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Too bad this was filmed months ago. I am looking for a remote position in her field and I have twenty years experience and will work hard the entire shift.

I understand California is a huge state as I am a native Californian. Yes, there is a huge area between LA and SF. Growing up in the Bay Area, Stockton and Sacramento were considered the central valley and separate from the Bay Area but now those areas have been in a way anexed by the Bay Area because housing is so ridiculously expensive and many people moved there and commute every day to SF. It is insane and I would never do it because it is a long commute. My family is still down there and they all own homes. Most of them are in good shape becasue they bought in the eighties. Those that bought recently were still able to do so but had to buy in very undesirable areas becasue that is the only place they could afford. I know LA is different becasue there are more affordable options but many would be shocked as to what is considered middle class down there. Even a 1.2 million dollar home which is refered to as middle class is WAY too expensive for those who are considered solidly middle class. Again, that is why I left. I love California and would love to return but I am one of the majority of people who is not wealthy enought to be there. My income would be sufficient to buy anywhere else but there.

Housing in California is completly different than anywhere else in the country. I hate to say it but I can see five million dollars for a middle class home in California depending on the location. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and I remember in the eighties driving aroung some locations with my friends and them commenting that a house was not that good because it was worth ONLY a million dollars. This as I mentioned was in the eighties and i am certain that those homes are now worth at least ten million dollars. That is one of many reasons why I left California. Real middle class people simply do not own homes. Despite what is seen on this show, most people do not have that kind of money and resign themselves to being a life long renter.

Poor planing again on Nicole's part. She was right in saying that Mohomoud was being inflexiable regarding her choice in dress but she could have brought modest clothing with her to Egypt that is more suitable to her style. She could have brought a modest swimsuit that is not a burkini. I have seen suits with long sleeve rash guards and knee shorts. While not a full burkini, still covered up enough to satisfy the modesty requirements. If Mahomoud objects to that, at least she can say that she tried and can use that as proof of him not compromising on anything. Same with regular dress. She is already dressed very modestly in my opinion but objects to wearing the hijab. That is totally understandable but he objects to her wearing anything other that the full covering instead of modest clothing with a head covering. THere are hijabs made of lighter fabrics and more colors. He seems to expect her to wear the abaya which is the dark covered sheet covering you from head to toe. That is no a religious requirement because if it were, all muslim countries would be that strict. Some countries allow women to dress modestly with a head covering similiar to how she is already dressing. Egypt is not one of the more strict countries which tells me that it is Mohomoud's issue and not completly the norm in Egypt. Many women go uncovered in Egypt.

This show is further proof that these people are "actors" and not really in the service industry. If they were really service industry professionals, they would know that they can go out and drink but not get shit faced every time they do so because they go out as a group and by doing so, they are representing the boat. What ever happened to "don't embarrass yourself, don't embarrass the boat?" I worked restaurants in my twenties and that was a no no for every place I worked. I once went out and drank with my coworkers on a Friday night, after work, and at a place several streets away from where I worked. My boss found out and wrote up all of us for doing so because we were out as a group and therefore representing the restaurant. I was pissed off at the time becasue I was young and felt "how dare they punish me for doing something on my off hours" but now that I am older, I agree with it and would have done the same thing had I been in the same position. It is possible to go out, party, drink, and not get so shit faced that you become and embarrassment and thrash the boat. Old Captain Lee would have had a coronary if he saw that in previous seasons.

Here is one thing I don't understand about Nicole. She is from LA which has a large Muslim population. If I were her, I would go to Little Tehran or another ethnic community with a Muslim population. Look around at the stores that sell Islamically correct modest clothing. Buy some pieces that are both cute and stylish and take those to Egypt. I went to school with many Muslim women and although they were modest and covered, they stylized the hell out of their outfits and looked quite cute. I also don't understand what the issue is with what she is wearing now in Egypt becasue her outfits are quite modest with the exception of no head covering. There is definetly room for compromise there. I grew up in the SF Bay Area and we have an area called Little Kabul which has the largest Afghan population outside of Afghanistan. I have been to the stores there and some of the outfits are quite cute. Lots of color options. There were multiple hijab options. I am sure Nicole could have found something acceptable if she made the effort before she left. If I was traveling to a Muslim country, I would buy something to wear out of respect for their culture.

I don't know about the specifics in Nevada but I live in Oregon which has an income tax but no sales tax. I live in Portland which is across the river from Vancouver, WA which has sales tax but no income tax. Many people when they retire move across the river to Vancouver becasue their pension goes further. It is not avantageous to do so while you are still working because most people in Vancouver work in Portland because that is the closest population center and by doing so, you still have to pay income tax. With both places, the remaining taxes are so much higher because the state has to make up for the lost money somehow. My property taxes and income taxes are sky high because there is no sales tax technically even though there are taxes on alcohol and tobacco but those are not called sales taxes. The common misconception is that you pay less in tax because one of the forms of tax is missing but that is simply not true. California is considered a high tax state because it has all of those taxes in place but when I lived there, I actually paid less in tax because the taxes were spread between sales, income, and property taxes.

Nicole should know better since she has traveled to Egypt twice. It is not so much Islam per say but more so cultural. Yes, the middle east practices a very strict form of Islam that is very sexist that requires all women to cover up and be completly controlled by men. That is why I will not go there. I do my research and know as a woman, I do not want to abide by those rules. I have been to Italy and yes, some religious sites do require you to cover up, so it is primarly cultural. There are many Muslim countries in other parts of the world that are not nearly as strict as the middle east. In Malaysia, women dress conservativly but are not as covered as they are in the middle east. If I were to travel to Egypt, I would cover up simply out of respect. That is their house, therefore their rules and that must be respected. I do not like it when people travel to the US but do not abide by our rules and cultural practices and alway reciprocate when I travel. If you don't want to do that, stay home.

I am confused by the whole Asuelo trip to Portland. They meet the family at Pioneer Courthouse Square and then take the Max to the food cart pod. That particular pod is about a mile from my house. It is no where near a Max station. They would have to take a bus to get there. I love the fact they went to Halibuts. Their fish is like crack to my husband. Very expensive. $21 for halibut fish and chips but their clam chowder is to die for. Food cart pods are very big here and those tents are heated. The winter was very mild last year, so I don't know why they were so cold.

I finally had a chance to watch this and enjoyed it. I graduated from Laney and proud to have done so. I was especially happy to see them smack DVC so hard.I went to both schools and hated DVC. DVC had a lot of upper income kids who only went to school because their parents made them do so. Laney had older students who chose to go there because they needed a change in their life. I was one of those people. In my early twenties, I partied and didn't take school seriously. I dropped out, worked for a while, and realized I had to go back in order to not have a life of dead end restaurant jobs. It is small and had limited resources but everybody wanted to be there from teachers to students.

Brianna was looking to attend classes at Portland Community College. This is not a diploma mill and is the top transfer junior college in the state to university. Although I live in Oregon, I am a native Californian and I know that many Californians read this thread, so I will translate. This is like attending Diablo Valley College up north and transferring to a UC or in my case a CSU school. Dental assisting may not pay well but it is a good start and she can build on it. PCC is an accredited, so she can get a loan and work part time.

Oregon resident here. Brianna's story line is beyond flake. I find it hard to believe she didn't qualify for the Oregon Health Plan. The hospital they showed her at if that was where she was is Oregon Health and Science University, a public teaching hospital. There is no way they would let her out of there without signing up for a state aid or Medicaid. I was rolling my eyes during that entire segment.

Here is the issue I have regarding Travis. Personally, even though they are off charter, excessive drinking should not be allowed and in any normal situation would be grounds for termination. As Captain Lee would say, don't embarrass yourself and don't embarrass the boat. When they are all out partying as a group, the are representing the boat and therefore embarrassing the boat when drinking excessively. When someone shows up at work clearly smelling of alcohol, they are not safe and still impaired. That is grounds for immediate termination. I don't care if drinking was done on or off charter. Impairment is impairment. I have no issue with blowing off steam when a charter is over but one can do so without the excess. If I were in charge, I would allow dinners but not the partying. I also would not allow any fraternization between crew members because of the problem it causes. That is how it works in the real world.

Portland resident here. First of all, Brianna lives in Newberg which is way outside of Portland. It is an agricultural community on the outskirts of the city. The restaurant that Brianna worked at is in East Portland, so her commute would have been at least an hour each way. No wonder that didn't work out. Moving there requires a lot of planing because housing is very expensive, which is why they are in Newberg and not Portland. It is very difficult to get a job here. For some reason, hiring managers are very paranoid and will not hire anyone without a minimum of three interviews. I had a stretch when it took two years to land a job because resume, phone interview, in person interview, second in person interview, rinse and repeat. it is not the fact that there are so few jobs because that is not the case. It is simply that they make landing job next to impossible but once landed, more hesitant to fire. The opposite I had in California where they were eager to eager to hire and very eager to fire.

When I was in the service industry, it was made clear that smokers got the same amount of breaks as non smokers. One lunch, two ten minute breaks per shift. That was years ago when smoking was more acceptable. Nowadays, smoking is so unacceptable that I have found it be grounds for firing alone. I was fired from one restaurant because the owner saw me smoking at a train station prior to my shift. He said that he felt that it was unsanitary and that one cannot work in food service and be a smoker. I don't take any breaks and do not smoke at all while I am at work. Nobody at my workplace has ever seen me consume a cigarette and it will stay that way. I have found that once you are seen, the job disappears quickly.