Stupid Guest Tricks

CerasiJ wrote:Or, what if you had the misfortune of being caught in an avalanche? My parents got stuck in one for three days somewhere in western Wyoming. And, on top of that, if you're stuck, that means everyone else is stuck, too.

They could have unloaded the truck and salted the road. They would have been heroes!!! :D:

SpamPutney wrote:

Zazu wrote:That's because you don't work here. Things like this don't surprise me at all (any more).

And you've been working in the field of logistics/retail/supply/distribution for how long now?

Approaching 8 years, thank you.

Okay, my bad for guessing wrong with no data. So you do know normal retail logistics.

Someone else mentioned slow truckers]Ah, but I was right that you don't work for Disney! Such choices as these aren't made by frontline managers here. Takes an act of Congress and a fax from Burbank to make a change like that.

Yes, extreme circumstances do occur which cannot be predicted. In that situation, when a GOOD manager notices that salt is running low, why not ask one of the other concessions to "borrow" some? Or even run out to the local restaurant supply store and pick some up. These are all steps I have taken at one time or another.

As I said, you don't work here. Few of our managers are able to see far enough into the future to notice there isn't enough salt to last the shift. As for buying some yourself, I'd be surprised if Disney even has a way to reimburse managers for such expenditures.

I readily grant that running a restaurant, especially a high-volume, quick service restaurant, is a difficult task. Do please understand that running one within a gigantic corporation like Disney is more difficult yet.

SpamPutney wrote:If anyone was offended by my posts, you have my most sincere apologies. CerasiJ, I was not insulting or criticizing your parents or any other truckers. I think we can all agree that trucking is a difficult and thankless occupation.

I must say the thought of a West Coast-wide salt shortage made my chuckle to myself.

It's totally cool, I know you weren't trying to insult anyone, I was just pointing it out. Crazy stuff like that has happened. Living up here in Alaska, it happens all the time. Sometimes, if we don't get a truck [up the Alcan Highway] or a ship that comes from the Lower 48 people will have to shut down fast food places! One time at Arby's they ran completely out of food, I mean, totally out. They had to shut down the store until the barge got into port!! It made the news and everything! [A west coast salt shortage might make a really funny story, thanks for the idea! :D: ]

hobie16 wrote:They could have unloaded the truck and salted the road. They would have been heroes!!! :D:

Actually, they weren't hauling salt at the time, LOL, I think they were hauling oranges. [Something totally pointless and useless in an avalanche, haha!]

I worked in food at Legoland and a pizza place of all places. I was a Lead so I was in charge of my shop. I used to fight with my Unit Lead to get salt in the store. Black pepper no problem. Red pepper? Hard to keep stocked but no problem. Salt? We sold salads and I know people like to put salt on their salads. Eventually he gave us a bag of salt packets. It's not like when went through salt that fast. I could go a month on half a case of salt packets.

Knives...now there is another story....

CerasiJ wrote:One time at Arby's they ran completely out of food, I mean, totally out. They had to shut down the store until the barge got into port!!

In Hawaii the neighbor Islands are almost 100% dependant on the barges. One time a tug broke down and we had no chicken for a week on Maui.

The commercial harbor for Lanai is so bad that if there's a big southern swell the fuel barge can't get in to replenish the one gas station on the island.

hobie16 wrote:In Hawaii the neighbor Islands are almost 100% dependant on the barges. One time a tug broke down and we had no chicken for a week on Maui.

The commercial harbor for Lanai is so bad that if there's a big southern swell the fuel barge can't get in to replenish the one gas station on the island.

Yeah, that's exactly what happens here, too. Isn't it a pain in the ass? :p:

I saw a guest the other day changing their kids diapers on one of the tables outside of pizza port. I gagged. I won't eat off of those tables again.

shorty1219 wrote:I saw a guest the other day changing their kids diapers on one of the tables outside of pizza port. I gagged. I won't eat off of those tables again.

OH MY GOD! I ATE AT PIZZA PORT! :sick:

shorty1219 wrote:I saw a guest the other day changing their kids diapers on one of the tables outside of pizza port. I gagged. I won't eat off of those tables again.

well that certainly gives a whole new meaning to adding some seasonings to your pizza... ewwwwwwwwwwwwww

Back to the original subject, guest not believing you when you tell them something. Oh my god, I encountered that so much especially as a working lead. I would so turn around to the nearest CM that had overheard and whisper "Yeah because I work here I don't know anything that is going on with my job." It was always so hilarious.