Policies That Baffle You

[pixiedust]

Ok.. so I am sure we all have had out run-ins with disney policies that..

..we don't agree with
..we think are stupid
..baffle us

So in hopes of starting a fun topic everyone can relate to, what policies have you encountered while working for the giant mouse that you think are dumb/silly.

My contribution is..

...the fact that any guest can walk in through the BCML security vehicle checkpoint (the one on the back side of the structure) but if you walk through in costume, often times they will ask to see your ID. Last time I checked, they are supposed to be screening vehicles. Why do I, in costume, pose more of a security threat then the hundred-twohundred guests that walk through there all day long? :?

[coldfire409]

What about when nobody is supposed to park backstage when we are in an "orange" alert, except for when it's a busy day and the extra parking spaces are needed. Durring the Christmas holiday Disney had all CM's at the Disney/MGM Studios park backstage until the garage was full. Although as soon as the crowds died down everybody had to once again park in the regular parking lot, which is actually a section of the guest parking lot. Ever since they built the tower and coaster cast parking went away.

[Boy1nterrupted]

There are a few a policies I question. Not that they should and from what I have come to know and have seen, why doesn't disney "random" drug test. It would suck, but wouldn't one think to drug test the guy that gets hired as a cashier and says at his interview, "I want to handle money!" and looked like jesus the day before he cut his hair and shaved his beard off for the interview. Or how about the guy that had angel wings tattooed UPSIDE DOWN on his back and allowed to be near people0 and insisted he was a fallen angel out of the Cabballah? Or what about the acclaimed Israeli pimp(no, really. he was a pimp in Israel) that threatened to put acid in the water of fellow castmembers and telling the lead "I'm not your pony! Stop riding me (insert name of lead here) right after he told an elderly woman guest to "shut up!"

And what the hell were the higher ups thinking when they decided to let guys have mustaches again? only a distinct few can rock the 'stache and look ok without looking like a 70's pornstar or state trooper. I would not want some guy with a freddie mercury mustache as my guide on storybookland. was anyone around for the "rock the 'stache" era on the westside? i would say about 70 percent of the guys grew mustaches. It was so funny at indy getting to work outside and wearing shorts. all of us would wear shorts a size small so we all looked like magnum pi with sunglasses on. "I like short shorts!"

sorry for my run on sentences and grammatical errors to the above before mentioned rantings...my flight is delayed = ( but thankfully there is WIFI access in the bar! and alcohol... like you needed to know that...
ok, i admit it i'm drunk and at the airport SUE ME! um yeah not so much

[pixiedust]

There are a few a policies I question. Not that they should and from what I have come to know and have seen, why doesn't disney "random" drug test.

I couldn't agree with you more. Disneyland has kinda collected the pot heads and speed freaks in the area who can't get a job other places because of drug tests. The disney policy, as I have come to understand it, is you can do whatever you want in your spare time, as long as you're not drunk/high/etc while at work. And we all know how well that has worked out. :roll: (I am reminded of that girl a while ago who was caught tweaked out or something WHILE on stage.. don't remember the particulars)

[BirdMom]

The disney policy, as I have come to understand it, is you can do whatever you want in your spare time, as long as you're not drunk/high/etc while at work.

I know times are tough, but you would think that with all the people out of work that the company could hire people who were a little more serious about actually doing a good job than people who want to see what they can get away with. Thinking about Pixie Dust's post reminded me of one girl in particular back in the 80's when I was a merch. lead. She was casual seasonal, it was her first summer and rather than trying to make a good impression and working hard so that she could become permanant it was a game of "which guideline shall I push today." She would get her costumes too tight, wear the blouses unbuttoned too low, wear shoes that were entirely out of guidelines (not my big thing, but it was part of a pattern with this one). That alone wouldn't have been so bad, but she would wear hooker make-up when the Disney look was still prescribed as clean and natural, along with bright red nail polish (one of our department supervisors kept a jar of quick nail polish remover in her desk just because of this one girl). One day, she came back from a potty break that she demanded I cover between her regularly scheduled breaks and I swear she had two little power rings around her nostrils! How stupid did she think that we were. For whatever reason, this one Nazi supervisor we had decided to do random purse checks one night (while I wasn't working) and caught this girl trying to steal a small Tigger plush. That was the end of her Disney career. People, if you're not going to do a good job, or want it to finance your bad habits, please go somewhere else!!! :?

[pixiedust]

People, if you're not going to do a good job, or want it to finance your bad habits, please go somewhere else!!! :?

Ok.. the thing that is getting to me recently is a few of the guys I work with have been blatently hitting on guests while working. Talk about un-disney. Especially when they do it in the dumbest ways, like making little noises at them or rude comments (ie: "nice butt" or "maybe I can go home with her tonight") loud enough for them to hear.

Does this actually attract girls in a normal setting? I sure as heck wouldn't give a guy the time of day who is making little whistle noises at me. I am getting tired of them not doing their jobs because they're too busy hitting on the girls.

(I'm not trying to be sexist, but I havn't personally seen the girls go the lengths that the guys do to check out a girl or hit on someone.. I'm sure it happens though.)

[CujoSR]

Pixiedust i love your Labrynth avy.
Back to the topic: I know most of the custodial guys my part of the park were tweakers. Hell A lot of them came to work twaeked and admited it!!. Stupid Freaks (<- Replace this work with youe common 4-letter word).

[Zazu]

And what the hell were the higher ups thinking when they decided to let guys have mustaches again?

They were probably thinking, "I'm getting really tired of offering jobs to folks here in San Juan and getting laughed at when I tell them they have to shave."

WDW had at the time, and may still have, a Casting Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was doing a good job of hiring female CMs, but the number of male CMs accepting roles was low enough the Company had reason to worry about charges of sexual discrimination.

Like it does to all challenges (except those to MikeE), the Company responded with a survey. Turns out the men were turning down the mouse because they didn't want to shave. Some macho thing I guess.

To avoid discrimination charges, and to fill the roles that were going empty at that time, the decision was made to allow mustaches, so long as they weren't grown on Company time.

It was a practical decision (for once), and it had the side effect of resolving the conundrum that someone who looked just like Walt couldn't get hired.

Of course, this change came in about a year after I had shaved my lip to join the show....

[Weeble]

so, can you rock the stache currently?

[CujoSR]

I don't know about Zazu, but I rocked the stache the entire time I was there. They don't like it being to bushy and had to go to the restroom while on the clock to trim it down now and again.