearly Hannah was over it and moved on to a much happier life, so congratulations to Hannah! I won’t be watching another BD anything with Sandy on it ever again. I tune in for the travel porn since I am American from Texas and don’t know if I’ll ever be able to revisit any of these places or any new ones on my bucket list since we’ve been banned from everyone now.
Lastly, did I mention that I think Sandy is a stupid annoying cunt who is directly responsible for the shitty tips?! Oh and her taste level is tacky AF. Bravo needs to replace her. It’s not fun to watch her. If they can fire stassi and Hwives and turn around RHOA, this seems like a no brainer. JS
Rant over.
I love your rants. Maybe more paragraphs but still… LOVE.
I’m finishing the episode now. Sandy says something like “we have to please the guests.” Was it not an episode or two ago that you told the crew that you were the one who needed to be pleased. Sandy, you should not be calling anyone lazy, when you were stuck at the dock and you did nothing but stick your nose in and did not help (not this episode). I call that being a shitty captain.