George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
There’s only one way that a pirate can become a captain of a ship:
The crew needs to elect him as the next captain.
The problem is, you need to get rid of the current captain first.
Oh, you could push him overboard… call for a mutiny… poison his food…
George was treated well by his captain.
Who else would put up with George?
Which is why George was very careful to put up guard rails, quell any dissent, and taste-test the captain’s food.
He threw up a lot.