CM comment- Would you be offended?

[Ambear]

Related to line gaps...

I didnt much like when in lines for attractions like pirates with very wide queues, the cms would yell to move forward in all available space. Like I get why they want that but I didn't always love the side eye I got from other people thinking they were getting cut in line...

 

[GaryDis]

I'm not talking about leaving "gaps". I just mean it's not necessary to be elbow to elbow. Allow some breathing room.

I didn't interpret "fill in all available space" as meaning "get elbow to elbow". When the CM says stuff like that to the entire crowd, that doesn't mean you give up exercising your own judgment. Keep in mind that the definition of "available space" may be different for a New Yorker than a Nebraskan.

If the CM was directing that at you specifically, I don't know what to make of it. The CM may have thought there was a gap when there wasn't.

 

[DisneyWisher]

Sometimes its not what is said but how its said. Its all about tone.

 

[100AcreWood]

I think that comment was unnecessary and rude, but I wouldn't let it bother you too much. I bet the CM didn't even realize they were being rude.

I've only been offended by a CM once. We were in MK and a photo pass photographer was talking to my husband about being a triathlete. DH had just completed the Lake Placid Ironman and had a tattoo that the CM noticed. After their discussion, the CM turned to me and said, "Ok, I get why you're with him. He's in great shape and he's an Ironman, but why is he with you?" My jaw hit the floor. I told him I had no idea and I just walked away. I don't think he meant to hurt my feelings, but he did.

That would have hurt my feelings too. It sounds like he was googly eye over your dh .

 

[Kalliope]

I didn't interpret "fill in all available space" as meaning "get elbow to elbow". When the CM says stuff like that to the entire crowd, that doesn't mean you give up exercising your own judgment. Keep in mind that the definition of "available space" may be different for a New Yorker than a Nebraskan.

If the CM was directing that at you specifically, I don't know what to make of it. The CM may have thought there was a gap when there wasn't.

I have heard numerous times "if there is space on the carpeting in front of you, you aren't close enough. FILL IN ALL THE AVAILABLE SPACES!!" My response is usually not to move, because I am as close as I am going to get to the perfect stranger in front of me.

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

That would have hurt my feelings too. It sounds like he was googly eye over your dh .

True. Could be! Jealous much?

 

[cornflkgrl]

I would have been offended. If you have to take time to try to figure out if someone was being funny or not, they probably didn't communicate very well that they were just kidding. And when someone is working in customer service, sarcasm is probably not the best form of communication to use -- unless you are acting and in a job that requires you to act in a certain way (like the CMs at Haunted Mansion or TOT). If the CM needed someone to move up in line, this request could have easily been accomplished with a more direct form of communication that wouldn't leave the customer feeling confused and/or upset. Ordinarily sarcasm doesn't bug me, but in customer service situations, I think it is uncalled for.

 

[ttintagel]

Aside from being rude, it's just a really WEIRD way to put it! It's not like you were turning around and going the other way or something!

Personally, as long as I'm in a place like that where I know the child is actually safe, I don't mind a bit getting between a child and their parents if I can see that the parents just plain aren't paying attention. Maybe looking up from whatever "more important" thing they're doing and realizing they don't know where their kid has wandered off to will scare them into coming up with a better plan for how to act in public next time.

 

[Jadyreen1282]

Another reason to skip IASW. The wife will be crushed.

 

[MataHari22]

Talking about our recent trip this comment by a CM came up. We were in the top part of the line for It's a Small World. In front of us was a family with a little girl who was doing the whole kid thing and not immediately keeping up with her mom so we were giving them a little room. Still keeping up but not passing the little girl in line. The CM came up to me and said in a snarky tone "Mam, I'm going to do you a favor. The line goes that way." We were all in order in the que, did she expect me to breathe down the neck of the people in front of us and separate them from their child? I was so taken aback by the tone and comment that I didn't even say anything back. Would you have been offended?

No, i probably wouldn't get offended. My first thought, as others have said, was that the CM thought that the child was with you. This has actually happened to me on my last two trips, but the little kids, cut in front of me, and their parents were behind me. Specifically, when two kids did it on BMT, when I was riding alone, the CM, looked at me and asked how many. I said, "One". She looked at the kids in front of me, and said "I asked how many." Kind of in an exasperated tone. I said, "they're not mine. One." Finally, the two women behind me, said something to the two kids (another language) and they went back with them and the CM put me in my spot awaiting the train.

I think that comment was unnecessary and rude, but I wouldn't let it bother you too much. I bet the CM didn't even realize they were being rude.

I've only been offended by a CM once. We were in MK and a photo pass photographer was talking to my husband about being a triathlete. DH had just completed the Lake Placid Ironman and had a tattoo that the CM noticed. After their discussion, the CM turned to me and said, "Ok, I get why you're with him. He's in great shape and he's an Ironman, but why is he with you?" My jaw hit the floor. I told him I had no idea and I just walked away. I don't think he meant to hurt my feelings, but he did.

This, is something to get offended by. That is incredibly rude. Holy cow.

 

[yooperfan]

Saying she was going to do her a favor amounts to because your obviously not very bright I'm going to tell you where you should be. I'd probably have said I'm going to do you a favor and let your supervisor know you need training in manners and let her stew on that for the day. (Wouldn't actually do it, though)

 

[amerikiwiroo]

OP--I'm sorry that you had a rude experience with a CM.

I think that comment was unnecessary and rude, but I wouldn't let it bother you too much. I bet the CM didn't even realize they were being rude.

I've only been offended by a CM once. We were in MK and a photo pass photographer was talking to my husband about being a triathlete. DH had just completed the Lake Placid Ironman and had a tattoo that the CM noticed. After their discussion, the CM turned to me and said, "Ok, I get why you're with him. He's in great shape and he's an Ironman, but why is he with you?" My jaw hit the floor. I told him I had no idea and I just walked away. I don't think he meant to hurt my feelings, but he did.

I'd be livid after a comment like that!! As a fellow Ironwife, I thought you may appreciate this:

 

[Odelay]

Talking about our recent trip this comment by a CM came up. We were in the top part of the line for It's a Small World. In front of us was a family with a little girl who was doing the whole kid thing and not immediately keeping up with her mom so we were giving them a little room. Still keeping up but not passing the little girl in line. The CM came up to me and said in a snarky tone "Mam, I'm going to do you a favor. The line goes that way." We were all in order in the que, did she expect me to breathe down the neck of the people in front of us and separate them from their child? I was so taken aback by the tone and comment that I didn't even say anything back. Would you have been offended?

What's the point of going on vacation if you can't be offended?

 

[dfb]

Should ask the CM "Which direction to your supervisor?" Not that I would report anyone over this but it may give them something to think about.

 

[disney world dreamer]

i would have said something back like "do you see that little girl? she's not mine. she belongs to the people in front of us so if you want to do someone a favor i suggest you tell them to keep their child with them so i can keep moving in the line."

i'm generally a very happy camper at WDW but when you get snarky with me i'm gonna respond in an even more snarky way.

and to be honest it irks me when parents don't ensure that their child is keeping up with them.
i understand that kids will be kids but parents need to be parents.

 

[Lehuaann]

Perhaps the CM was frustrated with the family/child and inadvertently took it out on you? Who knows. I'd be irked, but over it pretty quick.

...now, how about this for offensive? Several years ago we took my elderly grandma (who at the time was pooh-sized) to FW and our golf cart was running very slow. When we returned it, I overhead a CM rudely comment under his breath to 2 other CMs, "no wonder the cart broke down with that on it!" Then all 3 proceeded to snicker. I couldn't believe it, but I sure went straight to a supervisor...and after the other CMs threw him under the bus by confirming what I said to be true, Mr. Snark got his little heiny in trouble. Supervisor said it wasn't the first time and that he had a problem with his mouth. Ya think!? Lol.

 

[scoobygrl79]

Perhaps the CM was frustrated with the family/child and inadvertently took it out on you? Who knows. I'd be irked, but over it pretty quick.

...now, how about this for offensive? Several years ago we took my elderly grandma (who at the time was pooh-sized) to FW and our golf cart was running very slow. When we returned it, I overhead a CM rudely comment under his breath to 2 other CMs, "no wonder the cart broke down with that on it!" Then all 3 proceeded to snicker. I couldn't believe it, but I sure went straight to a supervisor...and after the other CMs threw him under the bus by confirming what I said to be true, Mr. Snark got his little heiny in trouble. Supervisor said it wasn't the first time and that he had a problem with his mouth. Ya think!? Lol.

I hope that was the LAST time he had a problem with his mouth because that remark he made was absolutely outrageous

 

[larryz]

The CM came up to me and said in a snarky tone "Mam, I'm going to do you a favor. The line goes that way."

Why, bless her heart!

 

[Rosebud123]

Sometimes I wonder if people reported Disney had a new policy where every fifth person that came in the park would be hit in the knee with a tire iron if someone would still defend the practice and blame the person who was hit because they should have timed it better to not be the fifth person in.

LOL, LOL, LOL!!!!

 

[danny1649]

Fellow Disers I see argumentative replies , minor personal attacks and off topic comments.If this tone of thread continues I will close thread. Danny