Hotels

[mechurchlady]

Except during sweepstaking I have never been into any form of football.

i got you entire joke and it has me laughing. I was entered last year but due to my recent lack of park activity I was rather rusty and came in second to last place.

Your post is delightful and see you in September.

[DisneyChick7]

I'm shocked too that there aren't more stories from the resorts. Here are just a few of the highlights of my time in hotels....although there are too many to mention, here are my top 5 SG/horror/just plain odd stories.

1. WALKS!!! The pure joy of telling a family who saved a lifetime to stay at one particular hotel that they can't stay there even though they booked a reservation 4 years ago for it (being slightly sarcastic, but you get the point). This process has had people scream, cry, threaten my job, and- my personal favorite - literally throw their luggage at me out of anger. LOVE the walks!! By far this was the worst thing I ever had to do as a CM - even worse than dealing with a family who had just lost a loved one - because I feel this is a completely avoidable situation that is unfair to put guests into.

2. A guest, from New York, who was upset that his underage son wasn't allowed to drink alcohol at one of the restaurants nearby, and tried to tell me that he didn't know the drinking age was 21. Um, yeah....you tell me he's underage but then you didn't know what the drinking age was, and your from America where the drinking age is now 21 across the entire country (and in NY it's been 21 for quite some time).

3. The guest who ran up to the front desk, screaming at the top of my lungs "HELP MY SON HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED!! HELP!!!" only to have a CM calm him down, ask him to turn around, and his son was right behind him.

4. Having a mini-riot breakout in our convention center when a union group came to protest an outsourcing convention that was taking place. Only one person got minorly hurt thank goodness- could have been much worse.

5. A concierge guest lining a child's backpack with foil, coming to the concierge lounge, dumping an entire hot plate of chicken wings into the backpack zipping it up and proceeding to go back to his room as if this was completely normal.

And the best line ever given to me by a guest- this took place during that pay for 4 stay 3 nights free promotion a few years back, which brought a lot of guests to deluxe properties who otherwise couldn't afford them. The woman told me that she wanted her entire stay for free, since she had come to the hotel "to better herself in the world" and it didn't live up to her expectation. News flash - going to a 4 diamond hotel isn't going to make you a better person.

Okay, so I started the ball rolling - someone else needs to take over!!

[mechurchlady]

5. A concierge guest lining a child's backpack with foil, coming to the concierge lounge, dumping an entire hot plate of chicken wings into the backpack zipping it up and proceeding to go back to his room as if this was completely normal.

WHAT you mean that we caint do that as that is what we do down at the buffet. It is shocking to see people who paid so much for special treatment to then act like trailer trash.

My former neighbor invited us to an aniversary party where her family got a little drunk. One lady proceeded to stuff Japanese style veggies into her purse and no it was not foiled lined.

[Anna]

2. A guest, from New York, who was upset that his underage son wasn't allowed to drink alcohol at one of the restaurants nearby, and tried to tell me that he didn't know the drinking age was 21. Um, yeah....you tell me he's underage but then you didn't know what the drinking age was, and your from America where the drinking age is now 21 across the entire country (and in NY it's been 21 for quite some time).

Well to be fair, in New York and several other states, an underage child may drink in public as long as they are with their parent or guardian. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/LegalDrinkingAge.html I know in Texas, you can serve your child a drink at any bar or restaurant at any age as long as the parent orders and pays.

[Syndrome]

5. A concierge guest lining a child's backpack with foil, coming to the concierge lounge, dumping an entire hot plate of chicken wings into the backpack zipping it up and proceeding to go back to his room as if this was completely normal.

Doesn't surprise me one bit!
Before we moved to FL, our traditional place to eat lunch upon arriving at WDW for vacation was Whispering Canyon in WL. I'll never forget the group of four in which two of the people ordered the all-you-can-eat skillets and the other two ordered nothing because they were just there to "watch" (that's what they told the server).

[StephM]

Well to be fair, in New York and several other states, an underage child may drink in public as long as they are with their parent or guardian....

In NY, an underage child may drink alcohol served to them by their parent or guardian. However, if a minor is drinking alcohol in a bar or restaurant, they lose their liquor license, regardless of who bought the drink.

There is also a law that a minor can be issued a summons if they are found in public in possession of alcohol with intent to consume, even if the parent bought it.

The only way the exception works is if you let your child drink in your own home or yard, because other statutes provide for prosecution. The only thing it does protect is mom and dad, if they buy a drink at the bar for their kid, they CANNOT be arrested. But the poor bar owner loses his liquor license. Like so many other things in NY, it is convoluted and gives you a headache. :D: The guy should know better. No where in NY would it be okay to buy your kid a drink.

[IdiotsAreEverywhere]

It's awesome that I do not have to know all of these laws since the drinking age where I live is 19.

[sja]

If you're staying at a WDW resort hotel and you leave your baby asleep in your room and go down to the bar for a few drinks - it's that legal or is it an SGT?

[Main Streeter]

If you're staying at a WDW resort hotel and you leave your baby asleep in your room and go down to the bar for a few drinks - it's that legal or is it an SGT?

Are you serious? This is illegal anyplace yet realize it's done by many. The child could be placed in foster care or taken from parents permanently. Don't think this is our definition of a SGT. This type of behavior goes waaaay beyond Stupid. :mad:

[sja]

OK I should stress that the question was hypothetical. I won't be at WDW for many a year yet and have no baby to leave in my hotel room :p: