Jason was working as a motor-coach tour guide in Iowa and decides to try cruise ships. He joins the Sun Viking in 1991 for a short run and then quickly gets transferred to The Emerald Seas. He tells the story of being on the Code Blue team, death in the hot tub, makes an announcement in the Paris train station, kept a beer mug from a french hotel, crew talent shows, the perils of working the front desk, the clench and flinch, and all the good people.