Saturday, July 5, 2008

July 4th Aftermath...

...It officially sucks!! Not the Holiday or the celebration, but the way that people speak to you when they know that you are clearly just trying to do your job!!

Yup, everything was going really well, the Magic Kingdom was at capacity of about 75,000 poeple and I though that I was going to get through the day unscathed, until one person, yes ONE person completely spoiled it for me!!!
It was after the awesome fireworks display, when our jobs were to direct the traffic, not letting anybody go a certain direction, to ensure the safety of all the guests, until one man came up to me and blatantly refused to listen to a single word that I told him. He was a big guy, very intimidating and instead of just realising that we were only guiding him one direction for his safety, he insisted that I let him through an area that nobody was allowed to go through telling us that he was told to go this way, when I know he clearly wasnt. I tried to reason with him but to no avail, he thought it would be ok to curse at me and then i'd be frightenend by him and just let him do as he peased. Well, I wasnt going down that easily, so I guided him in the direction of my coordinator, so she could also tell him that he had to follow directed traffic, but NO, she then undermined me and then just let him through the no go area, making me look like a complete idiot!!

So one man (and I suppose the stupid coordinator too) completely ruined the day for me!! Now, I may not celebrate July 4th, but Being that i'm living in the country for 6 months, I thought I would do my best and go along with the days events. I wont be so keen in the future!

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