Not only do GP hate SF

AS a side note...

I hope she is not a friend of the original posters. IF so, she may not be much longer.

I never read blogs, I have my own life to manage, so I have no idea what she said..... but.....

There is a good chance SF will see this and fire her, if it's really slanderous. I would not blame them. I would not want someone working for me talking bad about the company to the world. In my line of business, banking, you can get fired if you even talk to the media. You can't go around slandering your employer on the internet without possible conciquences. Best of luck to her! *** Edited 3/9/2005 8:52:15 PM UTC by Markieb***

This is awesome and yes something most parks do not do. However, the employee looked bored, never smiled, or even spoke to the guest...

...What a waste to have a person that had no facial expression or guest interaction...

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As a former CP ride op, I may be able to explain one reason for this. One thing that may cause some employees at CP to act this way is lack of rest. It is hard to get the right amount of sleep when you are living and working at the park. First, you work 50-60+ hours per week. Next, You live in the same room with between 2 and 6 people, and sometimes in the same appartment with 8 times more.

And let's not even begin to talk about the late hours partying and next day hangovers that occur.

Ohhhh....The stories I could tell:) (unrelated to the drinking, more about...umm, late nights.)

Just for the record, I do not endorse drinking and ride operating. I have seen people get fired for having a hangover at work. The above is not complaining, rather an observation.

That certainly is a difference between Disney parks and CP. As a seasonal operation, CP doesn't have to pay overtime, so a CP ride op works many more hours per week than a Disney CM---becuase Disney would as soon hang Mickey in public effigy than pay some poor CM overtime.

However, I doubt that's the only reason. For example, let's say your ATL, TL, or Area Sup saw you at entrance. Let's say you diligently checked heights without fail, and you ensured that no loose articles got on the ride---in short, that all of the operational policies were followed precisely to the letter. But, in doing your job, you spoke to guests in a monotone and rarely if ever made eye contact. Would any of your leadership talk to you about the job you were doing? If so, would they tell you you were doing a good job, or a bad one?

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't blame the individual employees. I suspect that the employees are doing exactly what management is asking them to do. Rather, I suspect that management doesn't emphasize the importance of customer engagement in the way that, say, safety or operational efficiency is emphasized.