04-02-2005, 05:12 PM
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Cruise Line Sued for 'Unsanitary' Cruise
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A California woman and her son have sued cruise operator Holland America Line for unspecified damages after getting sick on a cruise where they said toilets overflowed and crew members were seen with prostitutes at ports of call.
Bernice Oltman, 81, and her son, Jack Oltman, whose age was not given, said they took a trip on Holland America Line's cruise ship Amsterdam from Valparaiso, Chile to San Diego, California, in March 2004, where they said they encountered unprofessional staff and unsanitary conditions.
"Not long into the cruise, the toilets on lower decks overflowed several times," the Oltmans said in their lawsuit, filed in King County District Court in Washington state on Wednesday.
The Oltmans, who paid $4,642.06 for the cruise, said it took crew members 15 hours to clean up the mess, which "created incredibly unsanitary conditions on board, separate and apart from a piercing stench."
Seattle-based Holland America, a subsidiary of Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise operator, declined to comment on the lawsuit.
The Oltmans said they suffered from a gastrointestinal illness, and also saw crew members eating directly from buffet platters.
"During the scheduled stop in Ecuador, Jack Oltman noticed some crew members openly associating with prostitutes," the lawsuit said.
The Oltmans said they expected to be compensated by Holland America for pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of earnings, legal fees and medical expenses, including a colonoscopy and hemorrhoid surgery, the lawsuit said.
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04-02-2005, 05:15 PM
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PinkyAppleBuns
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Man I would have sued thier asses too, paying all that money and you have tiolets overflowing like that and it took 15 hours to clean it up, just ewwwwwwwww 
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04-02-2005, 07:13 PM
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Got Lines?
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Ditto!! 
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04-02-2005, 09:46 PM
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Alrighty then.
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Originally Posted by rain
"During the scheduled stop in Ecuador, Jack Oltman noticed some crew members openly associating with prostitutes," the lawsuit said.
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That one raises some red flags. It is quite frankly none of their business what the crew members do with or without prostitutes. It should no be in a complaint about sainitation unless they are like having sex on the dinner tables or using dining utensils for something wierd or something like that. If the crew wants to risk their own bodies having sex with whores that is their matter; since STD's are only tranferable through sexual contact it is only a sanitation issue if you are screwing the crew.
I see something like that and it just makes me question the whole complaint. It could be that there were real issues going on...or it could be that we have a couple of people that spent so much time and effort complaining and getting worked up about stuff (some of it not even any concern of theirs) that they completely ruined their own trip and want to place blame elsewhere like such types invariably do.
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04-04-2005, 02:33 AM
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Just a little folker...
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Originally Posted by rain
SEATTLE (Reuters)
"Not long into the cruise, the toilets on lower decks overflowed several times,"
The Oltmans said they expected to be compensated by Holland America for pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of earnings, legal fees and medical expenses, including a colonoscopy and hemorrhoid surgery, the lawsuit said.
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Ok.. I can hear it now... "... the toilet overflowed and it gave me hemorrhoids!!" I just have to say it... wipe your ass and that lump might disappear...
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04-04-2005, 08:12 AM
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Local Artist
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LOL nice one
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04-04-2005, 06:08 PM
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Famous Artist
Join Date: Feb 2005
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sounds like my kinda of cruise ship.. and why the hell is an 81 year old lady going on a cruise with her son.. whats a matter with the son??
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