No, Sorry, I Do NOT Work Here!

[drcorey]

wow, Disney type people. thats funny. and it would even make Walt laugh.

[SkipperGordon]

I get this in the parks and in stores. I understand the latter a bit better since my other job requires me to do a lot of shopping-often with a tape measure around my neck. It still annoys me when this happens at Walmart. How many walmart employees know - or even care- what an inseam measurement is?

[joanna71985]

There are many times that I am playing in the park and random guests come to ME, asking me questions, thinking that I work there. I mean, they have their sights on me, looking in my direction and asking me a questions eventhough there is a CM standing right next to me. So, as a EX - CM instinct, I answer it.

Does this ever happen to you on your day off or just playing in the park??

Happens all the time!! I swear, I think I have "I am a CM" tattooed on my forehead. Not that I care, of course. I will always help out guests when I am there on my time off.

[Mayonnaise]

When I went down to WDW in December never got mistaken for a CM... but then alot of people I met underestimated my age by about 8 years. They did on the other hand, repeatedly refer to me as "regular" a "local" or a "veteran" for being able to properly operate a fastpass, or some such stupid... I guess when clueless is the norm, minor competence really stands out.

((I'm neither a regular, a local or a veteran really... it was my first adult trip.))

8^S

[Disneyguy85]

Occasionally I've been asked questions when I was at Disneyland or DCA in the past. I don't think anyone has mistaken me for a CM though.
There are also times when I will politely try to help someone if I am nearby and hear them asking something out loud.

[BRWombat]

I get mistaken for a CM too. I think it more has to do with the fact that we know where we are, what we are doing, and don't look completely lost.

I think some people just give off that "I know what I'm doing" aura. ...

We've talked about this here before, and I think those are the answers that fit best. Most people are pretty clueless, and can spot someone who doesn't look completely lost. That's the only reason I can think of when I get all the questions out of my family of six, when we're dressed identically and I probably look the least like a CM of anyone within 50 feet.

ETA: This thread got me doing some reminiscing about my last trip, and I dug up this post about the two guys who not only mistook me for a CM, but even after I denied it they still were sure I worked for Disney somewhere.

[Syndrome]

The other was at the Choral Reef, where our server kept insisting that she'd seen me before in costuming until I pulled out my DL ID. Perhaps I have a twin roaming around WDW somewhere.

Choral Reef? Is that the place where they sing at your aquarium-side table?

[drcorey]

Choral Reef? Is that the place where they sing at your aquarium-side table?

no, thats where you can see food thou.

[turkeyham]

When I go shopping, I dress like a slob on my days off. I went shopping at the local market and 3 customers thought I was a manager. If I was a manager there, I would be paid less than what I am now getting.

[drcorey]

When I go shopping, I dress like a slob on my days off. I went shopping at the local market and 3 customers thought I was a manager. If I was a manager there, I would be paid less than what I am now getting.

yeah, it's horrible, when I am in my work clothes people offer me money and beg me to pray for them. course, when I am in street clothes no one comes up to me and asks if I am a priest.