I'll Make a Toast to That !....
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Originally Posted by
HUMPHREYS CAHRLES
I was on the sa.vaal early seventies , rating toast boy yea made toast all day sad eh!
Hi Charles.Do you know I’ve learned more about the MN on this site,than I ever did in 20 years, at sea,especially since I was not a passenger ship man,and therefore didn’t really know what all their many ranks or ratings were.
‘Toast Boy’…how demeaning is that?…not an official rating surely !.
Don’t get me wrong,I’m not scorning it ,I’m just amazed and saddened that someone who goes to sea had the job of doing that all day. It just shows you that passenger ships were down by the head with catering/hotel staff,in those days; no-one must have heard of multitasking,let alone practised it.
I wonder if even the Captain knew he had a ‘Toast Boy’ signed on his vessel.?:eek:
It must have been awful for you to be asked what did you do at sea., and give the reply “ I made toast all day “.
Please don’t think I’m snobbish (I’m not),but…. Toast Boy ?
Yes I know you were probably officially signed on as eighth junior galley boy or something ..but to just…….make toast?
No wonder the rot set in for the over staffed catering crews of passenger liners in the sixties..
As you can tell I’m a bit gob-smacked !
(And I bet you just hate the sight of toast now…. don‘t you?...go on,admit it,you do.:D
All the Best ;)
Gulliver
P.S. Just thought I’d attach the following You Tube Video…..it’s taken on a whole new meaning for me now !
VIDEO - TOAST
bobby west, utility stewart.1968,to 1970
was on the vaal for a few trips,remember when the guy went overboard,was on the night gang when it happend,worked with little paddy from wexford,anyone remember him?.