We, too, thought it was a horrible idea. Our first experience with the policy in September was not as bad for the guests, but truly horrible for the CM's at times. For us, instead of lifting up our wrists to show our bands, we just had to show our cards. For the CM's, they needed to check each card and accept the wrath of someone without a card. Overall, we were annoyed with the change, until . . .
We were chatting with a CM, who happened to be a supervisor. When we talked about the new policy, he told us that an internal memo said that this change would save over $750,000 a year. With all the threats of cutting shows and services or raising prices, IMHO, I would rather deal with the new EMH policy.