How would you have fitted in on the Titanic passenger liner?

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This may be a silly question but have you considered it?

Would you have been the Captain? The designer of the ship? A desperate traveller in third class who would get bullied by other passengers for being too quiet?

I would have been the engineer pointing out the obvious flaws in ship's design... only to be ignored and the Titanic would have sunk anyway. I wouldn't have been on it. Later I would have told everyone "told you so", only to be ignored again in a similar situation by the exact same people.

Also see the Challenger and Columbia disasters.

Not only do I get horrible motion sickness, boats of any size terrify me. I would have been nowhere near it!

I'd be happily at home, not taking any boat trips if I could help it.

I could basically fit in anywhere on the ship, even with the "old money" people. seeing as how the trip would be short (relative to other periods like a semester of interaction).

I'd probably wander around the innards of the ship, all the places where passengers aren't supposed to go, and check out all the cool machinery and stuff. Seeing the engine room would rock.

Actually, now that I think about it, having a friendly AS person to explore with, like in the movie, would be really cool (I'm not even talking romance).

i would have died for sure, regardless of social status. because im just too polite & considerate to have gotten on a boat!

whilst the boats would have been disproportionately occupied by my nemesis: selfish people who had trampled & connived their way to survival, often without guilt or hesitation, that actually doesnt anger me. Because i know they still have so much to learn, so i hope they will live to one day understand what it means to grit ones teeth & accept a noble death.

I'd be planting a bomb in the first-class ballroom.

I would have been making lists I think of all the passengers, number of cabins, tables, chairs etc, I think.
Actually, I live in the city the Titanic set off from on her maiden voyage and have long been interested in it.
We get all the monstrously huge new cruise liners coming here, and I am sure one day something will go terribly wrong. The most recent takes about 6,000 passengers, I read. I saw the launch of Freedom, Liberty and Independence of the seas. They interest me greatly, and I used to find it relaxing to research their building, capacities and sizes.

Third class steerage.

ruveyn

Me---Glider18---on a cruise ship ? I don't think so. My wife would love to take a cruise, but she doesn't even plan it because she knows I wouldn't go.

If I were somehow forced to go, I'd just keep to myself and have my mother interact for me; I'd eat in the room if it was possible (I'm sure it would have been). When it started sinking, I'd be cool, calm and collected ('cause I'm a strange duck), and I'd do my best to save my mother and I.

I don't even have the slightest interest in boats/ships.

I love to see planes in the air, especially landing and taking off.

I understand the physics of 'lift' but despite this, I am always filled with awe when I see these enormous metal objects above the ground.

I don't however have any interest in collecting plane identification numbers and the other activities associated with 'plane spotting'.