Stupid Guest Tricks

hehehehe, woudln't have surprised me if she wanted me to wipe her ass too.

I'm a girl by the way 8)

Polar33 wrote:Although it sounds sappy, one of the things I really like about the off-
season is that since everybody (CMs and guests alike) are much more
liad-back it gives me the chance to talk to people, find out where they
are from, etc. No one is in a huge rush and a lot of people don't mind to
stop and chat for a little while.

I'll agree with you there. One of the best things about working at
Disneyland was the opportunity to meet people that you wouldn't have
met otherwise - and I don't mean movie stars or politicians. It's the
families from around the world. Some really cool people have come
through our gates. While working as a "breaker" in merchandise, I
ended up moving through shop to shop more or less on the same pace
as a couple from Argentina who were here checking out universities for
one of their daughters. After translating and chatting with them for
awhile, they ended up inviting me to visit their ranch! I've also been
invited to visit guests homes in Switzerland, Australia and Russia. Just
the idea that some stranger would chat with you for awhile and decide to
extend an invitation is still amazing to me. I mean, we do kid that if you
work there for awhile, you've seen EVERYTHING, and I do mean
everything , but it's the slow seasons with the nice guests that make
up for the pills you put up with other times.

I get along great with anyone under 4. They're cute, sweet and in some
cases smarter and more well-behaved than the adult guests.

I believe that you are born and tool and carry your stupidity throughout your life. :)

Stupidity does seem the norm in some of our guests and I think some do
try to piss us off....If we ask a guest to do something its because
someone told us we have to do it....If you're going to ride the Steam
Train fold up your damn stroller! Don't tell me it doesn't fold you had to
get it out of your car....And I'm sorry you are a single mother of 5 at the
park not my job to lift your double wide semi stroller onto the train....You
should have brought a friend..... :bang:

It does sometimes appear that most of the guests are dumb and stupid;
I've noticed a few that are very nice. I cannot stand the one word
conversations, and I hate it when a guest come up to me and says "Who
wants to be a Millionaire?" I usually reply that question with I do and ask
the guest for my check. Then they realize their mistake and ask if I
know where it is. Although I have had a few guests that just storm off.

I don't think it's too hard to speak in a complete sentence :bang:

Oh how about when you ask how many as you
prepare to group them and they tell you the
right answer and you tell them so many to row
one so many to row two and so on and then they
turn around and tell you we want to ride together,
I always saw I know that is why your there, and
then they say but we want to ride together, and I
go trust me you will, then they go but why are we
in different rows, I am like just wait you will see you
will ride together as long as you don't screw up.
What about when they ask you were something is
and you tell them and they don't believe you or argue
with you that it is not there, like the park exit, I
had someone argue with me that it wasn't there,
I was like did you pass the train station they answer
yes, ok that's where you came in from that is where
you exit then they say, that is not how we got in so
where the ???? is the god damn exit, I am like over
there now leave me alone. Oh yeah fun times, my
theory of the park is this, there is a grandiose cloud
of knowledge and common sense that engulfs the
park, and it has to disperse it's knowledge and common
sense equally amongst the guests, sometimes even
cast members, so on a busier day everyone gets a
smaller amount so people are more stupid, and on
slow days people know what they are doing and are
nice. I like slow days. The kids under 7 usually end up
smarter than the parents though. 99% of time the kids
are right the parents are wrong.

Mansion_Boi wrote:The kids under 7 usually end up smarter than the parents though. 99% of
time the kids are right the parents are wrong.

I just love it when Dad is trying to lead the family in through the exit
while Kid is yelling, "We're not supposed to go in this way!"

I get to take the Kid's side and yell, "Be good now, or you won't get any
desert!" :twisted:

Once a Dad growled at me, "You don't have to treat me like a child."

I simply replied, "You don't have to act like one either, but that seems to
be what's happening." With both Mom and Kids laughing their butts off, I
don't have to worry about news getting back to City Hall. :pbjtime:

I'd just like to point out that many posts in this topic prove my "screw the parents, I'm gonna talk to the kid" philosophy.

But as a hotel cm (at the moment, I'm always moving around) I can tell you the room numbers and names of the current "good" guests, the ones who will talk to us about their plans, or share their excitment, or just be courteous and understanding and what I've done and am currently working on to make their stay that much better, as well as any negative experiences they've had which I find out on by checking the internal calls, or just speaking with them.

And for the curt/hostile/greedy/serve me now guests? I dunno, I put a comment in their file and forgot about them. If they come demanding something else it's taken into consideration.

Basically if you are a courteous, understanding and friendly you will be watched and cared for. If not... well.. you exist.

So all in all going in as a guest it's not that difficult to make us happy, follow the golden rule.

Well, this is kind of an old topic, but in case anyone else is reading this, a couple of things to do to make our (CMs) day better.

Know how many are in your group, and please please please count children, even if you have to say 5 plus one baby, that's better than just saying 5.

Also, if you want to request a particular row do right away instead of after we've grouped you and the ride vehicle has pulled up.

and 1 last thing that I don't think has been said. If you're going to see a show/parade, etc plan to get there early, if you don't and it's full, don't get mad at the CM's they didn't tell all those other people to get there ahead of you. :D