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Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Nov 11, 2009
I actually think it's really funny that people are talking about how strollers/wheelchairs is merch.. that was my role in Magic Kingdom! 
It's interesting to me, though, how people are saying they got "stuck stacking strollers" because there's SO much more to it than that. Yes, you stack strollers/wheelchairs and get bruises from them (I've actually had an alpha unit called for me from lifting a wheelchair improperly). & Yes, you get yelled at because you run out of ECVs and half the time you're outside and it's hot and at night all you can smell is the popcorn and you just want to get off work and go eat some.. and then that terror when you clock in and get an ECV run for a guest who's been waiting for a good hour or so..
But some of the time spent in the back room stacking strollers made some of the best friendships & memories. I got to greet people into the park for the first time and blow bubbles at night when it was slow; one of my friends & I would dance to the parade every time we worked nights together. I got to wave goodbye to people and watch Wishes and when the park was closed, I got the privilege of being one of the few people in the world who's seen MK completely as it is after hours. And since Strollers is usually a huge area with relatively easy jobs, there are a LOT of CPs & ICPs and I've made friends there that I wouldn't have had the opportunity to get to know if I had a regular merch job.
I'm not saying that one area is necessarily better than another but it's all in the way you look at it. I have merch this time around again and I'm honestly afraid that I'm going to have a "normal" merchandise job.. but wherever you're put, you're going to hate *something* about it - you just need to make sure that you're letting the positives outweigh the negatives - because they do.
Completely long rant, sorry, but I can't have people hatin' on strollers
It's interesting to me, though, how people are saying they got "stuck stacking strollers" because there's SO much more to it than that. Yes, you stack strollers/wheelchairs and get bruises from them (I've actually had an alpha unit called for me from lifting a wheelchair improperly). & Yes, you get yelled at because you run out of ECVs and half the time you're outside and it's hot and at night all you can smell is the popcorn and you just want to get off work and go eat some.. and then that terror when you clock in and get an ECV run for a guest who's been waiting for a good hour or so..But some of the time spent in the back room stacking strollers made some of the best friendships & memories. I got to greet people into the park for the first time and blow bubbles at night when it was slow; one of my friends & I would dance to the parade every time we worked nights together. I got to wave goodbye to people and watch Wishes and when the park was closed, I got the privilege of being one of the few people in the world who's seen MK completely as it is after hours. And since Strollers is usually a huge area with relatively easy jobs, there are a LOT of CPs & ICPs and I've made friends there that I wouldn't have had the opportunity to get to know if I had a regular merch job.
I'm not saying that one area is necessarily better than another but it's all in the way you look at it. I have merch this time around again and I'm honestly afraid that I'm going to have a "normal" merchandise job.. but wherever you're put, you're going to hate *something* about it - you just need to make sure that you're letting the positives outweigh the negatives - because they do.
Completely long rant, sorry, but I can't have people hatin' on strollers
It was my second choice but I loved it! I was grateful I was in a resort rather than a park because at least the hours are stable and the latest I would stay would be 1:00 AM. The awesome thing about being in Merch is if you want to pick up hours you can pick them up in any park or resort (If they are available). I still take advantage of that perk of being a Merch Hostess as a seasonal CM. It's a really awesome experience working in different locations and meeting new cast members and managers.
