Just when you think you've effing heard it all. "Who wants to serve a billionaire?" [View all]

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Prepare to gag. This is a jaw dropping piece about learning to serve billionaires on their super yachts- learning servility is a must.

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Trainees must memorise correct forms of address from a training manual, which informs them that it is unacceptable to ask "Why?" (it should be substituted with "May I know the reason?&quot . The inquiry "Are you done?" should be replaced with "May I ask if you have finished?".

Trainees are told that some guests may request that they stand silently on board deck, motionless in the sunshine, waiting for instructions. "It's stupid, because they could use a buzzer," Gilmore says, but much of the staffing on yacht businesses is about ostentation and if a motionless steward, standing by on deck is what the owner requests, then staff are not to argue.

He tells trainees they must never wear sunglasses while addressing guests on board a yacht, because guests want to see be able to see their eyes.

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A daily list of housekeeping tasks includes polishing the television remote control and checking the towels for stray threads, which need to be chopped off with nail scissors. Students learn that they must monitor the bathrooms and lavatories, and are given guidance on the correct amount of time they should pause before they can scurry in and tidy up after a guest, refolding the end of the loo paper into a pointed V. "Be aware when people have used the rest rooms. You must be their shadow, but not too close," Gilmore explains.





http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jun/24/who-wants-serve-billionaire-superyachts