How Mexicans Handle SGs
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:12 pm
This story is Disney related in a round-about way, as it happened on our Disney Magic cruise last week. I'll bet the WDW parking tram drivers would LOVE to be able to do this!!
We were docked in Costa Maya, where there is a free tram that roundtrips from the start of the shopping area down to whatever ships are in port that day. There were three while we were there...one was Legend of the Seas or Freedom of the Seas or some other big RCCL ship. We were heading back to the Magic, and our friends stopped to take some photos. Hubby and I climbed on the tram, planning to meet them on the ship later.
The tram was just about to pull away when some guy ran up, grabbed the pole of the row behind us (which was empty) and stood there. A dock worker told him he had to get on or let go, but he refused as he apparently had people coming with him who were nowhere in the vicinity. This went on for over five minutes! The guy kept saying, "But I'm on Freedom of the Seas!! (or whatever the RCCL ship was), like anybody cared...it's not like the ship was leaving. He took so long that our friends caught up; they tried to get in that row, but apparently he was saving the whole thing for his phantom party. I started snapping at him, "Let them on! They're with us," but he ignored me. Before I could start cursing him out, my neighbor just shoved his arm down and climbed on with her husband. Mr. Whacko immediately resumed his death grip once they had forced their way past him.
Meanwhile, the tram driver was getting pissed. The dock worker had given up, and the driver was gunning and gunning the engine. Then suddenly he just reached down, released the pin, and sped off in the cab, without the tram attached!!!!! It was utterly bizarre!!! We all sat there in shock for a couple of minutes before realizing he wasn't coming back. We walked back to the ship and saw the cab sitting there empty...maybe it was the end of his shift?? My annoyance at his behavior was tempered by enjoying the fact that Mr. Whacko learned quite blatantly that the world doesn't revolve around him.
We were docked in Costa Maya, where there is a free tram that roundtrips from the start of the shopping area down to whatever ships are in port that day. There were three while we were there...one was Legend of the Seas or Freedom of the Seas or some other big RCCL ship. We were heading back to the Magic, and our friends stopped to take some photos. Hubby and I climbed on the tram, planning to meet them on the ship later.
The tram was just about to pull away when some guy ran up, grabbed the pole of the row behind us (which was empty) and stood there. A dock worker told him he had to get on or let go, but he refused as he apparently had people coming with him who were nowhere in the vicinity. This went on for over five minutes! The guy kept saying, "But I'm on Freedom of the Seas!! (or whatever the RCCL ship was), like anybody cared...it's not like the ship was leaving. He took so long that our friends caught up; they tried to get in that row, but apparently he was saving the whole thing for his phantom party. I started snapping at him, "Let them on! They're with us," but he ignored me. Before I could start cursing him out, my neighbor just shoved his arm down and climbed on with her husband. Mr. Whacko immediately resumed his death grip once they had forced their way past him.
Meanwhile, the tram driver was getting pissed. The dock worker had given up, and the driver was gunning and gunning the engine. Then suddenly he just reached down, released the pin, and sped off in the cab, without the tram attached!!!!! It was utterly bizarre!!! We all sat there in shock for a couple of minutes before realizing he wasn't coming back. We walked back to the ship and saw the cab sitting there empty...maybe it was the end of his shift?? My annoyance at his behavior was tempered by enjoying the fact that Mr. Whacko learned quite blatantly that the world doesn't revolve around him.
