Stupid Guest Tricks

I got permission from CujoSR to ask my question here - so thank you to the mods.

My name is Bill Burke and I'm a longtime newspaper reporter. (Please don't hold that against me.) :D:
I've also been a (mostly) lurking member here for a while.

I've done a decent amount of travel writing for the Boston Herald, specifically about WDW over the years.

I'm finishing up a book about WDW travel, called 'Mousejunkies: Confessions of a Disney World Addict.'
It is in no-way a tell-all, behind-the-scenes or Disney bashing book at all. I fell in love with WDW - despite supposedly being an impartial member of the press - and I want to share that with others.

Please have a look at a proposal site I link to in the proposal package I sent to publishers - it'll give you a feel for what I'm doing: http://www.mousejunkies.com/

I have one publisher interested right now, and I'm very excited about the way it's going.

Anyway, one chapter is called 'Mousejunkies Misbehave.' I wanted to see if any forum members wanted to contribute a SG story - under a pseudonym, because the absolute last thing I want to do is get someone in trouble - to show just what CMs have to put up with sometimes.

In that chapter I want to champion the CMs, in a way, by showing how dedicated they are, and how guests sometimes take advantage of that.

Like I said, I wanted to get permission because I truly respect the tone and civility of this forum.

If you wanted to contribute a story - it can be as short as a couple of sentences, or as long as you want to make it - you will have complete editorial control over it. If you send it to me and then change your mind, just drop me an email and it's out. I don't want to upset anyone or get anyone in trouble.

Also, could you please email it to me rather than posting it here? The mods asked me to make that stipulation.

My email address is bburke99 at gmail.com.

If you could just tell me what name you'd want to be identified by (totally your choice), and your home town or state, that would be great. (Again, just put something that won't specifically identify you if you think it might cause problems. You can put "CMguy97, Kalamazoo, Michigan" or even "4 year CM, Fantasyland". Or even your name. Whatever you feel comfortable with.)

Thank you very much to anyone who contributes, and thank you very much to the mods for allowing me to post this.

I really look forward to reading your stories!
And if you check out mousejunkies.com, I hope you get a chuckle out of it.

Wow, Bill, that was a great intro to your book. I sincerely hope it gets published, and quickly! I laughed out loud several times while reading your proposal. :D:

I'm not a CM, but I'm sure you will be receiving LOTS of interesting stories from those folks "lucky" enough to deal with SGs on a daily basis.

Good luck - and let us know when your book is on the shelves. I definitely want to pick up a copy.

Thank you! That is very kind of you to say.

Whazzup wrote:Wow, Bill, that was a great intro to your book. I sincerely hope it gets published, and quickly! I laughed out loud several times while reading your proposal. :D:

I'm not a CM, but I'm sure you will be receiving LOTS of interesting stories from those folks "lucky" enough to deal with SGs on a daily basis.

Good luck - and let us know when your book is on the shelves. I definitely want to pick up a copy.

We were leaving this non-palm tree stand having, non-Castle viewing, giant mob at the front desk Hell hole.

Some things like that need tweaking. I liked that chapter as that is how too many feel on vacations. It can be Las Vegas or San Diego but you get there and like what happened, where is the stuff in the brochure and that wading pool is not an olympic sized pool.

I got some doozies but rather let the pros take center stage. My favourite is "What Kid?" where mom gets of the ride while videotaping and leaves her kid on the ride, lol.