" Where is the Ocean?" LOL

[lorrainesy]

My friend overheard a woman at the Beach Club yelling at a CM because they had paid for a water view and They could NOT see the ocean from their room and wanted to be moved right away!! The poor CM was trying to give the woman a geography lesson!!! LOL " Miss we are in the middle of Florida, the ocean is at least an hour away" LOL

Ruby

LOL!!!! I was just making fun of my cousin about this same issue. My cousin said that when we go in september she may come back from the parks early to lay out at the ocean......she was kind of disapointed when I pulled out a map.

 

[digskat]

Reminds me of a tourist I talked to a couple of years ago -she said they came to Canada to see the igloo's and couldn't find any -IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF JULY AND IN NOVA SCOTIA!!!

I have one of those as well. In highschool, I worked at a gas station, and one August afternoon, a tourist stopped for gas, with skis on the roof. The father, a nice man from Illinois, asked how far he would need to go for good skiing. He was a little disheartened when I told him, that if he drove due North for the next 40 or so hours, he still wouldn't see snow. We are at the same level of latitude as Northern California, and it was 96F

 

[msgrimm23]

thats funny

 

[mikesdisneymom]

That was funny.

I work for a rental car agency billing call center and often we get calls for cellular phone billing issue and for other rental agency complaints and then there is the ocasional magizine offer decline or acceptence,

this is after I answer the phone as "thank you for calling _______ this is ______ how may I help you."

 

[pouncingpluto]

One time, I was on a flight to DC, and the woman next to me was arguing with me that Washington was in the middle of the country, not on the east coast. She believed that because it was the capital, it had to be in the center!

 

[amy4bruce]

Many years ago, I worked in an office with a high school aged intern. One day, she got really upset because she had forgotten to put air mail postage on an envelope. I picked up the envelope and looked at it. It was going to somewhere in Texas (we were in New York City). "Don't worry," I said, "it doesn't need airmail. There's no airmail postage in the continental United States." "But this is going to Texas," she said.

That stopped me for a moment. "Texas is in the United States," I said. "Haven't you every seen a western?"

"No," she said, "I hate those."

It's thirty years later, and Dubya is in the White House. I wonder if she's figured the geography out?

 

[STEAMBOAT209]

Watch the undertoe, its strong today

 

[Mandabella]

One time, I was on a flight to DC, and the woman next to me was arguing with me that Washington was in the middle of the country, not on the east coast. She believed that because it was the capital, it had to be in the center!

Well, 200+ years ago DC was in the middle of what was the USA. Maybe she had a really old map?

 

[Luv'sTink]

My EX-Sister-in-law thought there was more than one sun because they put those little suns all over the map during the weather forcasts!! You can see why she is an EX can't ya?!?!?

 

[LSUDis]

Many years ago, I worked in an office with a high school aged intern. One day, she got really upset because she had forgotten to put air mail postage on an envelope. I picked up the envelope and looked at it. It was going to somewhere in Texas (we were in New York City). "Don't worry," I said, "it doesn't need airmail. There's no airmail postage in the continental United States." "But this is going to Texas," she said.

That stopped me for a moment. "Texas is in the United States," I said. "Haven't you every seen a western?"

"No," she said, "I hate those."

It's thirty years later, and Dubya is in the White House. I wonder if she's figured the geography out?

I got it! She was thinking about those commercials that say, "Texas....it's LIKE a whole other country!" The way teens say, "Like" with everything, she thought that Texas WAS a whole other country! The saga continues......

 

[MyGoofy26]

This isn't Disney but these stories remind me of this one customer that came up to me when I worked at Hallmark. We were having a big holiday promotion one weekend so the store was packed. You know those Russell Stover tins of candy? We had a big display and a number of them had pictures of Elvis on there.

This woman stops me as I'm coming from behind the counter and points to one, "Did he really sign this?" I just look at her, not sure I heard her right because there was SO much going on. "This. Did Elvis really sign this?" Oookay, I did hear correctly. "Well I'm sure it was taken from one of his signatures." She looks again, frustrated that I'm not understanding her, "No, it looks real. . . is this a real signature, not just printed on here?" At this point I'm thinking someone's playing a joke. So I just look at her for a few seconds waiting for her to break and start laughing. . . but it gets to the point where it's awkward and I realize this woman's serious. "Oh, I'm sorry ma'am, but no - it's not an authentic signature. It's just something that was printed on the tin." Her face kinda falls, she's bummed and puts it back and thanks me and walks away.

I immediately go back to the stockroom and start laughing (didn't want to break in front of people) and one of my coworkers asked what was so funny. So I told her about the encounter and she goes, "You shoulda told her 'OH! You didn't hear! He was in this afternoon signing autographs! Too bad you missed it! It was really amazing!'"

 

[pugdog]

That was funny.

I work for a rental car agency billing call center and often we get calls for cellular phone billing issue and for other rental agency complaints and then there is the ocasional magizine offer decline or acceptence,

this is after I answer the phone as "thank you for calling _______ this is ______ how may I help you."

This reminds me of a time that the phone in the hospital elevator started to ring. Being the outstanding empolyee that I am, or atleast around the boss, I answered it. They started their script of how I could save alot of money on car insurance ,ok maybe it was magazines but this sounds better. And I stopped them explained that they called an elevator in a hospital. and what happened next?? anyone? anyone? They started all over from the beginning/ Ya go team. I had no other choice but to do the right thing and order from him. Ok maybe not, I just hung up on him but we all got a good laugh in the elevator that day.

 

[Mickey Fliers]

A kid who lived on my floor in college insisted that West Virginia was NOT a state. It was just the western half of Virginia!

Come on now, people, this was college!!!

 

[LUVMICKEY]

Can you imagine how that woman felt when she finally realized how far she really was away from the ocean. That would be so embarassing.

Michele

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

these are too funny!

 

[sjcmi]

I don't even argue with people like this anymore, I just say OK I guess I was wrong. It's just not worth fighting over.

 

[Raevyn_Wolfe]

Alright, living in a tourist community we locals get asked alot of questions while we're minding our own business eating in a restaurant, pumping gas, buying groceries, even walking down the street.
And normally I don't MIND one bit, I love my city, love my state and I am more than happy to point people in the right direction or give advice if it means they will enjoy themselves and hopefully want to come back, or talk about how great we are on the emerald coast.

And I'll admit if it's something I deem funny or stupid I laugh after they leave and move on my merry way.
But there is one question that gets asked WAY WAY WAY too often. . . .
I live in Fort Walton Beach, which is on the panhandle of Florida, about an hour or so away from Panama City, and I am constantly being asked "How much further is the Panama Canal from here?". (or even worse is when talking with tourists passing through they say that they're on their way to go see the Panama Canal)
HUH?!?!??!
I find it really hard to explain that they're in the wrong country.

 

[da-winnie-pooh]

A cousin of mine was in downtown Nashville, and someone asked her where Graceland was. She said, "Memphis." Only about 200 miles away, people!

 

[Mariposa]

Raevyn_Wolfe Alright, living in a tourist community we locals get asked alot of questions while we're minding our own business eating in a restaurant, pumping gas, buying groceries, even walking down the street.
And normally I don't MIND one bit, I love my city, love my state and I am more than happy to point people in the right direction or give advice if it means they will enjoy themselves and hopefully want to come back, or talk about how great we are on the emerald coast.

And I'll admit if it's something I deem funny or stupid I laugh after they leave and move on my merry way.
But there is one question that gets asked WAY WAY WAY too often. . . .
I live in Fort Walton Beach, which is on the panhandle of Florida, about an hour or so away from Panama City, and I am constantly being asked "How much further is the Panama Canal from here?". (or even worse is when talking with tourists passing through they say that they're on their way to go see the Panama Canal)
HUH?!?!??!
I find it really hard to explain that they're in the wrong country.

Seriously, that stuff gets annoying. I live in Panama City and did my time as a teenager working various tourist traps on the beach.. Sheesh, questions about where the canal was were favorites. I would usually explain they were in the wrong country, but many of the workers would give them directions that would land them in some of the truly special small towns around here. I had one girl inform me that 'later [that] afternoon' they were going to check out Miami for a few hours... What? I was at a loss, but she (luckily) explained to me that it was just a short drive because, "Florida's not a big state, it only took us an hour or two to get here". I tried to tell her that she was in the Panhandle, but she (very icily) informed me that we were right by Tampa (???). Apperently they had moved the city since I had last checked.

Also, probably related to EXTREMELY limited research done looking for the Panama Canal and misconceptions about Florida in general, I am CONSTANTLY getting comments about how 'they' (tourists) are shocked that they've found so many people who speak English here.. or that 'they' learned some Spanish before they came to visit. I always feel like taking them to hang out with my fluently bilingual friends, just to make them feel better.

 

[Raevyn_Wolfe]

lol! I knew there were other Dis'ers that lived in Panama City, and KNEW you could relate! I can only imagine how bad it is there, if we get Panama canal comments all the way here.

Ya, Florida is great but so funny how many assumptions there are about it. My family asks me why I don't visit WDW every day! um, hello?