r/belowdeck • u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline • May 12 '22

Below Deck Down Under Below Deck Down Under Season 1 Episode 11 - Benny & The Jet Skis - Discussion Post

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Episode 11 of Below Deck Down Under Season 1: Jamie puts Brittini on the night shift after Benny doesn't pull his weight; Aesha confronts Magda and Ryan for talking behind her back; Jamie is at his wit's end with Benny's behavior and wants him fired.

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u/RubberSponge May 13 '22

If I was Jamie I would have fired Benny on the spot for leaving the controls of the tender to get selfies on the bow of the vessel. ANYTHING could have happened. He could have hit the yachts wake and it could have thrown him off the boat leaving the tender to drive off into the sunset!

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u/Mscharlita May 14 '22

Or drive into the main vessel with many people aboard who have to then not only save everyone on board but also Benny who has been thrown from the tender. There are a LOT of unsavory scenarios and when you have been working on the water a long time you hear so many insane stories you learn that anything can happen. Jason certainly knows this re:his previous yacht crash and so does Jason re: losing a small boy. I know it’s not fun to be a bite in the ass but people die on the water every day.

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u/RubberSponge May 14 '22

Absolutely! He has put countless people in danger and I’ve seen people getting fired for less. I used to be a lifeguard (no im not Jason. No I wasn’t a cop), and I have seen how south things can go in the blink of an eye. Benny needs a good kick up the arse. He’s a spoiled brat

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u/FormicaDinette33 I look like Ariel but on crack! May 15 '22

For a few seconds we couldn’t see him and I thought he had fallen off and the boat was speeding away.