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A Brilliant Pair… of days

October 27, 2005 on 5:12 am | In General Nonsense |

It’s been pretty difficult to shake my current good mood. I’ve also noticed I’m starting to pick up some words and phrases from our Guests and other Cast.

Today this guy asked me, “So how do we get to Epcot, do we just stay on the bloody thing?” That kinda caught me off-guard. Fortunately I didn’t laugh in his face, I answered him. “Cheers!”

Another guy flipped me off with the two-finger up-yours salute. It didn’t even phase me. It was getting a little busy so I put the rope up between cars 4 and 5. I’m working car 5 greet. He’s pushing a stroller and wants to get into 4B. I gestured towards the back of the train. “Right this way, sir.”

“Well, can’t I just get in there?” he asks.

“We’ll get you on the next one sir, right over here.”

“Why can’t I… argh,” he trailed off and the doors and gates started to close. He muttered something else and flipped me off.

“We don’t hold the trains here very long, sir.” I explained.

Not more than a minute later the next train arrived and someone in his party patted him on the back. I didn’t get an apology. We dispatched his train just as quickly–I hope he appreciated it.

Later on during the exit, a couple was standing in front of me holding a young child. Probably just a few months old. The baby was gorgeous, and staring at me with her bright blue eyes while sucking on a pacifier. It kinda creeped me out. I figure the she either thought I looked like some of the other babies she knows. “Wow, what a big baby,” she may have thought of me. [I’m bald, remember, like she and her baby buddies.]

I like going downstairs and supergreeting when there are enough cast on the platform. It’s fun. I get to yell at the people climbing over the fence between exterior and lagoon. “Go back the way you came!” That’s the best part, making them climb back over

Yesterday we were waiting a while for a train and then I had to bump this one family with a double stroller so I could get a guest using a wheelchair on board. They were really cool about it, and the one guy started eating a pastry they got on Main Street. It was a mess.

I went looking in the firebox and found a clean rag. I walk up next to him: “Hey, I got you something.” His family started laughing. “That’s the Disney Experience right there,” he said, and thanked me while he wiped off his hands and face. :o)