For some passengers stranded on the infamous Carnival Triumph back in 2013, which is now colloquially referred to as the “Poop Cruise,” the worst part of their odyssey at sea was dealing with sewage-soaked luggage and being unable to bathe for four or five days.
And while those circumstances were certainly horrible, as documented in the recent Netflix film “Trainwreck: Poop Cruise,” one passenger lost the opportunity of a lifetime. Jayme Lamm, a bachelorette party attendee from the cruise who is featured in the Netflix documentary, revealed on social media that she missed out on an interview with NBA legend Michael Jordan for GQ magazine.
In a lengthy video posted to her Instagram account, Lamm discusses much of what the media, including the Netflix documentary, missed about the so-called “Poop Cruise.” Most of what Lamm had to say highlighted the positives that the documentary failed to touch on. People helping people. Sharing medicine. Taking care of each other’s children. She suggests the cruise was a demonstration of human decency.
Later in the video, however, Lamm shares a personal story about how the cruise changed the entire trajectory of her career as a freelance sports writer.
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“I was a sports writer at the time and I got the opportunity of a lifetime,” Lamm said, per The Sporting Tribune. “It was to cover a Michael Jordan story in Houston for GQ magazine. I have been wanting to write for GQ magazine since I was like 15 years old. I finally get the opportunity, I go on this cruise ship and lose all cell service and all power and I ghosted not only GQ magazine, I ghosted Michael Jordan’s agent. I never got that opportunity back. I emailed and I called as soon as I had service and they never answered me. I wasn’t important. I was just a freelance writer.
“This changed my life,” she continued. “Less than a month later, I decided to pack up my stuff and moved to Hawaii, I wrote a book and I kind off lived off the grid. I slowly became a better person. I know who I was that cruise ship and I was bitter. I was angry. I was partying… I just wasn’t a good person. I don’t know that I’d be here today if I hadn’t gone on that cruise ship and experienced that level of sadness and loneliness and made a life change.”
It’s fascinating how one freak incident can completely change somebody’s life, but that’s exactly what happened with Lamm. Who knows where she would be if that GQ story had proven to be her big break. But it appears she’s landed on her feet regardless. Per The Sporting Tribune, Lamm now owns a digital marketing agency based out of Denver and Houston.