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

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

Post by hobie16 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:56 am

I LUV Chip wrote:And some of those are employees.
Anyone who wants to work those hours has to be a little off. Plus there's the chronic loss of vitamin D.


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

Post by Randy B » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:53 pm

hobie16 wrote:Anyone who wants to work those hours has to be a little off. Plus there's the chronic loss of vitamin D.
Hey! I resemble that remark! :eek:

I've worked the night shift for 20+ years. I dislike the sun, and avoid confonting it whenever possible (except when it is filtered through pixie dust when I am on vacation). :D: And 5am is the correct time to go shopping. the only SGs I have to deal with, blocking aisles are the folks stocking shelves. ;)

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

Post by Rob562 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:55 am

One summer in college I worked as a toll collector on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The plaza I worked at actually wasn't that bad because it was a large one that had a variety of duties with toll collection, ticket distribution and 50-cent tolls depending on which ramp you were driving on.

Most of my shifts were 6:30A-2:30P or 2:30P-10:30P, but a couple times I pulled the overnight 10:30P-6:30A. Trust me, you saw some *really* crazy people come driving through overnight. (One full-time overnight collector said that he routinely had strippers heading home around 2-3AM that would flash him.) :eek:

Boy do I have some SD (Stupid Driver) stories from that summer....

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

Post by Shorty82 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:42 am

I've known and worked with somebody from here since almost day one with Disney but didn't even realize it. HarryFromMarydelDE works for Main Street East like I do though he only works in the Confectionery and I go wherever I'm sent. The day before yesterday I started thinking that there was somebody here who works on Main Street in my area so I did some searching and I was right. I confirmed it yesterday but we didn't have time to talk SGT as he was busy doing things in the Confectionery and I was working in the Chapeau all day. He did tell me though that he's been very busy with working a lot of overtime and that's why he hasn't visited here lately.


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

Post by Shorty82 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:46 pm

Had my Basics class today, my word what a boring time. Over half the stuff that was talked about I do naturally as a guest, let alone as a CM.

I had my first missing child today. This morning I was working in Expo Hall when this couple started to look around for their kid and getting panicky as they couldn't find her. I find out what the kid is wearing and immediately began notifying the other CMs in the area to look for the kid. Expo Hall is a big building and I wanted to get as many eyes looking as possible. I head down past the rear Photopass counter and ask a Dream Squad CM I passed if she had seen the kid. She had, apparently the kid went through the curtain into the private Princess meeting area (that's why the Dream Squad CM was there). I immediately ran back up front and found the parents on the front porch panicking. I told them their kid was safe and handed them off the to Dream Squad CM who had followed me up front. I then told the other CMs who I had alerted the kid was found. I knew the kid probably hadn't gotten far and was likely still in the building but if she hadn't been found when I came back out from the rear Photopass area I would have grabbed the Nextel and alerted my management. All in all the kid was probably missing for only 2 minutes or so but it felt longer at the time and I know it felt a LOT longer for the parents.


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

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:54 pm

Shorty82 wrote:Had my Basics class today, my word what a boring time. Over half the stuff that was talked about I do naturally as a guest, let alone as a CM.

I had my first missing child today. This morning I was working in Expo Hall when this couple started to look around for their kid and getting panicky as they couldn't find her. I find out what the kid is wearing and immediately began notifying the other CMs in the area to look for the kid. Expo Hall is a big building and I wanted to get as many eyes looking as possible. I head down past the rear Photopass counter and ask a Dream Squad CM I passed if she had seen the kid. She had, apparently the kid went through the curtain into the private Princess meeting area (that's why the Dream Squad CM was there). I immediately ran back up front and found the parents on the front porch panicking. I told them their kid was safe and handed them off the to Dream Squad CM who had followed me up front. I then told the other CMs who I had alerted the kid was found. I knew the kid probably hadn't gotten far and was likely still in the building but if she hadn't been found when I came back out from the rear Photopass area I would have grabbed the Nextel and alerted my management. All in all the kid was probably missing for only 2 minutes or so but it felt longer at the time and I know it felt a LOT longer for the parents.
Hey good job!!

Did they let jr. know that was a no-no?


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

Post by Shorty82 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:00 pm

GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:Hey good job!!
Thanks!
Did they let jr. know that was a no-no?
No idea, I handed the parents off to the Dream Squad CM and got back to work while she took them back to where their kid was at.


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

Post by hobie16 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:39 pm

Shorty82 wrote:All in all the kid was probably missing for only 2 minutes or so but it felt longer at the time and I know it felt a LOT longer for the parents.
Kid leashes I tell ya, kid leashes!!!


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

Post by ktulu » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:49 pm

hobie16 wrote:Kid leashes I tell ya, kid leashes!!!
Those are cruel, unless you have kids :twisted:


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

Post by hobie16 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:53 pm

ktulu wrote:Those are cruel, unless you have kids :twisted:
Ummm, errrr, aaaaaaaaaaa, okay.


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