Can I keep it?
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:09 pm
I'm new here, and I just want to say that I think it's really awesome that a site like this exists where we can get out all our vents and frustrations to people who truly understand!
That said, I have a little vent I've been wanting to get out for a while now, and it pertains to props that cast members use onstage to perform their jobs. I'm a greeter in the Magic Kingdom, and I also do parade audience control on Main Street. Sometimes, we're supposed to use certain props to do our jobs. For instance, when waving good-bye to guests, we are given a big Mickey glove or a wooden Mickey hand on a stick to wave to everyone. Now, I do get plenty of guests who say "Aww that's so cute!" or ask me to give them a high-four, which is all wonderful because it creates a positive reaction.
However, I can't tell you how many times I've had a guest come up to me while on exits saying they the glove or stick I'm using and asking me to give it to them. There is no box of gloves onstage suggesting that we have plenty to give away, and there is no one in sight passing them out. Everybody has one, so I don't see where guests get the idea that we have enough to hand out to all of them and still have one to wave to people with and perform our jobs. Have we spoiled them to the point where they think they can take everything we have? I don't even know how to respond to this question half the time while still continuing to be courteous and respectful. What I'd like to say is "Well gee, I really like your purse/wallet. Can I keep that? :D: " I'd like to hear how they would respond to that! It's the same thing with the blue light wands we get during SpectroMagic so that guests can see us if we approach them during the parade, and so that they have something bright to guide them out of the park before wishes. We've had people actually try to snatch the light wands out of our hands before saying "Can I have it?" I even had a guest one time who asked me to give him my light wand so his girlfriend could take a picture of him holding it!
If you want merchandise, we have plenty of stores all throughout the park that sells it. I don't understand why people think they can steal anything they see that they like. If you go to a restaurant, and your server takes your order on a nice-looking pad of paper, do you ask if you could keep that?
That said, I have a little vent I've been wanting to get out for a while now, and it pertains to props that cast members use onstage to perform their jobs. I'm a greeter in the Magic Kingdom, and I also do parade audience control on Main Street. Sometimes, we're supposed to use certain props to do our jobs. For instance, when waving good-bye to guests, we are given a big Mickey glove or a wooden Mickey hand on a stick to wave to everyone. Now, I do get plenty of guests who say "Aww that's so cute!" or ask me to give them a high-four, which is all wonderful because it creates a positive reaction.
However, I can't tell you how many times I've had a guest come up to me while on exits saying they the glove or stick I'm using and asking me to give it to them. There is no box of gloves onstage suggesting that we have plenty to give away, and there is no one in sight passing them out. Everybody has one, so I don't see where guests get the idea that we have enough to hand out to all of them and still have one to wave to people with and perform our jobs. Have we spoiled them to the point where they think they can take everything we have? I don't even know how to respond to this question half the time while still continuing to be courteous and respectful. What I'd like to say is "Well gee, I really like your purse/wallet. Can I keep that? :D: " I'd like to hear how they would respond to that! It's the same thing with the blue light wands we get during SpectroMagic so that guests can see us if we approach them during the parade, and so that they have something bright to guide them out of the park before wishes. We've had people actually try to snatch the light wands out of our hands before saying "Can I have it?" I even had a guest one time who asked me to give him my light wand so his girlfriend could take a picture of him holding it!
If you want merchandise, we have plenty of stores all throughout the park that sells it. I don't understand why people think they can steal anything they see that they like. If you go to a restaurant, and your server takes your order on a nice-looking pad of paper, do you ask if you could keep that?
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