Y’all I never watch all the episodes that lead up to the new Bravo shows. I’m in a weird but good headspace today. Lots of my stressors were resolved today. For some reason I sort of watched season one of Below Deck Med. I think Captain Mark was given a bum rap, even from me. We wanted Captain Lee. There is no one who can come in a be another Captain Lee. We didn’t give him a chance. I had forgotten how big of an asshole Bobby and Bryan were! The bullying of Danny was disgusting and Captain Mark firing his was wrong. I’m watching the finale while doing setups. And it’s really disgusting how the deckhands behaved. Anyway, off to the show.
It’s 8:05 and I already want to go to bed. I feel like I have run a marathon and in actuality only handled some online business. I is old. But let’s get on with it. 🙂 Somehow I am already behind. I was on the phone with someone and it got contentious. The good news is that the IRS finally released my overpayment. The bad news is someone seems to think it is easier to hire a tax attorney to do it. It’s not. Once you do all the things to have them do it, you might as well just do it yourself. Sorry, I’m in a pissy mood now, And I actually had another good day today. Le sigh. I am trying not to let that get messed up. Everything turned out well. I’m not here for ridiculous lectures about how tax attorneys are so great. They are not. I have had several. Might as well do it myself, sorry I just got off the phone and I am furious with my friend.
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Oh! I missed the whole part about where there is new stew coming on board. Lexi is pissed. So the new stew/deckhand, Courtney, has never been a Stew before? So how is she a stew/deckhand? She seems nice and willing though. I’m in a shitty mood now and just want to go to bed. Lexi is a cunt. I can’t believe how likeable Malia is this season. She is really good at her job. The guests are all women and the deck guys are really into them. Matthew suddenly burns his hands. He is working with one hand . Doctor is called. Chef Mat is trying to power through. But, Mat is doing all he can. He is still getting the dishes out. The guests love his food. The new girl is catching on quickly.
Rough Waters Ahead
Maureen, the unicorn float is given a fond farewell. Into the ocean to contribute to pollution. The stews hate the new stew. They are such bitches. They all have to start somewhere. Are they really firing her? This is ridiculous. She’s the laundry girl. She is doing laundry. Why are they being so mean to someone who is helping them out? The weather gets really bad. And there it ends. I am going to bed. It’s been a weird day that ended on a very bad note. Night all.
Muchlike me, the guests are sleepy. Then we find out that you cannot have both sexes in the same cabin. How dumb is that? Somehow, they rearrange it all to work out. Why can’t they just pretend the situation was changed? Half of them sleep together anyway?
I agree that Bryan was an asshole bully who abused his power, but I don’t think Bobby was that bad other than being super annoying. Daniel totally deserved to get fired. He was so disrespectful of the crew and totally crossed every line in regards to interacting with the guests and rarely did his job without attitude. I only wish he had been fired sooner. Just my opinion.
I think Lexi is loving having Delaney on board, now she is able to tell someone what to do, how to do it and when to do it. Delaney is the new Cinderella. I think all the commotion is about the cabin situation, everyone is complaining about the change in their cabins, cabin mates and they are speaking it out loud then it gets down to Katie who has an anxiety issues and it’s all getting to her, she doesn’t like knowing everyone is unhappy, basically it is because Lexi is exactly what Katie called her, lazy. If it wasn’t for her things would be good and I guess it’s a reflection on Katie, the deck guys don’t like the cabin change, plus they will be splitting the tip. Oh I was so hoping that the female charter guest from the last trip would have complained about Lexi walking in on her, nothing was said about that, any other season people would be getting fired left right and center. She (Lexi) was complaining about how she wanted to be doing service and when she is given the chance to serve, she’s still downstairs while guests are upstairs waiting for someone to come. Oh and I have one last thing to say, why is this Marten who is Chief Officer kept behind the scenes, I did notice him when they were thinking about having to get another chef but only for a brief moment, but he is a good looking guy, why is he getting no camera time??? Okay now I will wait for you all to come in so I can read all your comments. Stay safe out there everyone. I see the pictures on the news and its terrible. I’m in Canada so I’m dreading the snow which could come at any given moment, that’s just the way it is here. Thinking about you all.
HUGS from Oregon USA! Liked your whole comment’s! Love Canada what part of the north are you at? ( Vacation in in 77 up coast to Ketchikan AK)
I’m in Toronto, Ontario. How’s your weather there?
He is allegedly dating Malia…don’t screw the crew
There are two engineers and a chief officer on the boats but they are well trained professionals. If you notice at the beginning of the season Captain Lee or Sandy will introduce them briefly. I think they are more interested in working than being on reality television. Marten worked for Sandy last year, when Hannah was fired I am pretty sure he was there.
I am in awe that Mat burned his hands so badly and just kept going! His fingertips looked black? I m hope the doctor gave him so serious antibiotics and pain meds.
Didn’t Adrian the chef and Laura room together season’s ago? She didn’t like rooming with him and finally told him of the things he said that made her uncomfortable. So NOW you can’t room together boy/girl? Or is this production trying to cause a stir? Personally I wouldnt want to room with a single man, but that’s just me. Katie is too high strung imo to be a chief stew! The deck crew is meh… this show has lost its shine, since Hannah was fired, besides no one will ever compare to Captain Lee, so bring on the original and just scratch below deck med…. !
Also Kate Chastain & English guy ( forgot name) bunked together! SMF just production drama?
I think Sandy said the ship owners made the rule that members of the opposite sex can’t share a cabin. I’m not sure what sense it makes but I’m pretty sure that’s what she said. Maybe the yacht is owned by a very religious group.
It’s a strange rule considering they don’t mind the crew going out getting wasted, and then hopping into the hot tub and all the antics they get into on the yacht, you would think they would have strict rules about that, if something were to happen on the boat the owner/ manager would be held responsible.
You’re right about that!
Yes they said the owners of the boat said only couples can bunk together, because it is an insurance thing. I think I have heard that the boats owners gets final say, so it really could be true.
Last year Malia and Tom bunked together also.
The boat owners said that members of the opposite sex could share a cabin if they were a couple.
Sandy has absolutely no respect for her interior crew, especially her chief stew. Katie wanted to get rid of Lexi and Sandy wouldn’t let her. Sandy brings on an inexperienced stew, tells Katie it’s up to her whether she wants to keep her & then doesn’t want to let Katie get rid of her. I like Malia this season — mostly because she’s not spending every waking moment with Sandy. I just wish this would be Sandy’s last season.
Yawns last season. I wish she would leave of her on accord but she is a Vicki G O.C. klingon. Not a chance. Most likely another pirate scenario would have to take place but I’m sure she would micro manage & steal screen time from them as well. She is tiresome uncouth & constantly using the same word( passion ) over & over. Could Bravo retrieve the dictionary from Theresa on RHONJ & regift to Yawn ? Tre is definitely not utilising it !
Katie is good at the job of being a stew, I think, but she’s an inept manager. She’s frazzled and in over head. Where is Kate to whip these girls into shape? Katie clearly can’t do it.
I think the reason Katie is so frazzled is because she has no support from the Captain. She should be able to make staffing decisions but, instead is forced to keep Lexi who should have been gone after the first charter.
Bingo! That’s exactly the way I see it.
100 percent ! She has no leader or leadership support. Yawn is to busy letting the others park the car in Harvard Yard !
exactly. It is hard to be a good manager, especially if you are young and nice. Katie is not ready to manage people. Why on earth would she want to fire Delaney? Because moving bunks is too hard? She put her head down and is working like crazy. Lexi should have been gone 5 episodes ago, people have been fired for far less. If Katie stepped up she would be respected as Malia is.
I am in the northeast, and feel so badly for what everyone is going through down south, I hope you all are okay.
The only person who is making out in this is lazy Lexi. She now has someone to do all the work she should be doing but isn’t.
She’s so arrogant and using Delaney to do all her work. They wouldn’t need a deckhand learning to be a stew to tail Lexi if that horrid Lexi would actually do her job…
The reason that Delaney is there is because Lexi isn’t doing her job because Lexi thinks she is above everyone else and resents doing laundry, making beds, cleaning cabins – you know, like her job! Everyone knows D was brought on because of L which is where the anger is coming from. Watching L eat chips & nap while D did her work was infuriating. No one likes unlikeable L who does nothing to reverse that. Surprised her nose doesn’t bleed considering how high above of everyone else she thinks she is. Bad attitude, lazy, entitled. Sandy has no respect for the interior – she thinks they are just waitresses/maids compared to the exterior. I’m sure she watches the show so why she would think that is beyond me. Both are equally important to a charter but if the captain thinks otherwise, how do you fight that. I think Katie is extremely capable at her job but it’s hard to do your best work with a dead weight around your neck.
So much yes ^^^ to this. You know what? All of us who’ve done it were above it but we did it, most of us without the huge tips.
RE: Captain Mark season. Danny should have been canned after his first infraction. He was lazy and used his “job” for his instagram. He wasn’t bullied. If you take a job where you are supposed to work and follow directions and actually act like a team member and then don’t do any of it, you get what you have coming to you.
Captain Mark is cool af
Future Captain Lee silver fox & stud of the sea in training. Love his entire vibe. Down to earth & one of the nicest guys too ! I love nice more than anything. Anyone can be beautiful ( CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FACE its genetics not you dumb beauty ) but it takes as much effort to be nice as it does being mean. Also less wrinkles heart disease & longer life span
I know I’m a geek. Love you all anyways.. # Rant over
I liked Captain Mark too.
The IRS. LeSigh. The one time we overpaid we filled in the form and suddenly the IRS thought we owed them that amount. No, we overpaid. It took so long to get it sorted. Even worse was the stimulus check and debit card that my husband refused to cash or use. The IRS were bastards about it.
I’ve been watching on onDemand and they have the week later episodes. Peacock does too. I don’t spoil it for anyone.
I dislike Lexi but the real problem is spineless Katie. I hate to say that because she seems like a nice person but she’s not a leader. There’s no way Kate or Hannah would’ve tolerated Lexi’s crap for even 1 charter let alone an entire season. I also don’t understand Katie’s decision to Delaney to be trained by Lexi.
Here is a basic recap.
They were only allowed to quarantine two people this season. The have Chef Luka in quarantine and Delaney as a deck/stew so that she could fit wherever she is needed. However she mostly worked on deck on smaller boats where they also served basic amenities Costco platters, canned drinks, which is a totally different beast to the white glove dinner service that they do on this boat.
Another example of a deck/stew would be Izzy on the last season of BD where she had light experience with interior but also experience on exterior. Also Cierra from BDSY season 1.
Delaney does not have true experience working in service but I guess either her or the producers thought her minimum experience would be okay to put on her resume. Since being outside requires more prior knowledge than working inside.
Matt burns his hand, the doctor comes and puts cream on it. It seems to be healing. I am happy he was still able to finish dinner service. The ladies who had preference sheets with different food restrictions were all pleased with lunch and dinner. He did more family style platters so they can just choose what they want to eat.
The guests had a party where they put on a body suit and gave David a lap dance.
Katie realizes Delaney doesn’t know much so she mostly does some laundry and shadows Lexi cleaning or serving.
Delaney had no problem sharing with Matthew and . However the boats owners said for insurance reasons males and females can only share with the same gender unless they are a couple. For the rest of this charter Matthew will share with the Chief officer Marten and Delaney will have the cabin to herself. However when they get back to shore they will have to reshuffle because Marten is supposed to have a cabin to himself. The entire swap is confusing so I will just list it at the bottom.
As the crew found out most of them were upset they would have to move. They were all complaining to Katie that they did not want to move. Katie was going to just let Delaney go to avoid moving everyone around and since Delaney wasn’t that great of a stew, she thought the con of moving everyone wasn’t worth the pro which is a stew that can’t do much. Under the stress Katie became physically sick and threw up. Delaney told Katie she thinks she deserves to prove herself until the end of charter. The crew are also upset their tip will have to be divided for one more person. Honestly they only have 3 charters left which is a week and a half just switch cabins, although I would still be upset about the tip.
I found the room situation confusing but here is the breakdown.
Before Delaney:
Cabin A (3 beds) : Lloyd & Mzi
Cabin B (2 beds) : Matthew & David
Cabin C (2 beds) : Malia & Courtney
Cabin D (2 beds) : Katie & Lexi
In preparation for Delaney coming. David moved to Cabin A so that Delaney could share B with Matthew.
Proposed Swap:
Cabin A (3 beds) : Delaney, Lexi, & Courtney
Cabin B (2 beds) : Matthew & David
Cabin C (2 beds) : Malia & Katie
Cabin D (2 beds) : Lloyd & Mzi
Great season. Yawn yelling at Malia was cringe worthy. Does Cruella yell at her 101 dalmations
Cruella. You just know she has a spotted coat hidden away.