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Spamgate: the truth uncovered
Tuesday, 12 Nov, 2010
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Great news to hear that everyone is safe and sound after Carnival Splendor limped into dock at San Diego overnight.
But now the cruise industry must focus on the real issue at hand… did those cruise passengers, who’d booked their tickets eagerly anticipating the finest cuisine, really get served spam?
Hilariously, Carnival has used its Twitter account to inform the public that passengers were never served the spiced ham, tweeting: “Despite media reports to the contrary, Carnival Splendor guests were never served spam!"
However, the Tweeter may well have forgotten that the US Navy had sent out pictures to many news distributors of hundreds of tins of spam being airlifted to the ship.
But hang on. Carnival then admitted that, yes, spam was sent to the ship but that it was never actually given to the passengers on the stricken vessel, who existed on a diet of sandwiches, pop tarts and croissants.
A spokesman said to American newspaper USA Today: “We gave our food order to a supplier, not the Navy. The Navy kindly delivered the goods and spam was not on the list.
“However, we told the supplier to substitute as necessary if they had difficulty getting everything we were requesting on very short notice and so that’s how the Spam ended up within the supplies that were delivered.”
Phew, Travelmole is relieved to see the big issues over the Splendor debacle have been cleared up.
by Dinah Hatch
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