Kids Say the Darndest Things Part 3

Kids say the darndest things and sometimes actions speak louder than words.

I saw a little boy wearing Mickey ears in a stroller being pushed by his mom.

“Whoa! Look at you! You have four ears!”

The little boy looks at me and grins.

“You know what that means right? Now you have no excuse not to listen to Mommy!”

The mom laughs and agrees with me.

The little boy looks at me, looks at his mom and then takes his ears off.

Kids Say the Darndest Things Part 2

One day I saw a little girl dressed as Cinderella. I stopped and said “Cinderella! What are you doing here?”

She just stood there and covered her face with her hands and giggled.

“Cinderella?”

“I’m not Cinderella!”

“What do you mean?”

“I have both of my shoes!”

I asked her if I could have her autograph anyway because I wasn’t convinced she wasn’t the real thing. She giggled and gave it to me!

Hooray for Technology!

We had a pin that we sold that was a special pin for the 40^th anniversary. It was $15.95. What did it ring up as? $1,595!

Kids Say the Darndest Things Part 1

I love stopping and talking to kids, especially the ones dressed as princesses. What I really love is how literal they can be!

One day I stopped and talked to a little blonde girl dressed up as Princess Tiana. I stopped and said “Princess Tiana! What are you doing here?”

“I’m not princess Tiana!”

“What do you mean? You’re wearing her pretty dress!”

“No I’m not her. She’s taller than I am.”

Pam’s Top 10 Guest Questions

….and what I wish I could really say to them. (Or some of the times I do actually say some of the things to the guest, just in a more guest friendly manner.)

It is a very good thing our guests don’t have to take an exam to get in, because there are days when it seems like the park would be empty if we did. The great thing about these off the wall questions guests tend to ask is that it does provide amusement for us.  

[Note: as a reminder I work at the Emporium on Main Street in Magic Kingdom at Disney World.]

10. How come I can’t ship my purchases to (my resort off property)?

Because it’s not a Disney Resort? We may go out of our way for guests, but that’s a little too out of the way!

9. How come you don’t have any Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Dora the Explorer/Sponge Bob merchandise?

            Because it’s not Disney?

8. Where can I get the Thing 1/Thing 2 shirts? I see people wearing them around.

           Not here! We can’t prevent our guests from 
           wearing other places’ merchandise. 

7. Will I still be able to get Disney merchandise at Universal (also referred to as “the other Disney park”)?
          You do realize that Disney and Universal are
          two WAY different parks right?

6. Where is Magic Kingdom? /Where is the Emporium? /Where is Main Street?

           Let me get you a map.  

5. Will this fit my child? (Often asked when the child is not present.)

            If you don’t know what size clothing your child wears,
           what makes you think I would?

4. How do I leave the park?

             How did you enter the park??

3. Where is the castle?

             How did you miss it on your way in??

2. Do you work here?

No. I just come to the parks dressed like this because I think its fun. I also stole this name tag from a cast member.

                             

1. What time is the 3:00 parade?

            15:00

The Trouble With Mannequins Part 2

One day I was stocking the 2011/Hat/Magic Kingdom/Pirates of the Caribbean room. I went back to the stockroom to retrieve more hats and come back and see a giant hole on the Pirates wall. So there I am freaking out about how I’m going to fix it when I look down.

There lying on the ground is a poor mannequin. Her arms had been ripped out were lying on top of her. Also missing was her shirt. Not only did they steal the poor mannequin’s shirt, they left her naked lying in a disassembled heap on the floor! 

The Trouble With Mannequins Part 1

The Trouble with mannequins is that our guest can’t keep their hands off of them.

One day I was stocking the women’s clothing section. We had a really cute jacket that at the time we only had a few sizes of. One of our mannequins was wearing the jacket and unfortunately still had the tag on and showed that it was a size we were currently out of.

A woman and her husband came up and this was the conversation that occurred:

Woman: Do you have this jacket in a medium?

Me: Unfortunately we do not ma’am.

Woman: You didn’t go in the back in check.

Me: Yes ma’am that’s because I’ve already checked before. I know we don’t have it in the back.

Woman: Well what about this one on the mannequin? It is a medium.

Me:  I know ma’am but we’re not allowed to sell the clothes on the mannequins.

Woman: Well why not?

Me: Because they’re damaged items that they wear.

Woman: How are you so sure?

Me: Well they’re either damaged before they’re put on the mannequin. And if they’re not already damaged, they are now because they’re stretched and pulled to fit properly.

Man: Well I just don’t understand why you won’t sell this to us! Doesn’t Disney want to make money!?!

Me: Well yes, but not by selling damaged goods to guests.

I finally convince them they can’t take the jacket and they leave. I go back into the stockroom to get more things. When I come back I look at the mannequin.  It was missing the jacket.