Stupid Guest Tricks

Stduck wrote: New pet peeve!
CMs who act and talk like they are all that and a bag of chips. Especially when they've only been here for the summer.

New pet peeve!

Guests who act and talk like they are all that and a bag of chips. Especially when this is their first time in the park.

I think you and I have a similar thought process. Which in itself is a scary thought. Woot people who think like me!

Ahhh so many to list here ... LOL
Here's the big ones:

Guest: How much is that? (pointing)
Me: What?
Guest: THAT! (pointing - getting frustrated)
Me: What? I don't know what you're pointing at (there are like 10 different things they could be pointing at)
Guest: That thing right there!
Me: Could you please describe it or something? (cuz I'm not psychic)

Pin traders that come up to you and stare at your chest (for us girls it's worse for obvious reasons) and never say a word to you. Then they are like "that one" ---- WTF ---- could you please at least say hello first??? Rude.

I'm a member -- do I get a discount? Or they say "here's my discount card". Uhh... only PREMIUM APs get discounts --- but some SoCal and Deluxe people apparently think they get one too. To the point of demanding me give them a discount. Yea right I will. In your dreams.

Guest: How do I get to Magic Mountain?
Me: You take the I-5 North about 75 miles and get off in Valencia.
Guest: No the ride...
Me: We don't have that ride here.

Pin Trading is a big pet peeve of mine. I have mentioned the boing boys who aim for the hooters not the pins. Worst was the rope burn from having people grab the lanyards and then when the burn is setting in they yank you so that you start to fall forward. If I saw people coming my way I planted my feet at pin meets.

Another rant is people who leave their food and soda containers on top of trash cans. Like what is the purpose of that? I miss the Disani cap rant thread. Nothing like stepping on a plastic bag full of food someone snuck into the park and dropped. I bet CMs hate the food that people sneak onto rides. My dad ranted on and on about coworkers who would spit out sunflower seed shells. He would clean the machines and rant about how the shells clogged the machines as to nearly damage them.

Maybe pin trading needs a breast plate for lady CMs that lets out a loud sound and then electrocute the boing boys who for some weird reasons want a pin that is cheap and ugly.

mechurchlady wrote:I miss the Disani cap rant thread.

In that case, rant thread on people leaving up to (no joke) 20+ empty (and full) drink containers on the wall in the Snow White loading area, 2 to 10 feet from a trash can, coming right up.

Oh and then once there was the 4 ice cream bars left there to melt all over everything. And the mysterious multiple puddles of crystal clear but vomit-smelling liquid throughout the queue, and the two large wheelchair users who attempted to navigate the narrow curving dungeon queue, double-right angle turn through the smallest turnstile in the whole park, and full extended queue right behind them. THAT was an interesting situation to run into on a seemingly innocent optimize. In fact, it's time for a general queue trash rant thread I think. ;)

AlpineDL wrote:In that case, rant thread on people leaving up to (no joke) 20+ empty (and full) drink containers on the wall in the Snow White loading area, 2 to 10 feet from a trash can, coming right up.

On a similar note, those people who leave their stuff/trash rightoutside the boat on the edge of the canal at small world load/unload. Did they not just see how everyone else exited? do they really think their stuff (if an actual item, ot trash) will be there when they return? I've seen a lady leave her purse there, and station-stopped to give it back to her. I don't need anyone accusing me of stealing a purse now. Sometimes i'm tempted to just kick their stuff into the water, but then that could break the ride.

bpgstudios wrote:On a similar note, those people who leave their stuff/trash rightoutside the boat on the edge of the canal at small world load/unload. Did they not just see how everyone else exited? do they really think their stuff (if an actual item, ot trash) will be there when they return? I've seen a lady leave her purse there, and station-stopped to give it back to her. I don't need anyone accusing me of stealing a purse now. Sometimes i'm tempted to just kick their stuff into the water, but then that could break the ride.

We see similar things at Everest. Guests who find anything on the seats (park maps, hats) at the load dock, just throw the item out of the train onto the load dock. Wonder if they are just as sloppy at home?

This may be me being bitter and just plain tired, but please, from the bottom of my heart:

If you want to buy something, do me a huge favor and say "please." Not "I want that." like it's a demand. I'm not a dog or a personal go-for. If I cop an attitude with you, it's usually because I'm tired and I'm fed up with people just being demanding.

Trust me, most of the time, I'm almost sickeningly nice and take the magic a bit far. But on bad days...

Well, I just beg forgiveness and a bit of leinence.

WarriorPoets1 wrote:This may be me being bitter and just plain tired, but please, from the bottom of my heart:

If you want to buy something, do me a huge favor and say "please." Not "I want that." like it's a demand. I'm not a dog or a personal go-for. If I cop an attitude with you, it's usually because I'm tired and I'm fed up with people just being demanding.

You are definately not alone when you say that....trust me on that one.

I love when a guest puts all their stuff on the empty countertop in front of me when I'm occupied or otherwise not ready for them rather than waiting at the front of the queue to be called up to a register (e.g. "I can help the next guest over here!"). It kinda irked me yesterday when a guest did that, saw that I was busy and started to another register without me asking them to, but the idle Cast Member at the other register was like "No, it's ok... you can make her work." I thought to myself "Umm... you're not doing anything. Why can't you ring them up while I'm recovering from my previous transaction and putting away money?" :mad: