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Cruise passenger handed four-figure payout after worker quizzed him about sexuality

2022-03-22 2 Dailymotion

<p>A cruise passenger has been handed a four-figure payout after a worker returned to his room after delivering a pizza - and repeatedly asked him if he was "sure" he wasn't gay.</p><p>Lewis Meehan, 27, says he was propositioned after he dialled room service aboard the Britannia, a P&O Cruises ship, in the early hours of January 23.</p><p>The nightclub manager, from Nottingham, says a staff member delivered his food but then returned, saying he needed payment.</p><p>Footage shows what followed - with the waiter repeatedly asking Lewis if he is "sure" he is straight after entering his room.</p><p>Lewis made a complaint soon after, and it is claimed that the man was removed from the ship at the next stop on the Caribbean trip.</p><p>And Carnival UK, which owns P&O Cruises, has since made a payout to Lewis, understood to be in the thousands.</p><p>Lewis said of the ordeal: "It was just so unexpected - it totally ruined our holiday. My sister was really scared by it."</p><p>The Nottingham Forest fan said he returned to his cabin after celebrating a win and called room service to order a pepperoni pizza.</p><p>He then answered the door in his boxers when the food arrived - and was left bemused when the steward allegedly told him he had a nice body.</p><p>He claims the staff member then phoned his room to say he would need to come back to take payment, which he thought odd.</p><p>So quick-thinking Lewis then decided to set up his phone to film just before the man arrived - and caught the ordeal on camera.</p>

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