Your Pet Peeves

[felinefan]

1.) People who get on your ride (like the Calico Railroad/Galloping Goose) and when they get off they trash talk it, saying it's boring, etc.. People these days have no appreciation of history. 2.) The teenagers who try to get on rides they are too tall for in Camp Snoopy, like Huff'N'Puff, Charlie Brown Speedway, and Red Baron; plead and beg, try to bribe you (yeah, like I'm gonna be tempted by a dollar bill!), or take their shoes off and kneel on them, and try to convince me that they're short enough to ride (oh, puh-leeze!). The only way this has changed the way I react to people is think that I'm surrounded by idiots. It's a nice surprise, though, when I'm occaisonally proved wrong. I don't like thinking everyone is an idiot, I'm just disappointed that people no longer know how to think anymore. In my day, grade schoolers had better thinking skills than most adults do now.

[CoffeeGirl]

Me: Would you like Package Pick-Up or Hotel Delivery? [also said vice versa and "delivered to your resort or sent to the front of the park"]

Guest: Yes.

Me: *trying to control self* Which one?

Guest: The Contemporary.

The first time I had this happen I had no idea what had just taken place. Now when they do that I change my tone of voice and say "So you want *Hotel Delivery*, then?" If they look at me funny/be rude I take more of their time and explain the other options. But it all depends on the day.

[CoffeeGirl]

I thought of another:
I hate it when Guests get snippy about me asking to see their ID with an unsigned Credit or Hotel card, then getting even madder when I say that all it requires is a signature and they still refuse to sign. This happens mostly on Hotel cards. I used to not check ID because I just didnt care, but now I ask on every single one that is unsigned. And I dont let spouses sign the other's credit card slip. Call me sadistic- I do get a little bit of happiness from it when they get upset. =D

[Crystal2485]

warning kinda long, its all been building up
~"is there meat in the veggie burger?"- no, hence the term veggie burger
~when guests thrust there reciept in my face thinking that will get them their food faster when they can clearly see that there food isnt ready for me to get yet
~when people want cups of water but didnt tell the cashier, not a big deal, except when we are packed and behind on drinks
~when people are rude about waiting for their cup of water, its free and you are going to complain?
~when people ask to change like three of their drinks after we already made them
~when people stand in line for like 10 minutes get to the register and then ask their kid what they want to eat
~when i say, out of $20 and hit the quick 20 button and as im getting ready to hand them their change get mad because they had the 10 cents. i said out of... and they said yes
~when people get rude and mad at me because they cant order the chicken on the soup side, if you could order everything at each side why would we have three different sides?
~when someone wont move out of the way when someone behind them is trying to get their order, as in they wont budge at all
~when a guest rudely states all i have is a hot dog and fries, i understand that but the 5 other people who ordered before you are waiting for their food too
~When a cup is less than a centimeter from the top full of drink so your cups not sticky and the guest rudely states how about getting this filled all the way, ya had to take a deep breath before i threw it at him, the guest behind him said he would have thrown the cup at him, instead i overfilled it and handed it to him dripping :) thats what ya get
~when a guest comes up and yells at me that this is the slowest service he has ever had(i was standing next to a register training, it was my first day) what would you like me to do about that?
~things i like, when the people in line behind the obnoxious people come up to me and say this is the best service ive ever had :)

[Stduck]

Been awhile but as the summer comes to an end here are my end of summer pet peeves.

-Anyone sitting on ropes or chains, especially after I've told you once not to

-Guests not grabbing paddles even though I've said 5+ times to grab one

-Adults grabbing kid paddles and getting mad at me because I switch out the brand new 3ft paddle for an old 4ft paddle cause they wanted a new one.

-Guests who fight over the new 4s

-Guests who do not bring their paddle in the canoe as we are approaching the dock when I told them to. (Had to stop canoe before getting it all the way in the dock just so kids don't get hurt)

-Guests who don't want a paddle and complain when you make them take one.

-Guests who don't paddle and expect you to pull them around the river. (Canoe is 2 tons loaded...my back's not THAT good).

-Guests insisting their 6 year old can swim and doesn't need a life jacket. Sorry folk Coast Guard says so and if they don't wear it, the kid can't ride.

-Guests who freak cause we are giving kids life jackets. "Does this flip over? Do I need a life jacket? I can't swim" etc. Folks the boats don't tips its near impossible trust us we've tried.

-Guests who flip out because the 6 year old infront/next/behind them can't paddle and they are getting wet. Ever notice how wet the River Guides are? Yeah part sweat part river water. Yes its green but damn it folks would we let you paddle in it if it was gross?

-Guests who think the canoes is a water battle.

-Guests who get upset because you won't give them water from the CM water cooler. Sorry folks we have to make sure our CMs get enough water. There is however drinking fountains under Hungry Bear.

-Guests who ask if the ducks are real. No folks we wind them up every morning, the newer looking ones are Solar powered.

-Guests who demand to know WHY we don't run the Keel Boats anymore.

-Guests who get mad because the Canoe doesn't take them to the island.

-Guests who get mad because I don't stand up and tell jokes around the river. This is the Canoes not the Jungle Cruise, if you want bad jokes see our skippers. I tell jokes at the start, the half way point when giving a break and if we're stuck behind a big boat.

-Guests who demand to know WHY the Fort on the Island is closed. Termites folks. Maybe we'll rebuild it in 2008 when we drain the river.

-Guests that think when you're going in the Fort on training as part of learning about the Island that you are opening it.

-Guests who get mad because the Raft only took them to the Island. Sorry Folks these are the rafts TO Tom Sawyer's Island. Not AROUND, not THROUGH, not OVER and not UNDER. (Though around the island on a Raft is fun.)

Whew, I feel better.

[mechurchlady]

You had me laughing on your post, lol funny. You forgot the guests who do not seem to understand English, people so enrapt with their cell phone they forget they are in line, and wide loads.

I will not go on the canoes ever because i know when I get in the canoe it starts to head to the bottom. I am FAT and WIDE so there are some things best for me not to try. I skinned by heel on the canal boats when the boat shift a bit do to my weight. Had a lap restraint come loose on a Knott's Berry Farm raft ride.

My peeves are parents and people who demand employees must let them do what they want.

Smokers ruined my concert at DCA once. The line to wait to get into the concert went right through the smoking area. Smokers believe they have the right to make others puking hurling sick with their smoke and are being persecuted. I complained but only those who whined loud got to stand away from the smokers. I missed all but 10 minute of the concert series because I had to run and decorate the bushes with my lunch. The burn holes in things and drop their cigarette trash all over the place. They may enjoy inhaling burning weeds and paper but not me.

[PirateJohn]

I will not go on the canoes ever because i know when I get in the canoe it starts to head to the bottom. I am FAT and WIDE so there are some things best for me not to try.

You'd be amazed at how resilient those canoes are. I think they could put the entire offensive line of both the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders on one of those and it would be just fine.

[Stduck]

You'd be amazed at how resilient those canoes are. I think they could put the entire offensive line of both the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders on one of those and it would be just fine.

Not so sure John...they might kill each other...But the boat would be fine!

Cell Phones...Don't get me started.
BIG PET PEEVE not only can you not paddle and talk on a cell phone but you aren't listening to me and its my boat therefore you HAVE to listen to me. I usually say this:
"For your safety we ask that you refrain from cell phone converstations while aboard the canoes. As one cannot safely operate a paddle and talk on a cell phone at the same time. Unless your call is an emergancy please end your call. Also folks the last person who used a cell phone on my boat lost it. Yes they dropped it in the river."
If this doesn't work...then I make the boat stop till they stop talking and put the phone away because at this point the rest of the boat gets mad at them.

[bpgstudios]

One of my biggest pet peeves is at carousel after I open my 3rd chain and I need to get back over to the 1st and 2nd, and guests coming in do NOT let me pass in front of them to get there, like I'm going to cut them off. I just need to get PAST you!

Another one is when a guest traveling in a wheelchair/ECV comes up to me at small world and asks where the wheelchair enterance is (they go through the standard queue up to a certain point) and claim that I'm "Wrong" and that they shouldn't wait in the queue.

My biggest pet peeve of all is when guests ask if the old skyway station (stroller parking) is Haunted Mansion. I know its abandoned and all, but come on...

[mechurchlady]

You'd be amazed at how resilient those canoes are. I think they could put the entire offensive line of both the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders on one of those and it would be just fine.

I have been going to Disneyland from 1960 to about 2003. I know about little boys and duck using the Rivers of America as a bathroom and have seen a lot of stuff go into the Rivers. I have not did any swimming since I was in school either.

I am not going to test he maximum load capacity of the canoes. I have heard enough stories about the Canoe Races and the canoes to not want to be the fat lady stuck in the loading dock of the Canoes.

The point is that I know my limits and will not hold up lines or embarass myself. Casey Jr animal cages are another place fat people should attempt to enter. It was not a pretty picture. I wish I could go back but cannot go back to Disneyland ever again.

Back on topic: Smokers are not allowed to smoke in line at DLR but you see the smoking with a halo of smoke around then and when they see a CM then they hide the cigarette. If the guests around you are gags and puking and complaining while the whole place smells like smoke then likely CMs will know you are smoking.

Smoking area in Disneyland back in 2000 or so were in the inanest places.
They had a smoking area between the lagoon and the Matterhorn so that guests were forced to wait in line with smoke around them. The put a smoking area next to the Hyperion which was an area for guests to wait. I felt sorry for smokers who had to hike to a distant area of the park if they could find it. I do not know how smokers survived nicotine cravings.