Inside Life on the Crew Decks on Coronavirus-Stricken Diamond Princess Cruise Ship; Of the 1,045 crew members on the Diamond Princess, around half, like Gie and Obet, are from the Philippines

Inside Life on the Crew Decks on Coronavirus-Stricken Diamond Princess Cruise Ship
Hillary Leung 17 Feb 2020

Thank you notes to crew in multiple languages are stuck to the door of a cabin aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess ship.Sent to TIME via Gie, a Diamond Princess crew member
Three times a day, Gie and her team push a convoy of dining carts through the corridors of the quarantined luxury cruise ship Diamond Princess. Wearing face masks and gloves, they stop at occupied rooms, greeting passengers and delivering meals before moving on to the next deck.

The task runs like clockwork — crew members offload appetizers, the main course, drinks and utensils, largely in that order. (Sometimes, there’s dessert.) But lately, something often interrupts their flow: The thank you notes stuck on many cabin doors, written by passengers and addressed to the crew.

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