Straight passenger gets payout after filming male cruise worker asking about his sexuality

[Behind the Aegis]

A British man has been given a “four-figure” payment by the owners of P&O Cruises after a cruise worker quizzed him about his sexuality.

Lewis Meehan, 27, is a nightclub manager from Nottingham, England. He filmed the encounter and shared the video with The Nottingham Post.

A soccer fan, after watching his team win a match on TV, Meehan returned to his cabin and decided to order a pizza in the early hours of January 23.

A crew member delivered the pizza. Meehan was wearing just boxer shorts when he answered the cabin door. He said he was bemused when the male crew worker complimented him on having a nice body.

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[MLAA]

1. My first reaction is what a asshol. Answers the door in his underwear, agrees to answer a question.

All while filming, then sues the cruise line.

[jimfields33]

2. He could answer questions. But the worker was extremely inappropriate

Good on the guy getting the pay for this horrid behavior. I’m gay and would never expect questions from workers like that in any industry. It’s not tinder. It’s a professional situation.

[Effete Snob]

4. the worker was inappropriate

On the other hand, he asked permission about three times, with the clear implication that he had a question of a personal nature that might bother the passenger absent permission to ask.... "if you don't mind".

I think right there, I would have simply said, "Nope. Just want my pizza. Bye."

[jimfields33]

6. Good points.

[Effete Snob]

7. He had an accent of some kind

Maybe he is from some repressive country and had a genuine curiosity about things which, in his life, one was not allowed to discuss with other people.

Maybe this job is the first time in his life he is regularly exposed to people from other cultures where sexuality issues can be discussed openly, and he wanted to understand himself better by finding someone he could speak with.

But, nope, this guy had the camera running before the door was opened.

Now he'll be fired for possibly being gay, and have to go back to wherever he came from with that hanging over him.

[jimfields33]

8. True. I hope a thorough look at this is reviewed.

Where I work, customer is always right. Drives me crazy! Some customers are just awful.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Yeah, this seems like a version of "gay panic".

While the crew member was inappropriate, the need to sue, and the "terror" his sister felt, oh please!

[brush]

5. Who answers the door in underwear but someone with an agenda...

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while filming. That was a pure set-up.

[intrepidity]

9. Weird. He set the camera up as though he was expecting something to happen

and he repeatedly assures the guy that it is OK to ask and that he won't complain. WTF?