A cruising staffer has reportedly had his contract terminated after a passenger allegedly caught him filming women from a female bathroom.
A cruising staffer has reportedly had his contract terminated after a passenger allegedly caught him filming women from a female bathroom.
A cruising staffer has reportedly had his contract terminated after a passenger allegedly caught him filming women from a female bathroom.
The passenger on-board the ship MSC Meraviglia, Saja, was left visibly shaken when she discovered a man had locked himself in the toilet cubicle and appeared to be pointinga camera at her.
She shared a now-viral TikTok of the incident, showing the moment several women confront the man.
“There’s someone hiding under there filming me,” she is heard telling a housekeeper in the video, who then appears confused.
“In there, yeah, it’s a man,” Saja is heard saying.
A woman on the cruise ship alleged that a man was secretly filming her and fellow female passengers. Photo: TikTok @sajac4
The housekeeper then knocks on the door several times saying “housekeeping”. He doesn’t get a response and attempts to look under the door, before a female passenger intervenes and begins to knock on the door loudly.
“Okay, why don’t we do this?” she says as she bangs on the door.
She also stressed her goal was not to “disgrace” the cruise over the acts of one of their employees, but to have women “be aware of their surroundings at all times”.
She also said that as the bathroom was near the ship’s kids’ club, she wanted people to be wary of leaving their children alone.
“We had a great experience besides this incident and the other crew members were some of the best staff I had the privilege of meeting.
“I decided to post this video to bring awareness on leaving your children alone in any setting, especially while on vacation.”
Saja described the fellow female passenger who helped her as a “hero”.
“She was the hero of that night for sure,” she told viewers in the comments section of the post.
“She took me to security and demanded we see the supervisor immediately.”
Saja’s clip has been viewed more than 10 million times, attracting more than 14,000 comments.
The staffer has since had his contract terminated, according to the cruise line. Photo / TikTok @sajac4
“This is scary. So glad he was caught, but still, a cruise is supposed to be fun. S️o traumatic, I’m so sorry you experienced this,” one woman wrote.
“I would have been in that cubical swinging arms, legs whatever! Can’t imagine how scary that would have been. My flight or fight mode would have kicked in,” another woman wrote.
A third said: “I’m so glad you have video evidence of this. I’m so sorry that happened to you and staff too.”
Saja went on to say she has not been compensated “in any way, shape or form”, or had contact with the cruise line.
“Nor am I interested. Just wanted to spread awareness,” she wrote in a caption.
MSC Cruises describes itself as “the world’s third-largest cruise brand” as well as the “leader in Europe, South America, the Gulf region and southern Africa”.
“We are also the fastest-growing global cruise brand with a strong presence in the Caribbean, North America and the Far East markets,” it states on its website.
The company headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.
