{"id":24384,"date":"2019-09-22T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T16:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=24384"},"modified":"2019-09-21T20:40:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T00:40:31","slug":"scale-under-the-floor-of-a-cruise-ship-cabin-to-reduce-buffet-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/22\/scale-under-the-floor-of-a-cruise-ship-cabin-to-reduce-buffet-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Scale under the floor of a cruise ship cabin to reduce buffet consumption?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The biggest and best helicopter tour operators have scales hidden underneath the floor at the customer service counter. Thus they’re able to quickly capture passenger weights, oftentimes without the customers being aware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about the same technology for cruise ship cabins? Put a scale near the door and a display so that the passenger can see his or her current weight. This could reduce costs since a passenger who realized that he or she was gaining 0.5 lbs. per day could cut back at the buffet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(On our recent Northwest Passage cruise on Hurtigruten, there was no scale in the room and also none in the (small) gym. Due to the challenges of resupplying in the High Arctic combined presumably with people pigging out, the ship ran out of a bunch of items prior to the end of the trip. The poor crew had to go 10 days without fresh fruit. The Germans were not happy that the yogurt had run out.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of our food temptations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n