After Marilyn Jones’ husband of 55 years, Robert Jones, died of a heart attack Aug. 15 onboard the Celebrity Equinox, his body was stored for nearly a week inside a walk-in cooler normally used for beverages instead of a properly chilled morgue as she was promised, according to the federal lawsuit filed in Florida.
Thursday, April 27, 2023
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So cruise ships are supposed to come equipped w/ morgues?! I hope this family loses a family member on an African safari!
ReplyDeleteDave, I believe Cunard and P&O have freezer designated to be used for that purpose if necesssary.
DeleteMommy, mommy why is daddy so green? Shut up and keep digging.
ReplyDeleteHe was stored in the cooler behind the cases of Bud Light. That's why he wasn't found sooner.
ReplyDeleteBetter question: "Why does this beverage taste like a corpse?"
ReplyDeleteBodies change color no matter what is done to preserve them. And if you think just chilling one will preserve a body to 'normal' flesh tones you don't know much about decomposition. Probably should spend some time over at the youtube channel 'Ask A Mortician'. Quite illuminating!
ReplyDeleteI think I'll skip that channel. I'm not being judgemental, just personal preference.
DeleteAt my grandfather's (mother's side) funeral I had an uncle on my father's side (by marriage, don't know if that's worse or not) corner my cousin and give some details about embalming. So there's my cousin at about 12 hears old, looking at his grandfather in the casket and being told about the process of him being put there. That guy almost got his ass kicked right there. We have lots of stories in my family about this uncle.
Just ask yourself, why does the funeral home have someone come in every morning and walk around and sniff near every casket, to see if they detect any off smell? Or you can check how the embalm bodies but I don't recommend it.
ReplyDeleteI do think that it is not unreasonable for a cruise ship that carries up to 6,000 passengers for a week who often are older, maybe in their 70's or 80's, to have a morgue. In one year, it is likely that they have more than one person who dies on board, while at sea. And while it sounds like a person who has their spouse die on a week long cruise would want to fly them back home, no doubt that would be an expensive proposition. And most people who go on cruises are probably not wealthy, but just working class folks who have saved up a long time to take a cruise of a lifetime. After retirement and in celebration of a long career, which now has been cut short by the death of one of the spouses. I know that I would want to get the body of my spouse home, and not play blackjack or bingo or whatever. Then again, you might just as well start looking for a new bed warmer, I guess. You have the rest of the cruise to mingle, and half of your room is now free.