This wasn't really a Stupid Guest, more of a Silly Guest encounter.
I was at WDW last week and when we entered the line for TSM, the CM gave me one of those red tags for measuring wait time. A few minutes later the guest behind me who I believe was from Brazil or Spain tapped me on the shoulder an pointed at the badge and gestured in a questioning manner. I tried to explain to him (in English) what it was, but he responded "No engais", so I flipped the card over and noticed it had an explanation in spanish. He read it for a minute, then I guess decided he should have one too. So, he walked over to the CM and tried to get one. The CM told him no, and that he couldn't give him one, but it was kind of a funny if not strange guest encounter.
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there must have been some subliminal message that only 'he' could read. Maybe a FastPass or something. ;)
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What's funnier is when there is only one CM in charge of handing out the FLIKs and also collecting them at the turnstyles. I can't tell you the number of times guests have treated it like their own personal FastPass through the standby queue right back to the CM who gave it to them.
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Well, here's the thing, Brazil and Spain have two different languages, so if the instructions were in Spanish, and he only spoke Portuguese... or maybe he was another sort of foreigner that didn't speak English or Spanish.GrumpyFan wrote:This wasn't really a Stupid Guest, more of a Silly Guest encounter.
I was at WDW last week and when we entered the line for TSM, the CM gave me one of those red tags for measuring wait time. A few minutes later the guest behind me who I believe was from Brazil or Spain tapped me on the shoulder an pointed at the badge and gestured in a questioning manner. I tried to explain to him (in English) what it was, but he responded "No engais", so I flipped the card over and noticed it had an explanation in spanish. He read it for a minute, then I guess decided he should have one too. So, he walked over to the CM and tried to get one. The CM told him no, and that he couldn't give him one, but it was kind of a funny if not strange guest encounter.
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I once got stuck with a FLICK card in a queue for an attraction that went 101, and wandered around outside it for a while trying to find a CM that wasn't too busy with the EVAC to take it back...
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There are days I see people walking around with those even when they're not in line for an attraction. I'll mention/ask what they have around their neck, and they'll usually respond with "Oh, wait I was supposed to give this to someone!" They then wander around trying to remember what attraction they were at when they got it.
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I had no idea what they were when I was handed one in February. I am such a cheese ball I actually had my picture taken with it. :p:
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Cute picture! Hey - it's a unique photo op. Not everyone has a picture of himself with a FLICK. By the way, CMs, what does FLICK stand for? I know its purpose, just not the acronym. Thanks.kcberlin wrote:I had no idea what they were when I was handed one in February. I am such a cheese ball I actually had my picture taken with it. :p:
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Fantastic Line Information KeeperWhazzup wrote:Cute picture! Hey - it's a unique photo op. Not everyone has a picture of himself with a FLICK. By the way, CMs, what does FLICK stand for? I know its purpose, just not the acronym. Thanks.
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