I would even bring food from the buffet into my stateroom. If you opened one of my dresser drawers, you could find socks, underwear, and a chicken sandwich. My wife asked me to discontinue this practice when our stateroom started to take on the appearance of a supermarket. She couldn't understand why I needed to store food this way when we could order anything at any time from room service. I explained to her that room service had a major drawback in that we'd have to wait about 10 minutes before the food arrived.
Time is money.
Irv Erdos is a columnist for the North County Times.