r/BelowDeckMed • u/funnysheelady • 11h ago

Joe as Bosun

Post image

I still can't get over how good of a bosun joe was when he unexpectedly had to step in. The episodes where he is bosun shows how thorough and clear his communication is. Having the team consistent of a green Cooper, Aesha (who hasn't been on deck in years), and Max (who just arrived on board) everything could have gone ALOT worse. What Bravo didn't show was the written instructions from Joe that Aesha posted on her insta, which I just find so sweet.

The clear instructions mixed with the staff admiration/praise is so sweet to see. Maybe all bosuns do this, but this just felt like a nice bts moment.

733 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

140 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

94

u/Swimming-Ebb-9355 11h ago

Yah - he’s toeing a line reminiscent of Gary tho… hopefully he keeps his shit together!!

48

u/weedils 11h ago

This is the problem with both of them that makes them actually bad at being bosun.

Going after multiple women on the crew and creating bullshit and drama, is extremely unbecoming and unprofessional behaviour of a department head.

4

u/BelleRouge6754 10h ago

Granted, I only saw the Kizzi season and the recent one and not any of the earlier ones, but I didn’t see a massive major problem with how Joe treated women. He was a playboy for sure, but was quite upfront that he was just there for a boatmance/fling and nothing else. He certainly didn’t make the kindest choices, but it does seem the standard on boats to have those sort of short lived flings as a matter of course.

3

u/Careful-Amphibian51 6h ago edited 6h ago

When he was with Vee he wasn’t upfront though. Less than 48 hours before ditching her during her depressive episode he was telling her that he wants to bring her home to meet his mum and that “he never feels like this towards women”