Okay I'll get us back on track with one instance I remember as a new-joiner on the Jumbo...
The ever-so-appetizing fruit tray was left in the cockpit untouched by all. Skipper in the left seat, me in the right. Long-haul across the Pacific for nearly 4-hrs into my stint I casually reach for the (one-and-only) banana in the fruit tray. Skipper continues to mind his own business - clearly unimpressed - so I dig in and consume my tropical fruit. Upon throwing the peel into the bin, Skipper turns to me in all seriousness and says, "You do know you must always offer the last piece of any single-piece-fruit on the fruit tray to the most senior crewmember on board." (Obviously referring to himself). I literally thought he was joking and I let out a loud chuckle - until I realized he was serious. I had to ask if he was kidding and he said he was not. Not a word mentioned after that.
As a Skipper now nobody has ever offered me any fruit. I certainly feel his pain.
Aloha!
