Guests just find a way to get under your skin.

[Grumpy]

This whole week, I feel like I'm almost taking it in the ass. Stupid guests are stupid guests, and eventually they get under your skin, but it's still funny as hell to talk about how dumb they are. When they're being rude dickheads, and you can't be rude, sarcastic, or honest right back to them, I don't know about the rest of you, but it gets under my skin soo bad. Past few days, everytime I step offstage, the first thing I want to do is just SCREAM!! I feel bad for my non-cast-member friends and family that have heard me just be cranky! I'm sure a lot of you are probably feeling the same way. There is someone that told me that he can make guests see their stupidity, without making it obvious.

On the flip side, I did have a guest last Monday when I was working in Westward Ho, that seriously asked me when the 7:00 parade would start. I wanted to say "are you stupid, or are you just testing me?" I looked at the guest and told him that it would start at 7:00. He walked out, stopped, I think he realized that he asked a stupid question, and kept going.

Anyway, the joy of all these out of town bastards going on spring break early. . . .

[SpaceRanger]

I've been feeling the exact same way all week!!! The week ended on a not very good note, there was a point where I had to just bite my lip to keep from crying/cussing/screaming onstage. As soon as I got my break I was backstage throwing out words that no one there thought I knew lol

I think the only way I'm able to stay sane is by knowing that very, very soon I will be transfering to a place where I won't be having to deal with as many stupid guests...

[Zazu]

I think the only way I'm able to stay sane is by knowing that very, very soon I will be transfering to a place where I won't be having to deal with as many stupid guests...So... you're transferring to a position backstage, where you'll only have to deal with stupid cast members? :?

[SpaceRanger]

I think the only way I'm able to stay sane is by knowing that very, very soon I will be transfering to a place where I won't be having to deal with as many stupid guests...So... you're transferring to a position backstage, where you'll only have to deal with stupid cast members? :?

haha YUP! I know, stupid cast members can be worse than stupid guests sometimes... but I'm willing to take my chances ;)

[Pschtyckque]

I disagree.

By letting the guests get to you, they have won. You can give sarcastic answers, but you have to be smart about it.

Working on Indy height check with a good friend, we would often be approached by teenagers who would duck under the height stick, like it was the funniest thing ever. So we would respond in kind. We would both throw the height sticks, and fall to the ground in hysterics. Once done, we would stand back up, regain our composure, and await the next round of idiots.

There was nothing the guests could do. We simply played along with thier joke. The fact that we made them look like asses was just an extra benefit.

[Zazu]

By letting the guests get to you, they have won. You can give sarcastic answers, but you have to be smart about it.Exactly! An example:

A family was coming up to the turnstile at the Toontown RR Station. Instead of following his wife and kids through the turnstile and boarding the train, this guest hops over the fence right in front of me.

Me: "Mr. you do not board attractions by hopping over fences. If you want to ride, you have to come through the turnstile like everyone else. The exit is at the end of the platform. Use it now."

He: "You don't have to treat me like a child!"

Me: "No, I don't. And you don't have to act like a child. But you did, and the two come as a set. Now please exit the platform."

The key here was saying this loudly enough a number of guests heard, and they all busted up laughing ... including his wife, who was laughing loudest of all.

He went out through the exit, walked around to the entrance again, and this time he used the turnstile.

Me: "Hi, welcome aboard!"

He: :evil:

Me: :lol:

[Pschtyckque]

Brilliant!!!

I was on turnstile of PeopleMover one day, explaining our wheelchair policy to a very patient guest, when a rude bastige nearly shoved her out of the way. He demanded directions to the Skyway station. Naturally, I sent him to the Fantasyland side, a much longer walk. He stormed off.

The wheelchair-bound guest realized what I had done, and we both had a good laugh. She thanked me profusely, as she said people had been running into her all day.

[Dante101]

I loved it when people get pissed off, and call me an a*hole, and then still expected me to help them with their problem. I'd even tell 'em, "you expect me to bend the rules after you call me an a*hole?"

...friggin' morons...

The squeakiest wheel doesn't get oiled by me. They wait longer.

My favorite move was on Star Tours, where I'd deliberately position rude guests as the last ones in a row that didn't have enough seats to fit them. So I'd play dumb and they'd have to wait for the next cabin. And if I really didn't like them, I'd e-stop the following cabin, so they'd have to wait longer. :twisted:

[Dante101]

So I guess, in a sense, the rude guests did get special treatment from me... :wink:

[Dante101]

Actually, this was easier on Subs. If you planned it right, you could have the guests there for hours (theoretically)...

[Pschtyckque]

Or seat them under a hatch, which mysteriously "opened" under the falls...

[flippin_mermaid]

I have to literally bite my tongue just to keep from saying what I would normally say, had I not been at work! I'm a very honest person, but some guests just WANT to pick a fight. :x

[Teddykeiko86]

On the subs, you could have a lot of gassy foods, then fart on the guests. Hey it's your farts, so you won't be disgusted by the smell. :o:

[Maleadanee]

I shall endeavor NOT to get under anyone's skin next week when visiting Disneyland. I will also be sure the teens and hubby are on the SAME program.

Just please SPARE US the sub fart tactic. Thats just wrong. ewww

Unrelated... what are pommes frittes?(sp?) Sounds like a french fry, but am not sure.

[BriDon51]

I shall endeavor NOT to get under anyone's skin next week when visiting Disneyland. I will also be sure the teens and hubby are on the SAME program.

Just please SPARE US the sub fart tactic. Thats just wrong. ewww

Unrelated... what are pommes frittes?(sp?) Sounds like a french fry, but am not sure.

Yup, that's French for french fries

[mechurchlady]

I shall endeavor NOT to get under anyone's skin next week when visiting Disneyland. I will also be sure the teens and hubby are on the SAME program.

Just please SPARE US the sub fart tactic. Thats just wrong. ewww

Unrelated... what are pommes frittes?(sp?) Sounds like a french fry, but am not sure.
They arefrench fries with parmesan cheese and herbs with something on the side I think.

http://land.allears.net/blogs/lauragilbreath/2007/10/ready_dining_at_cafe_orleans.html
We also tried the Pommes Frites - "Traditional French-fried potatoes tossed with Parmesan cheese, garlic and parsley, served with a Cajun spice remoulade." These were REALLY good - evilly good. Nicely crisp but not greasy, with just the right amount of seasonings. Lee didn't care for the remoulade sauce served with them, but I liked it.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I shall endeavor NOT to get under anyone's skin next week when visiting Disneyland. I will also be sure the teens and hubby are on the SAME program.

Just please SPARE US the sub fart tactic. Thats just wrong. ewww

Unrelated... what are pommes frittes?(sp?) Sounds like a french fry, but am not sure.

The are sort of a fore runner of a french fry, but with more spices, I think some posters may have posted that. I like a lot of garlic on mine!!!!

The ones we had were cut much thicker than American frys, but were the same thing. DW likes hers with vinager like the British.

Mmmmmm

Goes GREAT with RUM!!!

[felinefan]

I still shake my head when thinking of when Knott's started called their French fries American fries. If you want to name something after the country it actually came from, they would correctly be called BELGIAN fries; I checked, and sliced fried potatoes were being sold on the streets of Belgium in the 1850s. The only reason they're called French is the way they are cut--but that didn't keep the French from trying to claim them as their own. Kind of like the way people thought Hercule Poirot was French in the Agatha Christie movies, and he would correct them saying he was, in fact, Belgian.


Now, if you REALLY want to have some fun while globetrotting, ask for Russian dressing in Moscow--Chinese fortune cookies in Beijing-- or anything else in the country of its supposed origin. Amazing how many originated here in the U.S.A.

[Zazu]

Kind of like the way people thought Hercule Poirot was French in the Agatha Christie movies, and he would correct them saying he was, in fact, Belgian.That's probably my favorite quote from that whole series: some fop calls Poirot a "Faggoty Frenchman" and he replies, most belligerantly:

"I am not a Faggoty Frenchman! I am a Faggoty Belgian!!!"

Hercule knew which was the real insult in that phrase.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

That's probably my favorite quote from that whole series: some fop calls Poirot a "Faggoty Frenchman" and he replies, most belligerantly:

"I am not a Faggoty Frenchman! I am a Faggoty Belgian!!!"

Hercule knew which was the real insult in that phrase.

hehehehe

One of DW's favorite series. (after Rumpole!)

[Maleadanee]

Thanks for the clarification! I may have to try them!!!! Damn there goes my diet. :(

[strlnblue]

This whole week, I feel like I'm almost taking it in the ass. Stupid guests are stupid guests, and eventually they get under your skin, but it's still funny as hell to talk about how dumb they are. When they're being rude dickheads, and you can't be rude, sarcastic, or honest right back to them, I don't know about the rest of you, but it gets under my skin soo bad.

Believe me, I know what you're talking about. What's really ugly is when they make an EFFORT to piss you off. That's so low that they deserve to be thrown out. BTW, do you have the authority to toss them out if they treat you badly because they feel they're above everyone and everything?

[GuestJockey]

BTW, do you have the authority to toss them out if they treat you badly because they feel they're above everyone and everything?

If we did, City Hall would just have buttons under the counter to make the floor open up beneath them.

Note to self: install buttons!

[Disneyguy85]

If we did, City Hall would just have buttons under the counter to make the floor open up beneath them.

That would be awesome!

[Soundwave]

That would be awesome!

I would love to sit and watch the counter if that were to happen.