OT- sharing Disney Magic

[adctd2WDW]

This is OT, but I wanted to share with everyone here. I have spent more time on this board than any other Disboard and am starting to feel like I "know" a few people here. I think most will understand why this touched me so much.
I am a server at a family-type restaurant and we are allowed to wear hats and decorate our shirts. I wear a Sorcerer Mickey hat and my shirt has pictures of my kids with Disney character bodies and it says "The 3 reasons I comer to work..." So I have been nicknamed "Disney". When the hostesses seat me they tell the guests "Your server will be Disney"! So, you get the picture...
Today a woman from a table outside of my section (I was not their server) called me over. She handed me a $20 bill and told me to use it for my next trip! She did not know me. She possibly could have overheard me telling another table of Disney fans that I am going to WDW next month.
I was speechless- which for me is a rarity. I could not believe that someone would be so nice. But, then, I started thinking...
This is a Disney fan. She is like me and many, many others on the Disboards that get it. Pixie dust abounds.
I don't wear the hat for anything like that. I wear the hat because it is who I am. And for the reactions of kids- little and big!

This made my night. It could have been a $1, would not have mattered at all. Why do I love Disney? I can't usually put it into words, but the warm, snuggly feeling I had while working tonight has a lot to do with it.

 

[donatalie]

I can honestly relate! I work in a large retail store and I am a manager. The position I have puts me in touch with EVERYONE in the store, no matter what department. I have disney keys and keyring on my belt and a tinkerbell pin on my lanyard. My ringtone is the music from Fantasmic! Whenever anyone in the store sees anything related to Disney they tell me about it, pop it in my mailbox or seek me out to give it to me. One of the kids that works for me brought me a Mickey keychain back from the World and I use it proudly.

Right after our last trip, another manager (who was fairly new) asked me "What is about Disney?" I just replied........"It's the Magic!"..............

 

[chaoscent]

What a wonderful story. Penny

 

[wendypooh]

Awww - Thats IT!!!! It's the pixie dust and magic!!!
You just touched my heart and confirm that the pixie dust is REAL and the more we all spread around the more real it is!!! Thank You!!!

Big hugs to you!!!