Stupid Guest Tricks

LegoDan wrote:what really irks me about some of the millitary is that they like to treat us civilians like crap, they think they're better than us but they don't realize that once they join the millitary us civilians are technically higher than them, because it is their job to serve and protect us, not the other way around. Yes they are fighting the good fight and I support the millitary 100% but there are those assholes that ruin the reputaion of the rest.

anyway that's my rant, and damn it's been a while since I last posted

I've never encountered that myself. Yeah, some think they are owed something, and to a certain degree they are. However, they can go and watch fireworks in Fantasyland with the other able-bodied peeps :)

Same thing happened at my old location (WDW resorts front desk) with a man who claimed to have been working at ground zero during 9/11....he came to our front desk in September of 2004 and quite literally demanded an upgraded room and concierge access because of working at ground zero three years prior. Mind you I was a manager at the time so my CM gave me a call b/c, when she politely declined his request, he demanded to speak to a manager and literally said "make sure she sees [on the reservations] who I am." After looking at his reservation it was clear he pulled this card with CRO also and was quite persistent with them.....I backed my CM and declined his requests.

Please understand, this was not my attempt to "shun" a hero or anything - in fact, I had gone out of my way to help many families who, through conversation, I found out had a family member killed in 9/11, Iraq, what have you...but I found out through conversation, not through demands. It sickens me when people exploit otherwise horrific situations expressly to gain some benefit. There are so many families that have been affected by such awful situations that never expect special treatment...they should be the ones getting the pixie dust, not SGs like our guy.

Sorry, this particular situation royally ticks me off and still bothers me. Didn't help that I had a CM on the desk who personally had family members killed in the attacks who had to listen to this shmuck try and profit from their misery.

Unfortunately, society today tries to tell you that if you were a hero three years ago, you should get special treatment the rest of your life for it. A true hero doesn't do it for the glory.

Now, were it right after 9/11 and this guy came in to detox with his family from working at ground zero, or if he had been planning this trip for a year and found out on the way that his brother/father/son/daughter/etc. had just been killed, or other special circumstances like that, got there and were spending a night because they had the reservation but were about to turn around and reschedule, I would be of the mind to give them the upgrade, as a gesture of empathy and sympathy. However, if they decided to take advantage of the situation...

I remember working at an airport hotel where one couple's car was broken into. When they had milked the hotel for the room upgrade, I was okay with that. They asked if they could get a free meal out of the deal, and my manager said they could. The moment I decided they had broken their own windows was when they called in their family and had nine extra people for their meal. I decided they must have done it themselves so they could get victim status with the hotel. Gypsies, the lot of 'em.

Big Wallaby wrote:What, exactly, did Yankee Doodle name "Macaroni"? Was it the town, pony, feather or the cap?

A "macaroni", in mid-18th-century England, was a dandyish young man with affected Continental mannerisms; the joke being that the Yankees believed that a feather in the hat was sufficient to make them the height of fashion.

Be careful when you ask such questions. Some of us here are history majors.

Zazu wrote:Be careful when you ask such questions. Some of us here are history majors.

Zazu, when I meet you someday, I can tell I'm gonna like you.

That's what I get for starting to use funny, quoted-from-some-website material for my signature.

[quote="Zazu"]A "macaroni", in mid-18th-century England, was a dandyish young man with affected Continental mannerisms]
Today, they'd be the guys with the Mt. T starter sets. :handcuff:

ktulu wrote:I've never encountered that myself. Yeah, some think they are owed something, and to a certain degree they are. However, they can go and watch fireworks in Fantasyland with the other able-bodied peeps :)

I used to live near Camp Penelton (i forget how it's spelled) and there are a lot of brand new marines that are how I described, my neighbor down the street is a retired marine and he's awesome

It is a version of the race card. A person inserts a description of themself as why they should get special treatment or why they were reprimanded, made fun of, insulted, or denied something they thought they deserved.

The race card can be changed to the army hero in this case or in others it has been gender, sexual orientation, physical features or occupations for example.

I think we all can say that a vast majority of military personnel are good people and nothing like the man who wanted to sit in the handicapped section.

LegoDan wrote:I used to live near Camp Penelton (i forget how it's spelled) and there are a lot of brand new marines that are how I described, my neighbor down the street is a retired marine and he's awesome

Ah, those guys just aren't programmed yet :)

LegoDan wrote:I used to live near Camp Penelton (i forget how it's spelled) and there are a lot of brand new marines that are how I described, my neighbor down the street is a retired marine and he's awesome

Dan, I was positive you are somewhere near 76 & 78 by your Marine remark. I was in south O C & the new recruits often caused problems in our cities on the weekends. Living near Pendelton's back gate or Baseloni Rd gate gives us views of the Marines others may not come in contact with nor understand.I honor all military as you do, but have learned to be careful as recruits come to SOCAL & take their Marine status over the edge. The Oceanside area is actually dangerous at night. Learned this the hard way. :(