one of "those guest"
I have a new respect for the cms. this September will be my 60th trip over 41 years starting when I was seven years old and I can tell you I had no idea how much crap they take and take it with a smile. it takes a special person to pin one of those name tags on. your dad is doing a great job!!!!! tell him to keep it up!!!!!!
look for the college program kids. most of them have there college name under there name. ask them how there doing, where's home? a lot of them are far from home, some for the first time, some working the first job they ever had and a lot of them get home sick. yes, you think how can you be home sick in the happiest place on earth? they do. believe it or not, it is a stressful job. my dd name tag had her home town on it and she loved when someone would say, hay!!! I know where that is!!!! give them a smile or a high five back. most of them are there living a life long dream. most do it for the satisfaction of making someone happy. it sure isn't for the money.
my dd worked a lot in the hub. some of the questions, why is the castle roof blue? whats that wire for? where's the exit? (only one way in and out and the person said, no, I didn't come in that way.
) what is #22 on the map? she worked there eight months and could tell you stories for hours.
she cried the day i dropped her off for the program and cried the day she came home. her room is all decorated in her Disney program stuff. if you don't know, if you work for Disney, don't matter if you are a vp or a dishwasher, you go through a training program called traditions. after you go through traditions, you get your name tag. i will give you one guess who gives you your name tag. yup, cried again.
when she was little, we were sitting on a bench near the hub. she said to me, daddy, im gonna work here one day. who would of ever guessed 15 years later. i know a lot of people always wonder what they can do or if the cm finds out but if there is ever a cm who you feel really did a great job or made your day or vacation, stop in at the guest relations in the park the cm works at.(city hall in the mk) tell the guest relation person the cms name and what happened and you would like to fill out a four key card. they cm will hear about it and it will make them happy. these cards also go into there file and the more cards, the better it looks if they are up for a raise, promotion or another role. my dd got 14 of them. most roles the cm can be fired for taking any kind of tips and pending on what you hand them could be taken as a "tip". here is a question to ask......... if you see a cm with a name tag of "chris " and they are from Orlando, ask them if there name is really chris.
you will find there are a lot of chris from Orlando working there.
We've decided to listen and go all out this time and spoil ourselves rotten.
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