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The rules already don’t really apply to billionaires. Put a billionaire out at sea on a yacht, and by golly, anything goes.
Giselle Azueta has some pretty wild stories of the kind of no-limits requests that superyacht crews get from billionaire owners.
Among some of the stranger requests that the 39-year-old crew mate has revealed include closely watching somebody eat to having a passenger ask a crew member to poop on a glass table.
Azueta is from Mexico and launched her career on superyachts a few years ago after a friend invited her to see one while they were working on board. Now she is in charge of the yacht’s interior and dealing with the deep-pocketed guests, per The New York Post:
“I am in charge of making all the purchases for the crew, the guest preference list, decoration purchases and guest amenities,” explains the head stewardess. “I love to plan the events and theme dinners! But I also have to supervise the laundry and housekeeping hostesses, as well as being in charge of the yacht’s administration and accounts.”
Besides that laundry list of duties, she also sometimes receives an odd request, and because the rule on yachts is that you can’t really say no unless it puts you or someone else at risk, she has to go along with it.
“On one occasion, a multimillionaire guest made a proposal that he would pay $10,000 to a crew member who defecated on top of a glass table while he lay under it,” recalled the woman without going into further detail.
That’s an easy-breezy R180 000, folks.
“A different guest made the request that he wanted one of the hostesses to be watching him at all times while he ate dinner,” continued Azueta, admitting that she actually took part in the request by standing in a corner watching her employer chow down.
The stewardess goes on to explain that no is a dirty word in the industry:
“You can never use the word ‘no’, in the industry, any request, no matter how strange, crazy or strange it may seem, is our duty to do so,” stated Azueta. “As long as it is not sexual or threatens the health or life of the crew.”
And that it is also tragically superficial out there:
“Superyacht owners also say that the crew has to match their yacht, they have to be as pretty as their yacht,” explained Azueta. “That’s why in this industry you see a lot of young people and beautiful [people], it is a requirement to be ‘fit’.”
The upside is that you become independent and financially well-off:
“You know yourself a lot since you spend a lot of time with yourself,” claimed Azueta adding that anyone looking to go into the industry should try it.
“It’s a very well-paid industry and it’s also a very superficial industry,” added Azueta. “But all the incredible places, the views, the sunsets, the friends and what do you do from different parts of the world, make it all worth it.”
As long as you have “sea legs” that is, otherwise, you’ll be hurling your innards all over the luxury amenities and stunning ocean vistas.
[source:newyorkpost]
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