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I cant speak for everyone but I have never complained about ANYTHING and I would bet I tip better than you and for that I am offended.
[I]Right there Rick you prove how you are one of the Naughty members, maybe not a bad naughty but still the same you are one that will demand compensation in it's many forms[/I]
I'm sorry guys, I'm just an uncultured couth from the sticks.. and I just don't get what the OP was saying here. So, if you are a DVC person and go with the flow and not complain you are just "naughty", but if you are a DVC person AND you voice a complaint.. you are "bad naughty"?
So... my next question... which one of us 88, 000 "bad and/or bad naughty" DVC'ers is going to forward this link to DVD and ask about the "naughty list"? I haven't been on ANYBODY's list for some time, I would really like to know if I am on it. How many reams do you think it is? Does each DVC resort have "a list"? Poll anyone?
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel REALLY offended that if we speak up about unsatisfactory service we get branded as a poor guest? albeit SOME members, (I tink an extremely small percentage of the DVC population) have gone overboard and been entirely unreasonble in their complaints.., but then, heat makes me irritable too. And I am quite unpredictable if I don't take my medications as scheduled, and am very volitile if my blood sugar drops below a certain level..
(for all you CMs reading this, it is sarcasm, don't add it to my profile please)
For the record tho.. I did call engeneering to get a lint trap for the dryer that was missing once.. I din't want to start a fire. Oh.. I also called housekeeping to replace the spatula that was missing so I could turn my now burned food.. Umm, I do believe I also called for extra pillows once. But let me reflect if I ever actually complained.. was it when Guest services lost over half of our luggage and my SIL and myself spent over a half hour ALONE in BCV storage room looking for it?.. no.. not a big enough issue that time.. How about when BCV guest services allowed 50-60 bucks of food that needed refrigeration sit out all day?.. Hmmmm nope, not then either. How about when the ONE time I used valet services and no less than three people stuck out there hand for a tip? Uh Uh.. But I self park now and lug my own stuff. I prefer to be the judge of when a service warrents a tip, and I don't base it on their salary (or lack of it) either. Maybe I should demand my clients tip me.. I'm "kinda" in a tipable profession.. at least in Europe anyway.
Anyway, I now choose NOT to use valet parking. Low salary or not, I'm not going to tip two or three guys getting two or three pieces of luggage from my trunk, and then stand there with their hands out. Nope, I'll save them the embarassment though and lug my own stuff.. ain't that why they call it luggage? Maybe if enough of us don't use valet parking or guest services to haul stuff, maybe we could lighten our cost of ownership a bit.
THE ONLY TIME I ever made an *** of myself was before I was a DVC member and was staying in a (gasp.. I could hardly afford it) moderate resort. I was fortunate to have a manager that listened to my issues, took the time to educate me on what the package I purchased entailed (and not what I was previously told by Non Disney folks). He even offered to replace the underwear the dryer ruined, but they were older ones and I didn't feel right having Disney buy me new ones although I really would like a pair of Micky Boxers. I told DW not to worry, nobody should be looking at her brassieres anyway.
Mr Desk Manager, I do hope the grass is now greener for you. Quite frankly, the only folk I have seen having a meltdown have been NON DVC members, but then, I don't get out as much as those sophisticated folk from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.