Stupid Guest Tricks

So I FINALLY got called in today, to work a 6-hr shift that turned into a 8.5 hr shift with overtime when more people called out. Halfway through the day they had to switch me from Show 13 to Shuttle L, and in the time it took to sort everything out, I was 20 minutes late for my first run. As a result, every run after that was late by a few minutes -- and I had a few runs that were 10 friggin' minutes apart (as if I can drive from one end of the resort and back again, load and unload huge carts of laundry twice, and have time to drive to my next job in 10 minutes).

As my walk time was approaching, I had to make another run to the Hyperion -- most laundry is over there now since N-19's laundry is being refurbed. Also, Talent asked me to shuttle someone over and back. When I get to Hyperion, my lead radios me and asks how long I'll be since they don't want to pay me overtime. Then I get inside the Hyperion and there's a special event going on with High School students, one of which decides to have a seisure out on the audience -- not my problem though. When I get back to the ground floor, a bunch of HS students are crowding Stage Right, blocking the route to the back door where my van is parked. I keep trying to fight my way through the crowd saying "Excuse me, Pardon me, Excuse me", etc.

Then I get to one clump of kids who won't move. I say all the polite things, and one of them looks at me. I say "Please excuse me sir, I'm in a bit of a hurry." He and his buddies just stand there with blank stares on their faces, and for a moment, I forgot I was working for DLR now and that they were "guests". So I said "Or you could just stand there looking like fucking morons blocking my way. I mean, that'll work just as well." :throw:

A bit surprised, they then moved aside and let me through. :)

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, I wish I could have been there. I would have gotten behind that cart of yours and plowed my way thru, "oh I hit you with this big thing and broke your foot, you should have moved, not sorry"

Mansion_Boi wrote: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, I wish I could have been there. I would have gotten behind that cart of yours and plowed my way thru, "oh I hit you with this big thing and broke your foot, you should have moved, not sorry"

Actually I had to leave the cart downstairs, and this was on my way out. I'm sure it would have made things a lot easier if I could have just used it to shovel kids out of my way! :D

Cloud Buster wrote:Then I get to one clump of kids who won't move. I say all the polite things, and one of them looks at me. I say "Please excuse me sir, I'm in a bit of a hurry." He and his buddies just stand there with blank stares on their faces, and for a moment, I forgot I was working for DLR now and that they were "guests". So I said "Or you could just stand there looking like fucking morons blocking my way. I mean, that'll work just as well." :throw:

That reminds me of something I think on a regular basis (I'd get in way too much trouble if I actually said it since, it's rarely teenagers I'm dealing with) Anyway, at Roger Rabbit the doors are really small. So when I'm at unload and people come back I always tell them to stand up and exit to their right. Most people just try to squeeze through the tiny little door and it seems the larger they are the more likely they are to just try to squeeze through. Whenever they do this I just wanna say "or completely ignore me and just squeeze your fat ass through the door" Thinking it helps a little bit even if I can't say it.

Edited by Polar33: Fixed error in BBCode.

When I first read the title, I thought this was going to be about starting the Jungle spiel at Pirates or something like that, sort of like the time I was (shudder) working at the Wendy's Drive Thru, opened the mic and realized I had no clue where I was or what the appropriate thing was to say.

Good thing my supervisor rescued me on that one.

Also once answered the phone in China Closet with "Emporium, this is SisterCoyote"

sistercoyote wrote:starting the Jungle spiel at Pirates

I've done something like that before. I was at GMR and I was giving the right speil in the wrong scene. Fun times there. . .

yeah right spiel wrong spot in the jungle was always a hoot. the dangers of working on autopilot.

oddly enough that would happen most often while I was composing new jokes and looking right at the show element that I was mis-spieling for.

while working at registers guests usually don't pay attention so its customary to be yelling "next guest please!" to move the line- but while talking to another cm i was a little distracted and i yelled at my guest "Get over here!" - i felt so embarrassed but luckily they laughed it off.
and for this past week for some reason i've been tempted to answer the phones with Arbys how may i help you? god i've only just caught myself a couple a times...i don't need anymore embarrassment. :roll: