Stupid Guest Tricks

Do they still post the closures out at the ticket booths? You know - the listing of all the rides that are closed for maintenance/rehab/whatever?
Not that it does any good anyway, gawd forbid that some of those dopes actually take the time to read and digest the information that is available to them...

Gee...

I guess that means that Disneyland guests are A) illiterate or B) imbicilic
hmmmmmmm...which could it be??? And where would this site (not to mention countless hours spent in bars telling stories) be without those paying pests...I mean...guests.

:bang:

BirdMom wrote: Not that it does any good anyway, gawd forbid that some of those dopes actually take the time to read and digest the information that is available to them...

If only you knew how much that kinda thing irritates me at Strollers. About 95% of the questions we get are answered either 1) by a very visible sign at our shop, or 2) on their rental receipt.

btw i agree with you guys: if guests came to Disneyland with the same intellect that I damn well hope they have in their normal lives, this website wouldnt exist and we wouldnt be able to share the fun stories at bars, Denny's until 5am, or alki parties at someone's house for those under 21.

ya, why the hell can't people read signs? Sheesh! I was on a frozen lemonade push cart today, with three signs that say "Soft Frozen Lemonade $3.50." And for some reason, I still got guests asking me how much they were :roll:

Fritter wrote:ya, why the hell can't people read signs? Sheesh! I was on a frozen lemonade push cart today, with three signs that say "Soft Frozen Lemonade $3.50." And for some reason, I still got guests asking me how much they were :roll:

Oh jeeze...that sounds so familiar. For anyone who's had the misfortune to work merchandise locations that have the teeny low priced souvineers that kids go for. I can remember one summer day having a line at my register going off in the distance about two or three deep, and in the meantime, this kid who looked to be at least 8 years old (so you'd assume he'd been to school by that time and could read) asking me every thirty seconds how much this toy and that toy were. After about the 10th interruption I had to point out to this boy genius that there were prices taped to each of the plexiglass cubes that he was plucking those pieces of junk out of...in BIG RED NUMBERS...like .50 cents... .05 cents... .85 cents. Of course, the kid probably didn't understand how many pennies made up a dollar at that point yet. :roll:

BirdMom wrote:After about the 10th interruption I had to point out to this boy genius that there were prices taped to each of the plexiglass cubes that he was plucking those pieces of junk out of...in BIG RED NUMBERS...like .50 cents... .05 cents... .85 cents.

10th interruption?? I usually tell people that on the second or even first time I get asked! You think they'd get the point when we have to look on the back to tell them the price, but noooo.

You think they'd get the point when we have to look on the back to tell them the price, but noooo.

You obviously weren't Homerized! We used to have what they called the character detailer, pretty much the guy in charge of buying and keeping stock levels up of all the character merchandise that we used to carry in the shops. He had every friggin' stock number and price memorized. And yes, his name was Homer...can't recall what his last name was. Anyway, after you've been there in merch. a very long time, you not only have the prices of every doo-dad memorized, but the price with tax and various combinations with tax as well.

And if you've been there even longer, you can estimate the freight cost of some of the more unusual items. For instance, the humungous people sized plush that used to sell for about $450 back in the early 80's - back then it was cheaper to buy the thing it's own plane ticket than to ship it UPS or FedEx back home to Europe. Strange, but true.

BirdMom wrote:For instance, the humungous people sized plush that used to sell for about $450 back in the early 80's - back then it was cheaper to buy the thing it's own plane ticket than to ship it UPS or FedEx back home to Europe. Strange, but true.

I heard that people would buy it, do a "Jack the Ripper" on it, throw away the stuffing, and get it restuffed back in their home country.

I heard that people would buy it, do a "Jack the Ripper" on it, throw away the stuffing, and get it restuffed back in their home country.

Now that's a new one on me. Most of the people that I met who bought the plush didn't seem to have the kind of issues that called for saving space/cutting down shipping cost. I can recall one particular man from Switzerland who bought both the big Mickey and Minnie about five minutes before closing time. He didn't blink at the frieght charge to ship them home to his kids. If freight wasn't a problem, I doubt the seats on PanAm or whatever would have been a problem either... 8)