"I'm Actively Ignoring You."
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:51 pm
Yes, that was said to me once. And it leads me to a question. But first, the story behind the quote.
This was several years ago, probably 2002 or so, but I could be way off. My wife, brother-in-law and I were taking the tram from near the Paradise Pier hotel over to the parks. There was hardly anyone on the tram, and we sat in the back row, so the CM was directly behind us.
As we stopped at the light, waiting to cross Disneyland Drive, the CM announced that "We'll be under way in just a moment." Feeling mischievous, we asked, "How long is a moment?" I don't recall the details of how exactly, but the banter (at least I hope that's what it was) progressed into inquiring about the length of "official, Disney-sanctioned moments". After this had gone on for a while (we'd crossed the street by now), the CM said to us, "I'm actively ignoring you now." Which we thought was great, as we'd never been actively ignored before. So we talked about the amongst ourselves for a bit.
When the tram stopped and we disembarked, we did thank him and wish him a good day. He didn't seem disappointed to see us go, but thinking back to that tram ride is one of our favorite Disneyland memories together.
So, here's my question: Based on my description, did that conversation put us into SG territory? The three of us (plus another brother-in-law) will be going to Disneyland/DCA 10/27 & 28--hope to run into some of you, PM me if you're working that day and can help me find you--and I know there will be a tendency to do that kind of thing again, because we tend to be that way when we're together. But if that's going to classify us as SG's, I want to know so I can keep us within the "fun, but not annoying" limits. We want to enjoy ourselves, and hopefully brighten CM's days as well and help them have some fun, but we don't want to be annoying, irritating, or otherwise SG's.
Any thoughts on how to not cross the line (and if what we did before did cross it)?
This was several years ago, probably 2002 or so, but I could be way off. My wife, brother-in-law and I were taking the tram from near the Paradise Pier hotel over to the parks. There was hardly anyone on the tram, and we sat in the back row, so the CM was directly behind us.
As we stopped at the light, waiting to cross Disneyland Drive, the CM announced that "We'll be under way in just a moment." Feeling mischievous, we asked, "How long is a moment?" I don't recall the details of how exactly, but the banter (at least I hope that's what it was) progressed into inquiring about the length of "official, Disney-sanctioned moments". After this had gone on for a while (we'd crossed the street by now), the CM said to us, "I'm actively ignoring you now." Which we thought was great, as we'd never been actively ignored before. So we talked about the amongst ourselves for a bit.
When the tram stopped and we disembarked, we did thank him and wish him a good day. He didn't seem disappointed to see us go, but thinking back to that tram ride is one of our favorite Disneyland memories together.
So, here's my question: Based on my description, did that conversation put us into SG territory? The three of us (plus another brother-in-law) will be going to Disneyland/DCA 10/27 & 28--hope to run into some of you, PM me if you're working that day and can help me find you--and I know there will be a tendency to do that kind of thing again, because we tend to be that way when we're together. But if that's going to classify us as SG's, I want to know so I can keep us within the "fun, but not annoying" limits. We want to enjoy ourselves, and hopefully brighten CM's days as well and help them have some fun, but we don't want to be annoying, irritating, or otherwise SG's.
Any thoughts on how to not cross the line (and if what we did before did cross it)?
