bombarded with a shitty morning
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:42 pm
matterhorn
greeter
a man comes up to me and askes me what there is to do at disneyland. i
ask him what he would like to see, as in what type of ride. he says, "thrill
ride."
first off in my mind i thinking, go to knott's or better yet six flag's, but
instead i tell him how great our rides are. mention the huge white
mountain towering over us providing shade, i mention splash mountain,
and thats about it cause space and thunder are both down. i also told him
that the other park was gear more toward the taste he craved.
"naw we did that in like 5 mins."
at this point a line had formed to my left and him to my right. i answered
a few questions to turn back and find this man reading my cast member
reference guide.
"what's this?"
"well it's a Cast Member reference guide."
folded in the guide was a stack of child switch passes and he bagan to
read that. elbow on the trash can leaning forward, ass out in the air. he
read the instructions on the pass and people casually walk up and
repeatedly ask about the non-existant fastpass machines.
"so this is for the kids, right?"
"yea."
"ok, cool." and began walking away from me.
"sir, i need that pass back."
"naw, it's cool i have it."
"no seriously, i need that."
"but my kids, i-"
"No! Give it to me NOW!" (note my nostrils were flaring and my
vision went fuzzy. my fists clenched and eyes wide open.)
all the guests that were waiting in line looked at me and things got real
quiet. he was frozen mid-step and his eyes jumped quickly from my face,
to my name tag, to the pass, and back to my face. he slowly got his body
to move, like his joints needed a good oiling. puts it in my hand, and had
the audacity to continue asking me questions regarding recommendations after had been completely embarrassed in front of about 20 people.
"my family and i are here for five days and i am bursting with excitment."
first of all, if he were an intelligent person he would have done some
research and made an informed decision on whether or not to stay at the
grand californian and come to disneyland for 5 days, i mean seriously.
knowing what i know now as a cast member, i would not EVER spend
money to come to this park.
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part two:
people were very daring today. a seat or two jumped out of hold 2 on a
side and jumped over the slide gate while my manager and i had a
discussion about the greeter thing. (which for those of you who care, she
sided with me and backed me up)
people had tried to put 3 people in a seat that only has 2 seat belts. cast
members locked themselves out on a side causing a ride cascade. seat
belts were even more foreign to people and they couldn't for the life of
them figure them out. people were jumping out of sleds and switching
spots while moving. and this one lady had her 3 yr old son hop over the
track to sit next to her while pulled over to the spur track to prevent a
down time. it was crazy. and this was all in the course of about 3 hours.
how was your day?
greeter
a man comes up to me and askes me what there is to do at disneyland. i
ask him what he would like to see, as in what type of ride. he says, "thrill
ride."
first off in my mind i thinking, go to knott's or better yet six flag's, but
instead i tell him how great our rides are. mention the huge white
mountain towering over us providing shade, i mention splash mountain,
and thats about it cause space and thunder are both down. i also told him
that the other park was gear more toward the taste he craved.
"naw we did that in like 5 mins."
at this point a line had formed to my left and him to my right. i answered
a few questions to turn back and find this man reading my cast member
reference guide.
"what's this?"
"well it's a Cast Member reference guide."
folded in the guide was a stack of child switch passes and he bagan to
read that. elbow on the trash can leaning forward, ass out in the air. he
read the instructions on the pass and people casually walk up and
repeatedly ask about the non-existant fastpass machines.
"so this is for the kids, right?"
"yea."
"ok, cool." and began walking away from me.
"sir, i need that pass back."
"naw, it's cool i have it."
"no seriously, i need that."
"but my kids, i-"
"No! Give it to me NOW!" (note my nostrils were flaring and my
vision went fuzzy. my fists clenched and eyes wide open.)
all the guests that were waiting in line looked at me and things got real
quiet. he was frozen mid-step and his eyes jumped quickly from my face,
to my name tag, to the pass, and back to my face. he slowly got his body
to move, like his joints needed a good oiling. puts it in my hand, and had
the audacity to continue asking me questions regarding recommendations after had been completely embarrassed in front of about 20 people.
"my family and i are here for five days and i am bursting with excitment."
first of all, if he were an intelligent person he would have done some
research and made an informed decision on whether or not to stay at the
grand californian and come to disneyland for 5 days, i mean seriously.
knowing what i know now as a cast member, i would not EVER spend
money to come to this park.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
part two:
people were very daring today. a seat or two jumped out of hold 2 on a
side and jumped over the slide gate while my manager and i had a
discussion about the greeter thing. (which for those of you who care, she
sided with me and backed me up)
people had tried to put 3 people in a seat that only has 2 seat belts. cast
members locked themselves out on a side causing a ride cascade. seat
belts were even more foreign to people and they couldn't for the life of
them figure them out. people were jumping out of sleds and switching
spots while moving. and this one lady had her 3 yr old son hop over the
track to sit next to her while pulled over to the spur track to prevent a
down time. it was crazy. and this was all in the course of about 3 hours.
how was your day?
