Friday, October 16, 2009

Cruise Confidential's first knock-off

Jeez, I come back from vacation and find someone ripped off my entire book! They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. Well, I certainly hope so. True, my book has been out a year now, so that's enough time for a knock-off at half the length of mine. All griping aside, I hope he does well. Anyone who survives being a waiter on the high seas deserves some cred. Certainly I applaud anyone with the perseverance to write a book-length manuscript and self-publish. No doubt this book will corroborate some of the outrageous events narrated in my book. (For the record, please note that not a single cruise line crew member has ever, ever disagreed with a single item I wrote of). Further, there is obviously a lot of interest out there about this subject. My book, Cruise Confidential (Traveler's Tales, 2008) is now in its third printing.

But really, Mr. Spencer... Cruiseline Confidential? Talk about cheeky.
Here's the blurb he wrote about his own book:

Want to know what really happens behind the door marked 'Private - crew members only'
What do the crew get up to when they are off duty?
What do they get up to when they are ON duty?
What do they get up to with the passengers?
How do they 'earn' their tips?
For the first time it is all in print.
The memoirs the cruise companies didn't want you to see!!!

It is the personal memoir of my time working as a waiter on the S/S Oceanic which sailed from Cape Canaveral to The Bahamas. The waiters were the 'Kings' of the cruise ship. They worked hard, partied hardest, ate the best food, gambled the most, had the most sex and unlike rock stars we never took a day off to recover. Rehab for us was the next party! The best thing was the passengers never suspected a thing and they loved us!!!!!!

Sound familiar? For any so inclined, you can find it on Lulu.com.

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