Interesting conversation on the bus tonight...

[Cranbiz]

"If you can't watch your step, please watch your language"

[Big Wallaby]

"If you can't watch your step, please watch your language"

Can't remember who, exactly, I first took that from. My current use comes from Zazu, right here. That's right, folks... my guests get a taste of SGT without even knowing it.

Tonight, I think I recruited another bus driver who is good at storytelling. Oh, and he's one of the happy ones that I like being around. Hope he joins in.

Best story I heard tonight was from a trainer with a new trainee. He had the guy complaining constantly about life and Disney and everything to a point where I guess he said something to the trainee "You know, everyone else I know who felt the way you do to the extreme you do decided to eat the end of a shotgun. Why haven't you?" Yeah, it's mean, but I know who he's talking about, and I've heard enough complaining from him that I know if I had to spend twelve days alone with him, listening to him, I might be tempted to ask the same. I do certainly wonder why you would want to work at Disney if you're that depressed and have to take it and press it on your coworkers. Let it at least be a happy place for me.

[CelebrationNM]

"If you can't watch your step, please watch your language"

Related to that, I think I heard this on JC years ago: "Please watch your step as you exit the vehicle. If you miss your step and hit your head then please watch your mouth...this is a family attraction."

[goofyjoe]

"If you can't watch your step, please watch your language"

When I did Keys to the Kingdom, our tour guide said that as we got off of the Jungle Cruise!

Must be a Disney thing...

[goofyjoe]

They have one along the lines, "Ladies and gentlemen, at Disney World we try to provide a family environment. For this reason, we ask that you please mind your use of language. Thank you" or something like that.

They have an announcement for everything. Even ones impersonally wishing guests happy birthdays, happy anniversaries, wishing them a great first visit, etc. Very sad.

Horrid!

Two years ago (March 2005) I took my first trip to Disney in six years. We went to MK that night. On the way back, the bus driver was great, asking everyone when birthdays were and all that. There was one child who happened to have a March birthday, and the driver gave him some little memento as well as a chance to have a picture taken in the driver's seat back at the resort.

Why would Disney want to discourage this kind of interaction? :mad:

[mechurchlady]

The problem with any interaction with guests is that the word gets around pretty fast. Soon people expect to have the free gifts and the interaction. Why didn't the CM say "watch your language"? oh the horror of being dissed by a CM or any person especially a public servant.

[Randy B]

The problem with any interaction with guests is that the word gets around pretty fast. Soon people expect to have the free gifts and the interaction. Why didn't the CM say "watch your language"? oh the horror of being dissed by a CM or any person especially a public servant.

Too true. Over the years there were more and more drivers (small D) who only wanted to drive. And fewer and fewer CM Drivers who were interrested in making the trip part of the Disney Experience (pat pend). As this trend got further and further toward the silent driver, more and more often even important info was not being verbalized. So by having a "taped" speil at least the guests get some of the info. But I wish they had given some thought to the few Drivers who were still trying to be entertaining and informative. Options is good, requirements either way can be trouble. JMHO

Randy

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Not to go OT, but I just realized that the "Chubby Bunny" game you described in the OP is infamous. I seem to recall several schools here in San Diego warning parents about kids playing this, and choking. Not able to get rid of the marshmellos! Is that what they were talking about?

[Cranbiz]

Not to go OT, but I just realized that the "Chubby Bunny" game you described in the OP is infamous. I seem to recall several schools here in San Diego warning parents about kids playing this, and choking. Not able to get rid of the marshmellos! Is that what they were talking about?

I do believe that was the game the were playing, however, what they were talking about in front of BW had nothing to do with marshmellos!

[mechurchlady]

Girl 3 (to girl 4): Hey, I think you would be really, really good at this, with the way you like to put *things* in your mouth.

Usually that is code for sexual stuff and an innuendo. It was a typical girl remark and maybe they did not really get the true meaning of what was said.

Chubby Bunny has had two deaths reported. T
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/chubbybunny.asp

http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/chubby_bunny
that is about the first death

http://www.pedsccm.org/RARE/Chubby_bunny.html
This medically explains actually what happens.