Stupid Guest Tricks

So yesterday, I was on my day off, and it had been awhile since I had been over to AK, so I decided to head over there before going to ST for Fantasmic, which I had yet to see. I was on the Dinosaur attraction (Aladar is one of my favorite characters), just entered the video area, waiting like all the other guests, when this lady brings her husband and kid and push past me, as I was standing at the door to exit the room.

Moments later, she was back, saying "We have to watch the video, how rude!"

After the ride, I saw that she had been in the same car as me, so I couldn't resist. I was walking next to her, and she was still commenting to her family about the rude Cast member, so I pulled out my phone, and acted like I was answering a call from my wife. I, while standing there, pretending not to notice the lady, proceeded to somewhat-loudly tell my wife about the lady who thought the cast member was rude for making her experience the whole attraction and safety directions, and how if all she wanted to do was ride rides, there were other amusement parks she could go to nearby, where she wouldn't have to go through the pain of each attraction being an entire experience. Responded to the imaginary caller, "Yeah, she was so rude! I'll bet she ripped the cast member a new one for enforcing the rules, too! I wonder if she is like this to everyone, everywhere." I kept up hamming it up for the next couple minutes, stopping just to see if they were listening. They had stopped with me, listening intently to what I was saying, since it WAS about them. I knew I was:deadhorse, but it felt so good!

I looked up, and "noticed" the lady looking at me, turning quite red. I decided it was time to hang up, because I didn't want to explain the need to defend myself against her husband who is even heavier than I am.

But I LOVED that expression she gave me. Classic SG.

As Cast members, it's not often we get to comment about a guest with them still standing there. I decided to take my opportunity, since I was out of costume, no CM's had approached me as a fellow Cast member in the last hour or so, there was no way you could ever assume I was a CM doing this.

It's not my normal mode of operation, but it felt SO good to see her hearing what I had said about her and processing it. Maybe, just maybe she learned. Okay, probably not. But it still was fun. Well, for me, at least.

Big Wallaby wrote:It's not my normal mode of operation, but it felt SO good to see her hearing what I had said about her and processing it. Maybe, just maybe she learned. Okay, probably not. But it still was fun. Well, for me, at least.

Thanks for a good laugh! Ah, the things we can get away with when we are incognito. :D:

Imagine if she stepped onto your bus on your next shift :) She'd do the double take and wonder 'was that him?'

Hey Big Wallaby,can I 'borrow' this sometime??? I would love to do this at work,but I can't,I'm on the front lines :mad: .I did do something similar 'years' ago. I was at the grocery store late one night,only 1 check-out open. The lady behind me starts bitching,"This is the 15 item or less aisle",I calmly turned to her and stated in a calm voice "Maam,that's the next aisle over". All of a sudden she realized that the sign 'was' over the next aisle (closed btw).Boy she shut-up right quick. :D:

Bravo!

I tend to be like that as a guest as well, which is why I rarely go anymore.

There are a few things I'll do even working, such as when a group of say,
ten people come to a dead stop right in the middle of a narrow passage and
talk or gawk at a wait time sign like it's some type of holy grail.

"Oh, PARDON us! Excuse US!", or the like allowing the rest of the world
to proceed.

I never stop and never face them so they can see who did it so that way I've
managed to avoid complaints for about ten years.

The best experience for me was as a guest was at Steam Trains. I don't
know the ride, won't even pretend to, but this woman was giving the CM
pure hell over a stroller. I missed some of the conversation but she had
her in tears and I know the bell ringing means she needs to get that train
out and quick. What a nightmare.

Guest starts flailing her arms and screaming about how awful her day was
and the CM closes the gate and jumps on the train and leaves.

She turns to me expecting me to sympathise. OH, big mistake. I look her
square in the eye and I told her, "Do you realize that the time you spent
bitching at the Cast Member you could have had the baby out of that stroller
and you and all of us behind you could of been on that last train? Now
I'm late for my Bayou reservation! Did you ever ONCE think of that? Or is
the rest of the world going to remain all about you?

Woman storms off in a huff.

Good for you Natural. I always want to do that, but I never do. You have inspired me.

I just happen to be going to DLR tomorrow... those rude people better watch out!

This thread reminds me of a story I heard about a very big muscle bound physically intimidating action star (ACT) waiting in line at Trader Joe's.

Apparently there was a huge line and 1 cashier. One of the guys on line was in a wheel chair (WCG). The guy behind WCG guy (let's call him ASS) was a total ass. Everyone is irritable and ASS says to WCG ... "Hey atleast this guy gets to sit down. The rest of us have to stand here"

ACT is right behind ASS and says in his very scary voice... "Hey asshole.. How about I put you in one of those"

Now... It's a rumor that spread pretty quick... I have no idea if it's true... But I've had a soft spot for him (ACT) ever since. In fact I've endured some pretty bad movies... Just to show my support.

I really hope it's true.

ktulu wrote:Imagine if she stepped onto your bus on your next shift :) She'd do the double take and wonder 'was that him?'

I would be pretty hard to miss... harder in the purple. But if she didn't recognize my look, she'd immediately recognize my voice.

Of course, she'd probably think a lot of my spiel was rude, too.

People like her do not belong at Disney World. Me? I enjoy my time in line, looking at the intricacies of things I am passing or interacting with. Might as well, I am stuck there anyway until the line moves.

One of the things that's nice about having 59,000 cast members here, I can get pretty lost. Even if she comes to the park I am working, her chances of finding me unless she knows where to look are slim at best.

Hugs and good job. Long ago I would stand up for CMs, people do not realize how hurtful they can be. I remember walking out of Bear Country Jamboree and people would shove past the crowd to get out faster. I cannot go faster than the person in front of me but then would barge through. the weird thing is that they do not like it when you shove them out of your way.

You deserve a hug and a gold star for your honest and brave actions.

mechurchlady wrote:You deserve a hug and a gold star...

Naw, her expression was reward enough. Nothing else needed after that. I thought about using the camera to get a picture of her expression.

The other thing I've thought about that I'll say next time something like this comes up, I'll say something about posting about them on the internet. And if I have my camera along, well, you get the idea.

Camera....internet....I love it!!

I always wonder if any of the people I snark about in my blog ever read it. If you want to see me at my snarkiest, go to http://celebrationfl.blogspot.com and read the one about Chicago dining.

I think a featured person might have read one of my DCL trip reports once. To make a long story short, we were waiting at MCO for the shuttle to the Marriott along with half the plane crew. We were all waiting in line where it pulls up. I had noticed a family sitting on a bench way far away but didn't think anything of it. Van pulls up, we all troop on board, and suddenly Stupid Family (SF) storms over and Stupid Mom yells, "They all have to get off the van! We were here first! WE are the ones who called for the van!" The driver looked at her like she was nuts and said, "Everyone called. I'm not going to make these people get off the van." I had one tiny drop of sympathy, since she really had been there first, but much because she wasn't anywhere near the boarding area. You snooze, you lose!

So I made fun of the family in my trip report and got a ranting email about how can I put something like that on a professional website, I should be reported, yadda yadda yadda (this was on http://www.castawayclub.com). I responded that it's NOT a professional website, and furthermore it is MY website, so I put whatever I darn well please. I don't know if it was SF or not, but it was so funny seeing someone trying to dictate my content.