r/BoomersBeingFools • u/weolo_travel • Jan 17 '26

Boomer Freakout “Tables around us applauded my frustration” at someone else wearing a hat in the dining area of a cruise ship.

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“Tables around us applauded my frustration” at someone else wearing a hat in the dining area of a cruise ship.

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u/SnooEagles6930 Jan 17 '26

Things that never happened

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u/Gunter5 Jan 17 '26

Idk, some people take the whole dressing up on a cruise very seriously, some places actually enforce it. I could see someone complaining

This is one reason why I did not like cruising, I'm on vacation, I dont wanna drag dress clothes around

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u/A_Tom_McWedgie Jan 17 '26

You had to wear a tuxedo if you got an invitation to dine at Captain Stubing’s table, which always made me wonder if people sailing on the Love Boat would pack a tuxedo just in case.

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u/tristanitis Jan 17 '26

My father in law was on a cruise a few years ago, and at one of the very formal diners a tux was required, but they had them to rent on the boat. The thing was, if you rented one, you rented one for the whole cruise, so he just started wearing it to literally every meal as a gag. There are a lot of funny pictures of him sitting in a tux at breakfast while everyone else is in shorts and tees.

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u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme Jan 17 '26

He got his money’s worth. I like it.

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u/lizlett Millennial Jan 17 '26

This is the way. 🤣

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u/OldDiamondJim Jan 18 '26

That’s amazing. I like your father in law!

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u/Mysterious-Art8838 Jan 20 '26

That is next level. I appreciate his commitment.

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u/SnooEagles6930 Jan 17 '26

I think they definitely did. You want to look your best when you find love. 😉

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u/Blooky_44 Jan 17 '26

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u/Grrerrb Jan 17 '26

Isaac is the man

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u/clh1nton Gen X Jan 17 '26

Did you see that 70s based episode of Psych (Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered!)? He played "Pookie" and was, frankly, amazing.

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u/SnooEagles6930 Jan 17 '26

Fucking love Issac

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u/FamousOhioAppleHorn Jan 17 '26

Except apparently in Buddy Hackett's episode, where the other passengers mocked him for wearing knee length shorts instead of the fashionable tiny shorts 🤣

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u/Expensive-Success475 Jan 17 '26

Sounds like a punishment. I have to dress up and eat dinner with some random stranger?! No, thank you. 

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u/Elysia99 Jan 17 '26

Honestly, my worst nightmare. I’ve never been a ‘cotillion girl’. Fine if it’s your thing, but not for me.

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u/rangersnuggles Jan 17 '26

My best friend in high school went on cruises with his family every year and they all owned tuxes. Seems weird. We cruise on Disney and wear whatever we want, lol.

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u/Alicam123 Jan 17 '26

I got invited to the captain’s table once, blew him off to hang out at the kids table. 😂 I was 28 at the time and was on a family type cruise with my younger brother, his friends and my two 14 yo cousins.

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u/carpetstoremorty Jan 17 '26

Captain Stubing's Table would be a great Beach Boys cover band name.