This teenager left his parents chronically late on an island to return on time to his cruise

Previously, we discussed a group of chronically late parents who are three-quarters of the way through their child's wedding, and they had the audacity to be upset that the wedding start time had not been set for them.

Today, we're filling some parents' inability to read the room with a mom and dad who treated their child to a cruise vacation for the teen's birthday and graduation. Here's what happened to the teen, in ProfessionalTax7753's own words:

Note: This entry has been edited for clarity.

“I graduated high school in December. My parents bought me a cruise for my 18th birthday. It was also a family vacation. We usually stay at all-inclusive resorts, but I always wanted to go on a cruise. I told my parents that it was different and that if we went on a trip, we had to stick to the schedule no matter what.”

“Well, it was a week-long cruise, and they didn't want to go back to the ship when I told them it was time to leave. They were busy shopping and negotiating with the locals. J I finally said I was going back to the ship. My mother waved me off.

“They missed the start. By a lot. About 45 minutes. They contacted me via WhatsApp. They wanted to know why I didn't take the boat to wait for them. I wanted to shout that they weren't going to disturb 3 998 people because two of them didn't understand what a schedule was.”

“They ended up having to fly to the next port, and it was expensive. They're mad at me for leaving them behind. I don't know what I was supposed to do. They literally made me said they knew what they wanted to do.

“I wish I never asked that. They make me unhappy because I left without them,” the teenager concluded.

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As you can imagine, the comments section was full of people reassuring the teen that he wasn't wrong.

“Not the asshole,” said user OwlPal9182. “They seriously think the ship is going to be 45 minutes late, yes no. The docks and the ship have a schedule to follow. They are adults and should be responsible for getting back on time. This is something you have understood in less than 6 hours of being an adult, at least you won't need to go on vacation with them after that.

If the parents could have been on time for the plane ride, they would have been able to return to the ship on time.

“Did they think a plane would wait 45 minutes for them? Obviously they were able to get away with it. You're not the asshole,” Toasterinthetub22 wrote.

Plus, how exactly did they expect their kid to crash an entire cruise ship?

“What exactly do they think you could have done? Kidnapped the captain? Staged your own drowning? You didn't abandon them; they abandoned you. Don't let them say it's your fault in any way or of another, or form!” says The_Coaltrain. “I'm so sorry your parents ruined this for you. It's pretty pathetic of them to blame you for their extremely avoidable, deliberate bad decision. They owe you at least two apologies: one for ignoring your wise advice in the first place and second to behave like spoiled 4 year olds Not an asshole, and I really hope you make your parents read this thread.

Besides, if they had listened to their parents, all three of them should have booked a trip from one port to another.

“Look at it this way, you saved them from having to pay for a third plane ticket. They were warned, thought they knew better, and now they're suffering the consequences. Ask them honestly what you were supposed to do anything else in reality when they “did I sign contracts as part of the cruise? I guarantee that the cruise line has it in writing that passengers are responsible for returning to the ship on time,” I_want_to_be_anemone said.

Some even recommended that the teen ask an employee to explain the importance of time to his parents:

“I would 100 percent ask for help from an official-looking employee, and I would have my parents stand there with a straight face and listen to that employee explain it to them,” Silmariel said .

In my opinion, no cruise operator will be able to convince these parents that they were wrong. So, best wishes to the teenager and a future vacation without him! What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments.