I've been busy but I made it to Orlando alright.

[Shorty82]

OMG! Shorty!



I am 100% certain that we had Jeff as a bus driver during one of our previous trips. He was the best driver we ever had- and he did the thing with everybody yell, he had us saying 'wheee!" every time we went over a speed bump, we did not want the bus ride to end. It was one of the highlights of our entire trip.

I found out that he is from my home state- his sister lives like 10 minutes away from me LOL and he said he had a nickname among the bus drivers when I asked how I should indicate which Jeff he was when I wrote to Guest Services to tell them what a smashing time we'd had aboard his bus.

It has to be the same guy. Every time we go back to WDW and get a on a bus we hope it's going to be him. We've had some other fun drivers in the meantime but this guy sticks in our memory.

Has to be the same guy LOL

Sounds like the same guy. It really was to bad that the shuttle ride is only about a mile. I'm thinking of going into City Hall before my shift and leaving a compliment about him.

[Zazu]

Know what you mean about Work Brainless. My normal schedule is Sunday-Monday, and the schedule isn't posted on the wall until Tuesday evening, and doesn't hit Work Brainless until Wed. or Thursday night.

Every week I print out the Work Brainless schedule and stick it in my bag. Every time it differs from the written schedule, I hand it to my supervision who decide they have to take off the reprimand.

If ever they don't, then we'll see just how good my union really is.

[Shorty82]

I checked and printed out my schedule from CDS today. I'm working 42 hours next week, finally a decent number without trying to pick up shifts. Though I must be a gluton for punishment, I switched shifts with a coworker who didn't want to work Friday's Grad night next week. The good thing is that gives me Monday off instead of not getting a day off until Friday which would have meant working 8 days in a row as I picked up shifts this Friday and Saturday from the hotline (originally had Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday off this week). It'll also give me 15 extra minutes as the Monday shift she's taking s 8 hours while the Friday shift I'm taking is 8 hours, 15 minutes.

I'm working two of the four Grad Nights they have this year. I get off before it starts this Friday and only work an hour and a half of it this Saturday. Next Friday though my entire shift is during Grad Night though thankfully it is a stocking shift so hopefully it won't be to bad.

I explained to my manager today about the time issue from yesterday and she fixed it for me.

I also went by City Hall and left a compliment on the bus driver.

The main tunnel entrance flooded today. I didn't even look at the entrance when I came in as I went to the tunnel entrance that goes to the locker rooms (parallel tunnel to the main one) to drop a few things off. I go up to the first cross tunnel and go as far as the Learning Center in the main tunnel (not far at all) to return a movie I had checked out. I noticed that water had come up through the drainage grates that are spread along the tunnel. I head to City Hall to leave the compliment then head all the way back to the Mousketeria (near the main tunnel entrance) to get some food.

I see that the entrance has water going all the way across it except for one very small area on the pedestrian side. I try to go into the Mousketeria but the door wouldn't open. I thought it was jammed. I thought it couldn't be closed as it was the middle of the afternoon. An employee opens the door and tells me they had to close because they had water coming in and were waiting on facilities to get there to fix the problem. She then puts a sign on the door saying they are closed.

I was hoping to sit and eat for a while but instead I went ahead and changed then headed all the way back to Main Street to eat at the Backstage Bistro. Decent food there but I like getting a foot long sub from the Subway in the Mousketeria as I eat half then and save the other half for my break. As I couldn't do that I was glad I had brought some chips with me today so I only had to get a soda from the machines instead of a soda and something to eat.

Apparently the pumps weren't working right or something and it rained a lot more than I thought it had. Eventually they got it cleared up but all day I was watching the drains every time I was in the tunnel for signs of water coming up.

[Shorty82]

I forgot to mention, it looks like the alpha units were busy today.

Apparantly one had to be called to Uptown Jewelers for a guest (and the idiot CMs didn't call the managers immediately). I was in the stock room where our area desk is at when the managers found out. One of the CMs who was there had come back a little while after 911 was called and mentioned it. He said he sent someone back there to get the manager but it looks like that person didn't do it. A few other CMs went that way but not one said anything about the situation to management. As soon as the CM who reported it told them the two managers who were there ran to Uptown.

I don't get not informing management right away. The first thing I'm doing (and should be done) after getting off the phone with 911 is grabbing the nearest Nextel (there's at least one per shop, sometimes more) and calling management. I was talking to one of our coordinators and he said I'm the first person to ever say that to him. If someone else is calling 911 I'll call the managers. It isn't hard, you grab the Nextel, push the button on the side and say something to the effect of "M-O-D to *location*, an alpha unit has been called". That'll bring the managers running even if nothing else will.

A little while later I went out back to a stockroom we have behind the building and I saw ambulance back there with its lights going. A good while after that I was in the Chapeau when I saw two paramedics go by with a gurney from the direction of the Town Square gate that's near the shop

The coordinator said that at least three people had fallen tonight in our area.

[Randy B]

The coordinator said that at least three people had fallen tonight in our area.

So which of you has started "taking out" SGs? Sounds like someone has found a way to get SGs without getting caught at it.

Randy (who's alibi is being over 2000 miles away at the time. Unfortunately I was asleep solo. :eek :)

[glendalais]

Though I must be a gluton for punishment...I'm working two of the four Grad Nights they have this year. I get off before it starts this Friday and only work an hour and a half of it this Saturday. Next Friday though my entire shift is during Grad Night though thankfully it is a stocking shift so hopefully it won't be to bad.

Try volunteering to work 6 out of 7 of this year's Grad Nites (and the only recent I didn't volunteer for the 7th was because it's during the week that I want to take a PLOA to go to WDW).

I like the fact that I'm basically guranteed oodles and oodles of hours, but I'm still kicking myself for signing up for 6 out of 7 nites of screaming graduates.

What have I gotten myself into ?!

[Randy B]

Try volunteering to work 6 out of 7 of this year's Grad Nites (and the only recent I didn't volunteer for the 7th was because it's during the week that I want to take a PLOA to go to WDW).

I like the fact that I'm basically guranteed oodles and oodles of hours, but I'm still kicking myself for signing up for 6 out of 7 nites of screaming graduates.

What have I gotten myself into ?!

Might I suggest aircraft grade earplugs and industrial strength tranquilizers?

Both would be very helpful in keeping a smile on your face.

I also suggest full athletic protective gear, including field hockey shin/ankle guards in hard plastic, steel toe boots, hard shell chest protector, kidney guards, and for males, a heavy duty cup. If you can't feel the brat kicking your shins you don't have to react to it. :D:

Randy

[hobie16]

I also suggest full athletic protective gear, including field hockey shin/ankle guards in hard plastic, steel toe boots, hard shell chest protector, kidney guards, and for males, a heavy duty cup. If you can't feel the brat kicking your shins you don't have to react to it.

[bpgstudios]

Saturday night was also pretty busy for alphas AND 101s. If I remember correctly, Mansion, Space, and Teacups all went 101 at the same time, while Poohs playful spot was 101 most of the day for bees. Yes... bees.

The oddest alpha I've heard called was for a 'guest entrapment' in the hub. Also heard one for a guest stuck in a lap bar in snow white.

On turnabout/doubleback, I will only work a shift that long if I am either in training, meetings, wishes, bridge time or special assignments for at least a few hours. Saturday night I was training in toontown from 7:45am, 45 minutes bridge time, 3 hours pan rotation, wishes, then special assignment until 1am. That was awsome. I've also had a day where we had a teambuilding outing from 7am til 5pm then I was treat running 6-12:30. That was fun, since the night before I worked until midnight.

The worst is when they schedule you EXACTLY 8 hours or 8.5 hours between shifts and wont extend you out 15 minutes to get turnabout, and is even worse when the first day is 14 hours. I understand thye have a budget and all, but there should be some kind of safeguard on the scheduling managers systems to prevent this. The only thing that would help you out (though frowned upon by management if they find out you did this on purpose to force extend yourself) in these situations is dealing with a guest situation (i.e. lost child or alpha) and hope the managers will extend you out, or need people early the next day.

[Shorty82]

Saturday night was also pretty busy for alphas AND 101s. If I remember correctly, Mansion, Space, and Teacups all went 101 at the same time, while Poohs playful spot was 101 most of the day for bees. Yes... bees.

Bees? LOL! Did they get into the bee hives? :)

Any idea what made all of them go down all at once? Did something go wrong with DACS or something?

I know a while back the small door between Package Pickup and City Hall was closed off due to bees in the area.

The oddest alpha I've heard called was for a 'guest entrapment' in the hub.

How does someone get trapped in the Hub? They get stuck in a rail or something?

On turnabout/doubleback, I will only work a shift that long if I am either in training, meetings, wishes, bridge time or special assignments for at least a few hours.

I naturally know what training is but I don't know the rest.

The worst is when they schedule you EXACTLY 8 hours or 8.5 hours between shifts and wont extend you out 15 minutes to get turnabout, and is even worse when the first day is 14 hours. I understand thye have a budget and all, but there should be some kind of safeguard on the scheduling managers systems to prevent this. The only thing that would help you out (though frowned upon by management if they find out you did this on purpose to force extend yourself) in these situations is dealing with a guest situation (i.e. lost child or alpha) and hope the managers will extend you out, or need people early the next day.

It hasn't happened to me yet but I can see having exactly 8 hours between shifts being crap.

I forgot to mention, an idiot smoker threw a lit cigarette into the trashcan instead of using the ashtray, catching the can on fire at the Town Square smoking area last night. I didn't see it but I heard about when I asked why a manager and a girl in the Confectionery costume were taking first cups then a pitcher of water into the Chapeau.