No, Sorry, I Do NOT Work Here!

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

There are many times that I am playing in the park and random guests come to ME, asking me questions, thinking that I work there. I mean, they have their sights on me, looking in my direction and asking me a questions eventhough there is a CM standing right next to me. So, as a EX - CM instinct, I answer it.

Does this ever happen to you on your day off or just playing in the park??

[CujoSR]

All the freaking TIME! Even after being gone for 6 plus years I still get it.

[Lasolimu]

There are many times that I am playing in the park and random guests come to ME, asking me questions, thinking that I work there. I mean, they have their sights on me, looking in my direction and asking me a questions eventhough there is a CM standing right next to me. So, as a EX - CM instinct, I answer it.

Does this ever happen to you on your day off or just playing in the park??

This seems to happen to me everywhere, especially in places I have never worked. I am frequently asked questions in the parks, and recently I was at a Costco and was asked questions which, not working there, I have no way of knowing the answers to. If I know the answer I try to help them, but if not I politely inform them that I do not work there and do not know the answer.

[Beaumont]

I've gotten asked what section I work in, if I want to use my CM discount, and if I work here. Basically I get mistaken for CM about once a trip. I do not understand it AT ALL. I don't go around spouting Disney facts an insider would know, I'm usually carrying a camera...it's weird. Flattering, but weird.

[little skunk]

I have never been to DisneyLand. In DisneyWorld sometimes guests will ask me questions. I have never been a cast member at DisneyWorld, but sometimes other guests think that I am a cast member at DisneyWorld.

[darph nader]

I think I mentioned this a long time ago,but when I was there over a year ago,some lady walked up to me near the Tomorrow Land train station.Asks me a question as if I worked there.
Well I politely told her "no".I guess if you're smoking a cigarette on stage,you must be qualified.:confused:

[DisneyMom]

I've been mistaken for a CM........
Maybe it's the pins;)

[kurtisnelson]

I get mistaken for a CM too. I think it more has to do with the fact that we know where we are, what we are doing, and don't look completely lost.

[Buggy]

I absolutely get it all the time at theme parks too. Most recently at Universal, someone asked, "do you work here no obviously you don't sorry."

However, my most recent time at Sea World was my own mistake. I used to publish games and I published one called "Prawn." When I went to Sea World, I wore a shirt with the Prawn logo on it. No fewer than 3 people asked me if I worked there that time.

[Syndrome]

I think some people just give off that "I know what I'm doing" aura. DH gets asked questions at the parks all the time, and both he and I often get asked things when we're on the Disney cruise ships. We also both tend to get asked directions on the street...maybe we look relatively harmless? It was quite comical the other night at Publix when we were explaining to an Asian tourist how to get to the seafood buffet restaurant he was seeking. Poor guy was way out at the Publix by 429, and he wanted a place over near the Ruby Tuesday's on the other side of I-4.

[Polar33]

I don't think I'd mentioned it before, but on one of my trips to WDW, I had two seperate instances where CMs called me out as a CM. One was at Splash, who said something along the lines of "you look like someone who would work here". The other was at the Choral Reef, where our server kept insisting that she'd seen me before in costuming until I pulled out my DL ID. Perhaps I have a twin roaming around WDW somewhere.

[drcorey]

wow, Disney type people. thats funny. and it would even make Walt laugh.

[SkipperGordon]

I get this in the parks and in stores. I understand the latter a bit better since my other job requires me to do a lot of shopping-often with a tape measure around my neck. It still annoys me when this happens at Walmart. How many walmart employees know - or even care- what an inseam measurement is?

[joanna71985]

There are many times that I am playing in the park and random guests come to ME, asking me questions, thinking that I work there. I mean, they have their sights on me, looking in my direction and asking me a questions eventhough there is a CM standing right next to me. So, as a EX - CM instinct, I answer it.

Does this ever happen to you on your day off or just playing in the park??

Happens all the time!! I swear, I think I have "I am a CM" tattooed on my forehead. Not that I care, of course. I will always help out guests when I am there on my time off.

[Mayonnaise]

When I went down to WDW in December never got mistaken for a CM... but then alot of people I met underestimated my age by about 8 years. They did on the other hand, repeatedly refer to me as "regular" a "local" or a "veteran" for being able to properly operate a fastpass, or some such stupid... I guess when clueless is the norm, minor competence really stands out.

((I'm neither a regular, a local or a veteran really... it was my first adult trip.))

8^S

[Disneyguy85]

Occasionally I've been asked questions when I was at Disneyland or DCA in the past. I don't think anyone has mistaken me for a CM though.
There are also times when I will politely try to help someone if I am nearby and hear them asking something out loud.

[BRWombat]

I get mistaken for a CM too. I think it more has to do with the fact that we know where we are, what we are doing, and don't look completely lost.

I think some people just give off that "I know what I'm doing" aura. ...We've talked about this here before, and I think those are the answers that fit best. Most people are pretty clueless, and can spot someone who doesn't look completely lost. That's the only reason I can think of when I get all the questions out of my family of six, when we're dressed identically and I probably look the least like a CM of anyone within 50 feet.

ETA: This thread got me doing some reminiscing about my last trip, and I dug up this post (http://www.stupidguesttricks.com/showpost.php?p=49342&postcount=26) about the two guys who not only mistook me for a CM, but even after I denied it they still were sure I worked for Disney somewhere. :rolleyes:

[Syndrome]

The other was at the Choral Reef, where our server kept insisting that she'd seen me before in costuming until I pulled out my DL ID. Perhaps I have a twin roaming around WDW somewhere.
Choral Reef? Is that the place where they sing at your aquarium-side table?

[drcorey]

Choral Reef? Is that the place where they sing at your aquarium-side table?

no, thats where you can see food thou.

[turkeyham]

When I go shopping, I dress like a slob on my days off. I went shopping at the local market and 3 customers thought I was a manager. If I was a manager there, I would be paid less than what I am now getting.

[Polar33]

Choral Reef? Is that the place where they sing at your aquarium-side table?

Gurr...stupid spell check.

[drcorey]

When I go shopping, I dress like a slob on my days off. I went shopping at the local market and 3 customers thought I was a manager. If I was a manager there, I would be paid less than what I am now getting.

yeah, it's horrible, when I am in my work clothes people offer me money and beg me to pray for them. course, when I am in street clothes no one comes up to me and asks if I am a priest.

[hobie16]

yeah, it's horrible, when I am in my work clothes people offer me money and beg me to pray for them. course, when I am in street clothes no one comes up to me and asks if I am a priest.
You should listen to the Cheech & Chong bit about the bum hustling money.

[joanna71985]

Choral Reef? Is that the place where they sing at your aquarium-side table?

Ha! :D:

[BRWombat]

The other was at the Choral Reef, where our server kept insisting that she'd seen me before in costuming until I pulled out my DL ID.Choral Reef? Is that the place where they sing at your aquarium-side table?Why do I feel strangely drawn to "Choral Reef"???...

Oh, yeah:
:chorus:

[Rex]

I have a Disney polo shirt that I obtained a few years back, and every time I wear it at a park, somebody always stops me and asks for directions. Of course, not knowing my way around Disney, I don't try to give them directions to anywhere but a cast member.

When I say that I'm not a CM, some give me a weird look as if they think I'm lying or something, but they move right along, often walking away and looking back at me.

[Big Wallaby]

And that is NOT a Cast Member polo shirt of any sort. But people weren't looking at that.

If you look like you even have a clue, then it works.

I had one time going down BVD toward DTD, stopped at a light. No costume, nothing on the car that should give away my being a CM, and the guy next to me rolled down his window and asked for directions.

Most Cast Members would not have been able to direct this guy where he was going from where we were. Good thing he found me!

[Zazu]

This is why I decided to join the cast. Before I did, Cast Members would stop me in the Parks and ask *me* questions.

Funniest was when a custodial CM stopped me at the corner of Main Street and Plaza to directions to the nearest restroom. Naturally, I pointed him to the restrooms at the Backstage Bistro (where I had once lunched with a CM friend). But NO... he wanted the nearest guest restroom as he'd been assigned to clean them without being told where they were.

I gave him a list and decided it was time to visit Casting.

[TdcOgre]

This is why I decided to join the cast. Before I did, Cast Members would stop me in the Parks and ask *me* questions.

Funniest was when a custodial CM stopped me at the corner of Main Street and Plaza to directions to the nearest restroom. Naturally, I pointed him to the restrooms at the Backstage Bistro (where I had once lunched with a CM friend). But NO... he wanted the nearest guest restroom as he'd been assigned to clean them without being told where they were.

I gave him a list and decided it was time to visit Casting.

When we went with the granddaughters to MNSSHP last year "Paw-Paw" dressed as a pirate. I spent most of my time giving directions to clueless SGs. Jack Sparrow's got nuthin' on me. :p:

[Soundwave]

Before I became a CM, my family refused to go without me. They had even pushed a vacation back a month so that I could get the time off. Apparently, I know how to get around. Their excuse was though, "We can't find it on our own."

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

O k, something weird happened to me in the park today. I was just standing around minding my own business when a guest asked me if I work there. I said, "No, sorry!" Apparently, the guest swears that I was undercover security. and comments that I was "observant." He keeps on insisting that I was security, but I kept denying until i just went along with it and admitted to it, :D I am a typical looking tourist: camera around my neck, sweater wrapped around my waist and holding an umbrella. Tell, do I sound like I would be security? Consider this: I am a shoirt, chubby, asian guy, :D

[Cranbiz]

Consider this: I am a shoirt, chubby, asian guy, :D

Of course you do. At Walt Disney World, we are the picture of diversity. You can be black, white, blue, red, pink, green, one arm, two arms, 3 arms, fat, skinny, breathing or even not breathing.

In fact the only thing that matters is that you show up for work. And even sometimes that's optional.

[turkeyham]

I shop at Ralphs. I always get approached by SG shoppers. They always want to know where things are. Lately it has been the alcohol beverage isle. Folks, I drink beer only when I am disolving kidney stones.

[darph nader]

I shop at Ralphs. I always get approached by SG shoppers. They always want to know where things are. Lately it has been the alcohol beverage isle. Folks, I drink beer only when I am disolving kidney stones.

Cool. A good responce when the baker tells me I drink too much. :D:

[Lasolimu]

Cool. A good responce when the baker tells me I drink too much. :D:

So are you saying that you are constantly dissolving kidney stones or that your kidneys are just stones to begin with and you are trying to dissolve them?

[kurtisnelson]

In fact the only thing that matters is that you show up for work. And even sometimes that's optional.
To work in monorails not as a CP, they do have requirements. You must have a stocky build, bald top of head, and have something a little wrong with you mentally.

[Lasolimu]

To work in monorails not as a CP, they do have requirements. You must have...something a little wrong with you mentally.

That fits stage hands as well, interesting.

[darph nader]

So are you saying that you are constantly dissolving kidney stones or that your kidneys are just stones to begin with and you are trying to dissolve them?

Weeeellll. :rolleyes:

[Cranbiz]

To work in monorails not as a CP, they do have requirements. You must have a stocky build, bald top of head, and have something a little wrong with you mentally.

Perhaps be a little bit marsupial too?

[turkeyham]

I have 1 stone left and this one is going bye-bye when I go to Excot next Thursday! My friend and I are going to the parks. Moe will join us later.

The last time when I was there with my oldest sister and youngest sister, we had this liquer from Germany. Tasted like strong cough med. It was strong and nailed me off my butt within 2 minutes. I will have to stop and drink a beer in each country that serves it. I also stoped at mexico and was drunk. I went on Test Track and it seemed much better when the car was going faster. I don't think I will try Mission Space after a beer, I might have it go 101. And the sweepers would be ticked.
:eek:

[Whazzup]

Perhaps be a little bit marsupial too?

Just what I was thinking! :D:

[BRWombat]

O k, something weird happened to me in the park today. I was just standing around minding my own business when a guest asked me if I work there. I said, "No, sorry!" Apparently, the guest swears that I was undercover security. and comments that I was "observant." He keeps on insisting that I was security, but I kept denying until i just went along with it and admitted to it, :D I am a typical looking tourist: camera around my neck, sweater wrapped around my waist and holding an umbrella. Tell, do I sound like I would be security? Consider this: I am a shoirt, chubby, asian guy, :DI get the CM question a lot, too, and I sure don't fit into the "Disney look." All it requires is that you don't look lost or befuddled like most of the SGs around you.

Come to think of it, I never was mistaken for a cast member while at DLR in July. Could be that California guests are smarter, but it was probably just because I was wheezing and gasping for breath the whole time because of my asthma flare-up. Somehow I guess that doesn't give off the "ask me for directions" vibe I usually have. :rolleyes:

[Lasolimu]

I get the CM question a lot, too, and I sure don't fit into the "Disney look." All it requires is that you don't look lost or befuddled like most of the SGs around you.

Come to think of it, I never was mistaken for a cast member while at DLR in July. Could be that California guests are smarter, but it was probably just because I was wheezing and gasping for breath the whole time because of my asthma flare-up. Somehow I guess that doesn't give off the "ask me for directions" vibe I usually have. :rolleyes:

I would definitely have to say it was the asthma because I always seem to have people think I work there whenever I go so it can't be that the California guests are smarter.

[felinefan]

They probably mistook your wheezing and gasping for a case of swine flu or something and didn't want to get it, so they didn't come up and ask if you worked there. Trust me, Califirnia guests are no smarter than the average guest. But when you consider that only 1/3 of the state's population was born here, it's a little hard to say. It's comparing apples to oranges when comparing California guests to guests elsewhere, because most Californians are from somewhere else.

[darph nader]

Hang on a second there Gato Amigo,some of us California visitor/ guests aren't all that bad. :rolleyes:

[felinefan]

Yeah, I know. Remember I did time in Knott's, so my view is particularly bad, because that dump attracts the worst elements. Plus I lived with mom for six years, and she was a very negative person. A real downer being with her.

There's the story of a farmer whose land was next to a road leading to the local village. One day as he's out working in his field, a car comes by, loaded with household possessions and towing a trailer. There's a man, woman and kids in it, and the car pulls up beside the road, driver gets out and asks the farmer, "What kind of people are in the village down the road?" The farmenr asks, "Well, what kind of people were in the town you left?" "Oh, they were the most spiteful, back-stabbing, gossipy bunch you ever saw. I was so glad when the factory closed down and I lost my job, so I'm looking for a new place to get away from those people." "Well, same kind of folks are in this village." says the farmer. The driver gets back in the car, telling his wife, "This place is just as bad as our old town, honey. Let's keep going." The farmer watches as the car goes down the road, through the village and leaves the village behind.
Next day, the farmer is working in his field again when another car, also loaded with household goods and pulling a trailer, stops by the side of the road and the driver gets out and asks the farmer, "What kind of people are in the village down the road?" "What kind of people were they in the town you left?" asks the farmer. "Oh, they were the kindest, most generous and friendly people you ever wanted to meet. The factory closed down, and they helped as much as they could, but we lost our home anyway so now we're looking for a new place. I sure miss those people back home." "Well, same kind of folks here." "Oh, thank you!" As the driver gets back into the car, he excitedly tells his wife, "This place is just like our old home--nice people live here!" The farmer watches as the car goes down the road, enters the village, and does not continue on the road out of town.
The farmer told the truth to both people. If you expect people to be mean and nasty, that's the only kind of people you'll find; if you expect people to be nice, that's what you'll find, too. When I was a kid, my dad used to buy paperback versions of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! books. In one, there was an illustration of a sign outside a certain town, which said "Welcome to (name of town); population 10,000 people. 9,999 nice folks, 1 sorehead." If you're like the first driver coming into a town with a sign like that, you'd think the sign must be woefully out of date, or wrong, because it seems like everyone is the town sorehead. But if you're like the second driver, you also might think that the sign needs to be corrected, because you sure can't seem to find the sorehead!

Yes, it really does seem like when people come to the parks they leave their brains at the gate, and show their bad side, but look at it this way--they're in a new environment, everything is geared to exciting the senses, and so no wonder their minds are in a whirl and they seem to be confused. Granted, there are people who are idiots 24/7, but I'm sure once you get most folks back to their natural surroundings, they probably aren't any worse than the rest of us. We have bad days, make mistakes, and get our brains scrambled occaisonally, too.

[Bright Scouter]

Of course you do. At Walt Disney World, we are the picture of diversity. You can be black, white, blue, red, pink, green, one arm, two arms, 3 arms, fat, skinny, breathing or even not breathing.

In fact the only thing that matters is that you show up for work. And even sometimes that's optional.

So long as you don't have a beard. Bummer for me.

[joanna71985]

There's the story of a farmer whose land was next to a road leading to the local village. One day as he's out working in his field, a car comes by, loaded with household possessions and towing a trailer. There's a man, woman and kids in it, and the car pulls up beside the road, driver gets out and asks the farmer, "What kind of people are in the village down the road?" The farmenr asks, "Well, what kind of people were in the town you left?" "Oh, they were the most spiteful, back-stabbing, gossipy bunch you ever saw. I was so glad when the factory closed down and I lost my job, so I'm looking for a new place to get away from those people." "Well, same kind of folks are in this village." says the farmer. The driver gets back in the car, telling his wife, "This place is just as bad as our old town, honey. Let's keep going." The farmer watches as the car goes down the road, through the village and leaves the village behind.
Next day, the farmer is working in his field again when another car, also loaded with household goods and pulling a trailer, stops by the side of the road and the driver gets out and asks the farmer, "What kind of people are in the village down the road?" "What kind of people were they in the town you left?" asks the farmer. "Oh, they were the kindest, most generous and friendly people you ever wanted to meet. The factory closed down, and they helped as much as they could, but we lost our home anyway so now we're looking for a new place. I sure miss those people back home." "Well, same kind of folks here." "Oh, thank you!" As the driver gets back into the car, he excitedly tells his wife, "This place is just like our old home--nice people live here!" The farmer watches as the car goes down the road, enters the village, and does not continue on the road out of town.
The farmer told the truth to both people. If you expect people to be mean and nasty, that's the only kind of people you'll find; if you expect people to be nice, that's what you'll find, too. When I was a kid, my dad used to buy paperback versions of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! books. In one, there was an illustration of a sign outside a certain town, which said "Welcome to (name of town); population 10,000 people. 9,999 nice folks, 1 sorehead." If you're like the first driver coming into a town with a sign like that, you'd think the sign must be woefully out of date, or wrong, because it seems like everyone is the town sorehead. But if you're like the second driver, you also might think that the sign needs to be corrected, because you sure can't seem to find the sorehead!



I've heard that story before. I always enjoyed it. :)

[KBFRideOperator]

No one here has mentioned it....but I still two-finger point...and will till the day I die. I'm a former CM, but have any of you picked it up from being a park regular, knowing the cultural significance?

I got called out on it at Knott's....but someone noticed my exceptional guest service first. He asked why I was much nicer than anyone else he'd talked to in Rides. Conspiratorally, I leaned over, covered my mouth with my hand, and whispered, "Because I was taught how to treat people by the best example....a Mouse."

He knew JUST what I meant, and was sad to hear that my efforts at Knott's, which were PRAISED by guests and staff alike, had gone unappreciated at Disney. I mean, I didn't work there for the recognition, I truly LOVED helping the guests....but SOMETHING from management would have been nice. A letter... "Hey, we got such-and-such a comment on your service the other night from so-and-so... thank you for working so hard to bring our Guests the Magic!!!" Something small would have been nice, just to recognize those of us Cast Members whose exploits don't make it into the history books. I know going above-and-beyond is what Disney does best, but to our Guests, it really is extraordinary.

It's sad that I've learned more about that at Knott's than I did at DCA...

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

No one here has mentioned it....but I still two-finger point...and will till the day I die. I'm a former CM, but have any of you picked it up from being a park regular, knowing the cultural significance?

I got called out on it at Knott's....but someone noticed my exceptional guest service first. He asked why I was much nicer than anyone else he'd talked to in Rides. Conspiratorally, I leaned over, covered my mouth with my hand, and whispered, "Because I was taught how to treat people by the best example....a Mouse."

He knew JUST what I meant, and was sad to hear that my efforts at Knott's, which were PRAISED by guests and staff alike, had gone unappreciated at Disney. I mean, I didn't work there for the recognition, I truly LOVED helping the guests....but SOMETHING from management would have been nice. A letter... "Hey, we got such-and-such a comment on your service the other night from so-and-so... thank you for working so hard to bring our Guests the Magic!!!" Something small would have been nice, just to recognize those of us Cast Members whose exploits don't make it into the history books. I know going above-and-beyond is what Disney does best, but to our Guests, it really is extraordinary.

It's sad that I've learned more about that at Knott's than I did at DCA...

But if helping guests is part of your job description, would not the self satisfaction of doing your job well, be enough?

[felinefan]

As former Knott's employee, I personally can attest to the fact that when a Knott's employee is pleasant, it's out of the ordinary. It's been nearly four years since I worked there, but I can tell you, though there were people I worked with who were decent, there were a greater number who had no business working with people.

I once saw two R.O.s on Balloon Race, having fun with the guests as they loaded and unloaded, as well as when they operated the ride, and I thought it was great. Then one of my shift leaders told me to go up there and tell them to stop doing what they were doing--cracking jokes over the mike, playing with the guests, etc.. In other words, making magic.:mad::eek:

The entire atmosphere at Knott's is that, they don't want you to have fun doing your job, you're just a robot to them, not a person. They refuse to make accomodations if you have appointments, are sick, or anything. It's either be there when you're scheduled, or you're fired. I once told the ride operations manager that if he didn't like the way I worked, he could get himself a robot. :twisted:Okay, that got me in trouble, but boy, did it feel good to say that! I lost my job shortly thereafter, but who cares? I was about to lose my sanity, and my health was starting to suffer. I needed to get out of that place, any way I could.:p:

[turkeyham]

When I did ROP in high school, I did training at Knott's. Vamp Snoopy and also the General Store in Ghost Town. I did foods first, food prep, food service, no cashiering until merchandise and bussing.

General Store had us go out into the store and help the guests. Candy handling and money handling was through the leads.

I did ROP training at DL. We did foods at Hungry Bear and did that for 1 month. It was allot of fun.

With those trainings, I did ROP at Del Taco and got hired quickly. Food and beverage is a good area to work in.:)

[SmallWorldGuy76]

I used to get that ALL the time and still get it. My thoughts are, "If I am wearing street clothes, does it look like I work here, people? Get a grip" and that's what I am going to say next time!

[GuestJockey]

I used to get that ALL the time and still get it. My thoughts are, "If I am wearing street clothes, does it look like I work here, people? Get a grip" and that's what I am going to say next time!

That one works in the opposite direction, too. I don't know how many times I'll be walking around in the ridiculous plaid vest and someone will come up and ask, "Excuse me...do you work here?" My best friend was on a tour and the little kids made her go climbing in the redwood creek challenge trail with them and a Guest first asked her if she worked there, and followed up with "It's so cute they let you play in the parks with your children!" She was barely 19 years old, in full costume, and the Guest thought she was off-duty, wearing that outfit by choice, and the mother of the 9 year old girl she was chasing around in heels. *Facepalm*

[turkeyham]

Yesterday I wwent to Ikea with my mom. There was a great big place where you could drop off the kids. SG were walking through the maze of the store. Someone came up to me and asked I worked there. If I am off and don't have the Ikea look and wardrobe, Nope! Try again.

Some times I will go food shopping after work. I was heading towards the ice cream isle and this lady was complaining that the lines were to long. She pointed at me and asked why I could not open an check stand and get the line going. Lets see, I don't work for the store and the SG shopper was blind as an ox. Yes, we have the same register but, my work id and password would not clear at Ralph's.

Smallworld Guy, we miss you at the park. So does Cinde and Mo.:(

[Lasolimu]

I haven't been asked this in some time, I guess having a tail kinda makes it obvious that I do not work there.:p:

[Yoshi]

It amazes me how many times I get stopped in a store being mistaken for an employee and I wear t-shirts and shorts/jeans everyday. Even when I am wearing my t-shirt from work and I am in another store, I still get asked a question once in a while.

[Kifaru]

Happens to me all the time. Always leaves me perplexed. I do not have that innate Disney Look that might otherwise be blamed. And it happens to me at PetsMart, Home Depot, Publix, anywhere.

... heading towards the ice cream isle...(
dang, I wanna go. I've always thought island life would suit me well.



on a side note, can anyone tell me why this smiley -> :dhitler: is found under the category of "Food and Drink"?

[BRWombat]

on a side note, can anyone tell me why this smiley -> :dhitler: is found under the category of "Food and Drink"?Looks like he's had a lot of coffee...?

[darph nader]

Looks like he's had a lot of coffee...?

And is haulin-ass to the bath room. :rolleyes:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Happens to me all the time. Always leaves me perplexed. I do not have that innate Disney Look that might otherwise be blamed. And it happens to me at PetsMart, Home Depot, Publix, anywhere.


dang, I wanna go. I've always thought island life would suit me well.



on a side note, can anyone tell me why this smiley -> :dhitler: is found under the category of "Food and Drink"?

wasn't that left over from the hitler wants to dine at WDW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlfc8zZF7Wc&feature=related

[felinefan]

I once read the obit of a certain actress/singer--don't remember who--but she was originally from Germany, and at one point was at Hitler's hideout, Wolf's Lair. Hitler tried to rape her, but she got away, and shortly thereafter emigrated to the U.S.. She said Hitler had the worst B.O. ever.

Recently I was looking for a video of "Der Fuehrer's Face" on YouTube, and I noticed there was one called the "Hitler Rap" I didn't watch it, but I can only imagine what the lyrics were.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Hitler was certainly a bad one. thats why I find those videos so funny. making him the subject of ridicule.

[PatchOBlack]

This reminds me of a time I visited a local amusement park with a couple of friends. Now, at the time, I used to wear a Lion King vest I had gotten at Disneyland when I went out with friends. Lovely piece of clothing, with lots of pockets (one I didn't even discover until a year after I bought it), but I digress. Anyway, even though this park was most definitely not a Disney property (no where near any Disney parks and at the time actually owned by another studio), I kept having folks come up to me asking questions. It got so that whenever I hear excuse me, I would immediately say, "Sorry, I don't work here"! Fortunately, I didn't have anyone insist I must actually be an employee and have to help them.

[Fantasmic_Freak]

Yeah, in the past few years, i have indeed gotten my fair share of "can you help me find this" or "Do you work here?" Wearing a costume or not. Now-a-days since i have been working in the park in tech blacks, I can see why people would be confused.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

One thing you got to know: the guests have a sixth sense about these things. They seem to know what you are doing and where you're going. They lock onto your radar and go after you, :)

[BRWombat]

One thing you got to know: the guests have a sixth sense about these things. They seem to know what you are doing and where you're going. They lock onto your radar and go after you, :)I've come to believe that it's even more fundamental than that -- think basic physical laws, like a negatives being attracted to a positive, or nature abhorring a vacuum. The average SG is so completely clueless about the world around them that their void of activity between the ears is naturally drawn to anyone with active brain cells. Thus SG's naturally gravitate (without thought, of course) to off-duty CM's and many of us non-CM's who also know what's going on.

The one exception: some of the SG's seem to be thrown by on-duty CM's, since the CM's nametag and colorful costume don't immediately trigger a "hey, they work here" response in the SG's brain. (Such as it is.) :rolleyes:

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

The one exception: some of the SG's seem to be thrown by on-duty CM's, since the CM's nametag and colorful costume don't immediately trigger a "hey, they work here" response in the SG's brain. (Such as it is.) :rolleyes:

back when I was a CM, I had guests come up to me with a blank stare on their face, they would look at me, then look at my name tage, look at me again, then back at my name tag, look at me, then at my name tag, and STILL ask, "Excuse me, do you work here?" Aaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

[darph nader]

back when I was a CM, I had guests come up to me with a blank stare on their face, they would look at me, then look at my name tage, look at me again, then back at my name tag, look at me, then at my name tag, and STILL ask, "Excuse me, do you work here?" Aaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

I'd pay to see that. Them,not you. :rolleyes:

[Main Streeter]

I'd pay to see that. Them,not you. :rolleyes:
This happens all the time, well abt 4 times per shift. :rolleyes:

[darph nader]

This happens all the time, well abt 4 times per shift. :rolleyes:

Yeah,but you're there,I aint. :(

[felinefan]

Does anybody remember those books put out by MAD Magazine, "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions"? Can't remember the guy who wrote them, but there was one showing a sweaty, exhausted bellhop carrying some heavy luggage, walking through a hotel foyer, when he's approached by a little old lady who asks him, "Young man, do you work here?" and the snappy answers include, "No, they pay me to hang around like this until I drop dead from inactivity." Or something like that. There were a couple others, plus a space for you to write your own. Ever wish there was a Disney version? Hey, there's an idea for a thread--what you wish you could get away with saying, versus what you'd better say. They had those, too. Plus, some backfires--or as they would be called today, fails.

[Zazu]

Does anybody remember those books put out by MAD Magazine, "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions"? ... Hey, there's an idea for a thread--what you wish you could get away with saying.... Plus, some backfires--or as they would be called today, fails.
We had a thread on this topic a while back. There were even plans for a book. Working title was "What Time is the Three O'Clock Parade: Common Guest Questions and the Answers We Would Like To Let Them Have".

I've still got the files around here, but my co-conspirators lost interest and the project stopped. More than happy to fire it up again.

Perhaps I should start a new thread just for this. Who's willing to help edit?

[kurtisnelson]

We had a thread on this topic a while back. There were even plans for a book. Working title was "What Time is the Three O'Clock Parade: Common Guest Questions and the Answers We Would Like To Let Them Have".

I've still got the files around here, but my co-conspirators lost interest and the project stopped. More than happy to fire it up again.

Perhaps I should start a new thread just for this. Who's willing to help edit?
Wasn't it connected in with Here's your Sign and a couple of other SGT legends? Or was that a separate book?

[Main Streeter]

you're there,I aint. :(
As it should be. Can you imagine us together? :D: :D:

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

Wasn't it connected in with Here's your Sign and a couple of other SGT legends? Or was that a separate book?

We had a thread on this topic a while back. There were even plans for a book. Working title was "What Time is the Three O'Clock Parade: Common Guest Questions and the Answers We Would Like To Let Them Have".

Do you have the link to share it again?

[turkeyham]

My friends and I would love to share stupid questions and answers with you.

SG: (pointing at BTRR) Is this Splash Mountain?
CM: Sorry, we had a bad drought and removed the water and logs.
CM: Disneyland replaced it with a train mine ride.

[turkeyham]

SG: (At turkey Cart) Do you sell ice cream here?:rolleyes:
CM: No, it would be very hard to keep ice cream frozen at 190 degrees.
CM: We are out of cups and straws for the ice cream. :eek:

I can come up with more.

SG: I want to go and ride the Mark Twain Boat.
CM: The Rivers of America is down for refurbishment.
SG: I came all the way from Washington DC to ride it, I want to get on it now.
CM: If there was a way to get pass the wall and security, you can try, but here at Disneyland we don't allow short cuts.
SG: Walks away complaining that they can't get pass the wall and get what they want.:mad:

[Zazu]

We had a thread on this topic a while back. There were even plans for a book. Working title was "What Time is the Three O'Clock Parade: Common Guest Questions and the Answers We Would Like To Let Them Have".

Wasn't it connected in with Here's your Sign and a couple of other SGT legends? Or was that a separate book?

Separate programs. "Here's your sign" is a catchphrase of Bill Engvall, and I would expect his lawyers to take a very dim view of anyone else trying to publish based on it.

"Three O'Clock Parade" would be a publication of Stupid Guest Tricks dot Com. I'll ask again, anybody want to help edit it?

[leftcoaster]

Separate programs. "Here's your sign" is a catchphrase of Bill Engvall, and I would expect his lawyers to take a very dim view of anyone else trying to publish based on it.

"Three O'Clock Parade" would be a publication of Stupid Guest Tricks dot Com. I'll ask again, anybody want to help edit it?

Zazu, I think he is referring to Indy and Marion's thread, "...Here's Your Sign" which is an outtake from Bill Engvall.

Yes, I'd be interested in helping to edit the book/publication.

[kurtisnelson]

Zazu, I think he is referring to Indy and Marion's thread, "...Here's Your Sign" which is an outtake from Bill Engvall.

Yes, I'd be interested in helping to edit the book/publication.
Yeah, I was. At one point I remember Indy saying there is a written version stashed in a break room somewhere.

And I can edit.

[turkeyham]

I found my copy of Smart Comebacks to Stupid Questions. Richard Porteus wrote it and it was illustrated by Charles Goll.

In a cafe setting.
Male customer: Is the coffee hot?
Waitress: No. We serve it frozen on a stick.
On the counter is a sign. Today's special Roadkill Stew. Guess our mystery meat! Win Prize.

It's like this:
SG: What is a turkey leg?
CM: A turkey leg is from a 6 ft turkey in Indiana, runs wild in the forest. Crosses a busy highway and gets hit by a car or is a leg of a cow shaped like a turkey.

SG: Do you have beer?
CM: Yes, at home in the frig.

I think you would have some fun with the book.;)

[Main Streeter]

Guess our mystery meat! Win Prize.
Sounds like Inn Btwn or/& OCJ. No! Have never been in OCJ

[felinefan]

I was thinking about the one published by MAD Magazine, and finally I remembered his name--Al Jaffe!

[delsdad]

During my first year of college I worked as an Usher at the theater where CATS ran for two years.

SG: "What do you feed the cats ?" (asked at intermission, by which point it had been well establlished that the cats were in fact lithe dancers in unitards and wigs)
Usher: left speechless !

Asked at the bottom of the grand staircase, which is being used by many other guests.
SG: Do these stairs go UP ?
Usher: No Ma'am, you will have to climb them yourself. It is not an escalator.



At the box office:
SG: I would like 2 tickets for Sundays show please.
Ticket seller: I'm sorry ma'am, but we are dark on Sundays. How about Saturday or Monday?
(note: a closed theater is referred to as being "dark")
SG: Thats OK. I love a colored cast !
Ticket Seller: left speechless !:eek:


Another SG at the box office: "I'd like two tickets with a view of the stage please"
Ticket Seller: left speechless !

[hrcollectibles]

Only place that has happened to me as at a target... I made the mistake of wearing a Red polo shirt and Khaki shorts

[Shorty82]

Only place that has happened to me as at a target... I made the mistake of wearing a Red polo shirt and Khaki shorts

The same thing happened to me before a number of times while wearing the red polo shirt and black pants that was my uniform at AutoZone. People see the red shirt and assume you work there.

[CptnSkippy]

Only place that has happened to me as at a target... I made the mistake of wearing a Red polo shirt and Khaki shorts

Made that mistake once. After that, I was cognizant of what I was wearing before entering the store.

I get it shopping all the time. I think little old ladies do it on purpose just because they can't reach something.

[turkeyham]

I have gone to Starbacks after work. The SG who come in can not read the name tag correctly. Our Starbucks has a generic name tag for their employees.

Then again I have been to Ralph's picking up a few food items and have been mistaken for one of the store's employees. :)

[BRWombat]

I went shopping at Best Buy wearing khakis and a medium blue knit shirt once.

Once. :eek: :o:

[turkeyham]

Becareful going into a Sears. The one in Westminster Mall has the same dress code. :eek:

[Mayonnaise]

I think most of them do, in appliances, electronics and tools...

The Blue Crew, they call them in the adds.

I want to know which store Felicia Day is working at...

8^P

[hhsrat]

I went shopping at Best Buy wearing khakis and a medium blue knit shirt once.

Once. :eek: :o:

Reminds me of something I saw on a blog once ... except they got about 50 people all wearing blue shirts and khakis, all in the same best buy.

http://improveverywhere.com/2006/04/23/best-buy/

[DisneyMom]

Reminds me of something I saw on a blog once ... except they got about 50 people all wearing blue shirts and khakis, all in the same best buy.

http://improveverywhere.com/2006/04/23/best-buy/

That was GREAT!!!!!!!:D:

[turkeyham]

I could see us campers in the park on days that we meet. All short sleve blue shirts and tan shorts. :D:

I have a shirt that says: There are no stupid questions, there are just stupid people.;)

[Cranbiz]

I could see us campers in the park on days that we meet. All short sleve blue shirts and tan shorts. :D:

I have a shirt that says: There are no stupid questions, there are just stupid people.;)

I need that shirt, in white, so I can wear it under my costume. :D:

[Lasolimu]

I need that shirt, in white, so I can wear it under my costume. :D:

I just got an image of that as a super hero doing the whole ripping their shirt open to reveal their super hero outfit. Now we just need a super hero name for you that will fit with the costume of the shirt.:p:

[turkeyham]

I wonder if wardrobe would change the polyester shirts to a nice polo shirt.

I remember back 12 years back with the ugly yellows. Yellow type polo shirt with the red and white stripes. We were the ones where the bugs you hang out on.

I have had the bad dreams when wardrobe was out of the clothes and you had to wear the yellows. :eek:

[CBeilby]

I wonder if wardrobe would change the polyester shirts to a nice polo shirt.

I remember back 12 years back with the ugly yellows. Yellow type polo shirt with the red and white stripes. We were the ones where the bugs you hang out on.

I have had the bad dreams when wardrobe was out of the clothes and you had to wear the yellows. :eek:

Enough to drive you bananas, isn't it? :twisted:

[tommy_b]

I get people mistaking me for a CM based on my dress, which is usually a bit nicer than the average guest and I still have the "Disney look" of short hair etc.

What perplexed me was when I was in my Matterhorn costume (lederhosen or ski tights) or my Monsanto ATIS polyester jump suit..... and they asked if I worked here.... Really?

[NemoRanger]

There are many times that I am playing in the park and random guests come to ME, asking me questions, thinking that I work there. I mean, they have their sights on me, looking in my direction and asking me a questions eventhough there is a CM standing right next to me. So, as a EX - CM instinct, I answer it.

Does this ever happen to you on your day off or just playing in the park??

I was in DAK at EE with a group of friends one rainy afternoon. When of course the ride came to a stop. We decided what the heck we can see it will pass soon so lets wait. Well my friend decided to stand under the greeter umbrella since there was nobody else was there. Everyone in line knew this guy was not a cast member but SG would come up to him and ask him questions. His reponses kept the whole line laughing.

I should add that my friend has a very THICK boston accent and is kind of a guido.

SG - Is the ride down?
Friend - Do you see the line moving?
SG- No.
Friend - Well, then its Down.
SG- What should I do then?
Friend- GO SHOPPING! We need your money. I want to get paid! SHOP or Go Eat at one of our many restaurants! Now GO! Shoving them away from the line as they wander away with a bewildered look.

My personal favorite is when a family came up with a small kid.
SG - is this ride scary?
Friend - Hold on let me see. (Turns to small kid and quickly growls his teeth puts his hands up like claws, lunges and screams causing the terrified kid to scream and jump back).
Then he turns back to SG and say. "Yes it is, he cant ride he is to small and scared."
SG- What should be do then?
Friend - Go SHOPPING! DISNEY needs your Money! I really want to get paid! SHOP! SHOP!
SG- Oh Ok.

[DisneyMom]

Very Funny Nemo Ranger!:)
Be sure friend makes it clear he's not a CM, tho, heard you can get in trouble for that!;)

[PatchOBlack]

I like the "test" Nemo Ranger's friend had for determining if a child was up for riding, shall we say, more intense rides. I'd even go so far as to suggest other tests that could be used. For example, if someone asks if they will enjoy "It's A Small World", ask them if they can stand having a song stuck in their head for several hours afterward...