Bring Your Daughter to Work Day

In a couple of my earlier posts I introduced you to “Carl, The Reefer Engineer” Carl has two daughters back home in Norway - not yet teenagers - but he is seeing the teenage influence coming on very soon.

Today, I got to spend more time with Carl and learn about the various HVAC and other systems of the ship. In connecting with Carl, I meet Chief Engineer Orvar from Sweden. He has a son and a daughter.

I asked them both, “How long they have been with Viking?” Carl has seven weeks with Viking, while Orvar has seven years. Their contracts are ten weeks on, ten weeks off. I asked them both “What they like to do with their free time when they are home?” They both laughed simultaneously - “Free time? We have young children.” They needn’t say more.

As we were talking in Orvar’s office, he got a phone call from Ester, his daughter. Ester is over the minimum age of 18 and is able to go to her father’s work onboard the Neptune. Ester consented to having a picture with her dad, for one of the crazy passenger’s onboard ship.

Thank you Ester. How cool would it be to go to work with your dad — Hawaii, Bora Bora, etc, etc?

Carl, Orvar, and Ester thank you for letting me spend a bit of time with you today.

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