Barragan just joined the show as a stewardess this year.
However, she has plenty of experience as a bartender and a yachtie.
While talking to The List, the seasoned stew shared what the most challenging aspect of her job is.
Her honest answer may surprise you.
The most difficult part of her job is actually maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships with all the crew members.
You make friendships quicker.
You fall in love quicker.
You hate people quicker than you normally would."
That’s the hardest part," she said.
When guests behave inappropriately
Unfortunately, another challenge Gabriela Barragan faces is when yacht guests behave inappropriately.
This becomes more difficult when somebody starts crossing one of the crew members' boundaries.
Watching the clip back, Barragan said she could see where her body language changed.
“I look deflated, and I’m completely exhausted and over this conversation.”
However, because she was dealing with a guest, Barragan still needed to stay polite.
So, instead, she shut the conversation down with a careful balance of politeness and firmness.
“It’s really difficult being sexually harassed … you’re gonna wanna go to bed.'
It was very easy for me to do that, despite how uncomfortable I was,” Barragan said.
If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available.
Did having a camera crew make her job harder?
According to Gabriela Barragan, being filmed didn’t change the way she operated too much.
I wanted to make yachties watching proud."
Other than that, the only difficulty Barragan mentioned was the camera crew making already cramped spaces even tighter.
She said this was mostly a problem in the hallways and crew quarters.
It’s three of us in this tiny cabin and a huge camera," Barragan said.
“That was interesting.”
Season 3 of Below Deck Sailing Yacht airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.
