Up the gangway part 4
I remember dumping stores straight into the ocean on both ships. 20 kilo of T-bone steak, other meat, several boxes of frozen fish and nearly 50 kilo of frozen vegetables. One time we had enough eggs to last over 6 months. Most of them went over the side. It had to be done because some people just didn't know their job. The bloke in the office at Melbourne and some Chief Stewards were the main culprits. Laws had been introduced in regards to dumping at sea on the Australian coast. I was made aware of this through word of mouth and a role the union played. We were still learning and I remember being told to cut the polypropylene straps. Everybody cared about the Dolphins! The Chief Cook earned the same money as a Chief Steward and belonged to different unions until 1988. Nearly all the Chief Stewards I knew had never worked in a Galley before they upgraded. The Cook wrote the menu and the Chief Steward did the rest. They had to work together and most of the times they did. A ...