I'm not sure if it was me who voiced this issue, but I have noticed this, and it is disturbing. It does not matter that I don't have anyone working in the shipping line.
On a flight to Goa recently, an exhausted looking man was sitting next to us. It turned out that he was a shippie returning home after a marathon journey, long lay overs, convoluted routes, forgotten mobile at one of the numerous security checks. The poor man had sat in the wrong seat because he had read the wrong boarding pass; he had a handful of them. He told us that the company rejected any request to book him on a better route. He was headed to Quepem and was supposed to call his brother. He didn't mind losing his phone of course but he was supposed to call his brother, who was to meet him. That was my brush with a Goan shippie returning home. Angela Ferrao On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> wrote: > Roland is not wrong on this. In fact, just a few days back someone was > pointing it out to me (was it Angela Ferrao?) I too had wondered about this > trend, but admittedly it struck home when we discussed it. You don't expect > young men in their 40s, 30s or even 20s reaching the obituary columns with > one case approximately every two or three months! > > This does seem strange... FN > > > On 16 February 2014 04:38, roland.francis <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Please read the obit columns of the Herald for any 2 week to one month >> period for elucidation. >> >> Roland. >> >> >> Sent from Samsung Mobile >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: E DeSousa <[email protected]> >> Date: 15-02-2014 9:24 AM (GMT-05:00) >> To: "estb. 1994! Goa's premiere mailing list" <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goan Shippies Deaths >> >> Roland Francis writes: >> Anybody know how Goan crew on cruiseliners are dying in droves?? >> >> What is the cause of death of so many young men about whom >> g men? >> >> Comment: >> >> Please provide supporting data. >> >> Regards, >> >> E. >> > > > > -- > FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 > Blog: The View From My Window http://wp.me/1c1F > About.me: http://about.me/noronhafrederick > Goa,1556: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2 > -- Check out my portfolio on https://www.facebook.com/Ferraodesigns www.coroflot.com/angfer
