uptown_girl44 wrote:I was a cast member for 7 months. After seeing the way cast members are treated by Disney I packed my bags and came home. So yes, I do know what it's like to have to deal with stupid guests.
For those of you who don't work at Disney a CP is a College Program student (a college student from my generation.) 
Funny this seems like the point I was trying to make, except It was don't sterotype all cheerleaders based on such a small majority.
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The thing is ...you gave it 7 months and decided the job wasn't for you. That's fine and your choice and I am sure that can apply to any job. You are going to find stupid guests in most every job that deals with the public. The folk who have been with Disney for years and years love their jobs or they would not still be there. Yes they may complain verbally, but that is a healthy way (as opposed to resorting to taking a machine gun to work with them) to vent frustrations. Everybody gets upset from time to time, even cheerleaders. It is all in how you deal with it is what matters. Venting on a "pretty much" annonymous message board about people you dont know personally but have had personal contact with is a safe way to do it.
Yes at times you may have to take a job you dont like. Most people who are not desperate for work will pick and choose which job they prefer. For instance, I could use a job myself to suppliment our household expenses (well really my crafting and Disney hobbies) but I am not going to go out and apply for something at an auto repair shop because
1. I have no knowledge of it
2. I dont like mechanical repairs (tho I can do a mean toilet repair) and
3. It just doesnt interest me.
Apparantly Disney had some interest for you at some point or you would have never applied there in the first place. If you were going through a college program (OR CP AS YOU SO "NICELY" INFORMED US UNAWARE DISNEY LOVING PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY NEED EXPLAINED TO US WHAT MK AND WDW MEAN TOO :rolleyes :) there were probably more choices for credits. Why did you chose Disney? Why not another park or venue? For those you who dont know, venue can mean working at a grocery store or gas station too.
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OH and by the way the college program has been around for quite a while longer then your generation. I am old, Like the cryptkeeper, and could have done it if I so chose.
So what was so wrong with how you were treated as an Disney employee? Did you have to show up for work and do what the managers told you to? Did you actually "HAVE" to work? Were you not used to being told what to do and when to do it? Guess WHAT Sweetie,? That is what the working world is. It is not all peaches and cream and pixie dust.
And just to clarify, no one said ALL cheerleaders were stupid, just the ones who are annoying by being loud and obnoxious in public and think that they are better then everyone else because they are used to getting their own way due to their High School mentality social status.
OH and before I forget (since I am old and my memory is quite what it used to be) A few words of advice for you.........
Get to know the feel for a message board and the people there before jumping in and attacking people's livelihoods (that means a job btw) on your very first post. NOT a way to win friends.
