Scenario: you are a worker on a cruise ship. Your floating home is currently ensconced in a maintenance period, where she is being prepared for a long voyage with highly demanding passengers. As everything for this voyage is expected to be perfect, and there is only one week to complete the necessary work, the ship is very busy (although there are no passengers), however, your department is basically just trying not to get in the way.
Your primary objective: go through your day to day life without walking in the wrong place, getting in the way, stepping on anyone, or stepping anywhere that you aren’t supposed to. Keep track of moving dining locations, meeting locations, water and power outages, and the joy of showering without any hot water. Attempt to look at least mildly presentable and remember which cabin you’re sleeping in.
Your secondary (daily) objective): obtain breakfast. Breakfast is located on the 8th deck of the ship, your current sleeping quarters are on deck 2. There are several routes, breakfast points will be awarded based on speed of completion. Breakfast opens at 6:30 and closes at 9:30, latecomers will not receive food. Proceed and good luck.
You can choose:
1) “down and up” (down to A-deck hallway, over and up through crew elevators to deck 8)
2) Main forward guest elevators
3) Main forward crew elevators
4) Main forward stairs
5) Mid-ship guest elevators
6) Mid-ship stairs
7) Aft guest elevators (access via port side corridor)
8) Aft guest elevators (access via starboard side corridor)
Please make your selection.
You choose:
Option 1? Sorry, your path is blocked by an unexpected flood, lots of people look rather frustrated and very wet. Plus there’s a lot of shop vac’s going, probably best to stay away from A-deck for a little bit.
Option 2? Sorry, those elevators are out of order. Maybe you should go with…
Option 3: Sorry, looks like those elevators are out of order too…looks like it’s stairs for you…but wait…
Option 4: oh-uh! Looks like you almost fell victim to the dreaded carpet glue goo! This stuff will stick you to the floor in seconds and nearly tear the bottoms off your shoes! Looks like you can’t go this way!
Option 5: Silly player! what made you think these elevators would be working? we told you to take the stairs!
Option 6: Great looks like these stairs are clear! Oh wait, you get up one deck and then hit another patch of glue goo. Plus there’s a lot of contractors looking very intent about putting carpet on top of that glue goo…maybe you’d better try
Option 7: Oh dear, that corridor is completely filled with workers, and machines, and what looks like maybe electrical wires hanging from the ceiling. No way you’re going to be able to squeeze down there without getting squashed…best keep looking!
Option 8: Oh no! This corridor is blocked by two workers and a ladder! Wait, looks like there’s a little tiny bit of space between the ladder and the wall! If you hold your breath you should be able to squish through it!
Eureka! You’ve made it through! You have a clear shot to the aft deck elevators and they’re working!
Achievement unlocked: Scrambled Eggs
Congratulations! You have obtained breakfast! Enjoy those eggs, you’re going to have to go through the whole thing again at lunch!