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Ship's onboard newsletter advised passengers not to consume water or food in Saint John
SAINT JOHN - Everyone seems to be taking a slight against the city's food and water in stride - or in an overgrown lobster's case, a bit of butter.
On Monday, the 650 passengers of the Royal Princess woke up in the Port City and were notified by the ship's daily newsletter that passengers shouldn't drink the water or eat the food in Saint John.
"It was real slow in the restaurant (Monday) and I guess that would be why," said Luke Patterson, the man in the almost seven-foot lobster costume that tries to lure cruise ship passengers to Steamers Lobster Company on Water Street.
Patterson said he would understand if nobody wanted to eat him.
"I'm old and tough. You want the little lobsters. Nobody can eat 170 pounds of lobster."
Roy Billingsley, one of the restaurant's owners said it's too early to tell what the impact of the erroneous alert was, but because it was a small ship and there were two other ships in port with 2,600 passengers the impact was lessened. Those passengers never received such a notice. In fact, he said, a number of the Royal Princess passengers ignored the warning.
"They used common sense," Billingsley said....
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