I worked at Disney World, part 2

A guest handed me a debit card from a very distinctive branch of bank (I actually had the same bank). I asked him "where in eastern [state] are you from?" His eyes got wide and he just got all flustered and asked how I possibly knew that, and if I was stalking him. After I explained how I knew he laughed about it, but was genuinely freaked out.

This really struck my soul. A young woman and her boyfriend were wearing I'm celebrating pins. It's encouraged that cast members ask about these pins as a conversation point. She informed me that she's one month cancer free. I went inside and got her a cupcake, and she thought I was charging her for it I told her it was free and she started crying. She said I made her vacation entirely with that one cupcake. It was one of the most heart warming experiences of my time there.

I'm an art student so I was one of the few that could draw at my location. My manager told me every morning that I needed to draw something on the ground for guests. This turned into a huge ordeal that could last for hours, where kids would join and I'd get requests. It was so much fun and my coworkers got pretty jealous haha.

I was cleaning trays and I saw a head of a mickey keychain in the ground. I threw it away, not thinking it would matter. About a half hour later a family asked me if I saw a broken keychain anywhere. I remembered which trash can I threw it away in and dug through layers of ketchup, old food, mayo, and God knows what else. I eventually found it, sanitized it, and gave to the family. They wordlessly took it and walked away. You're welcome, I guess.

I picked up a shift in ODV (outdoor vending) and this particular shift was at Fantasmic. They have a really terrible way of handling money, where you literally have a wad of cash in your pocket to use as change. At one point I pulled it out of my pocket and it pretty much exploded EVERYWHERE. I couldn't bend down to get it because I had one of those serving trays with beer. The nicest man in the world picked up every bill for me. I was completely even when I banked out. Side note, because my name is Stevie people often think I'm a boy. When I picked up the shift they had me serve beer, which is generally a guys job because they're SUPER heavy. I ended up selling twice as much beer as normal, and got about 50 bucks in tips. They asked if they could come back 2 days in a row.

It's widely agreed on Disney property that Brazilian tourists are the literal WORST. I had a Brazilian roommate and she was amazing, but for some reason tourists are the most unbearable things ever. This particular group came up to our tny restaurant and wanted almost 60 sandwiches in about 15 minutes. The worst part is that only ONE of this group of 60 spoke English. They were so rude and impatient and made one of our cashiers cry.

When parks are rented out, vast members often get to ride the reds between closing the park to the public and reopening to the private renter. Space mountain in Disney World is actually 2 tracks, one for regular lines and one for fast pass. It's extremely tight and close together, so seeing it with the lights on was TERRIFYING. My hands actually hit the tunnel at the end. Don't do that.

He did a free concert in Epcot. Nothing else needs to be said. It was awesome.

Probably the funniest thing that happened to me while working there. One of my coworkers was carrying a beer to the counter for a guest, and it was slightly over filled. In order to not have it spill everywhere, she sipped it and immediately realized what seems did. She said it was such a habit from outside of work, cause she'd do it all the time at home. The guest laughed, our manager laughed, so she didn't get in trouble, but she was so afraid she'd get fired.

They were not nice people at all. We were more of a lunch based place, so we closed early. It was about 730 and they flipped out on the busses because we were closed. As they were leaving, someone recognized them and asked for a picture and they completely ignored them.

He said that the two guys were underage because they were "way too excited " to be getting beers. They showed me their id's and they were clearly old enough. The cop was a jerk all around. Thankfully my manager believed me, not him.

This was my favorite thing ever. I picked up another shift in Downtown Disney, and on my break I visited a friend that worked at one the stores there. An old man with a stormtrooper shirt was browsing, and I told him I liked it. He was wearing sunglasses, so he tipped them down, looked at me, and said "do you?", then winked. It was George Lucas. I was still in costume so I couldn't react but oh my gosh I flipped out internally. No one else in the store even noticed.

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FP EDIT: Wow guys, I'm starting to get used to it here. For those who asked, part one is here:
http://imgur.com/gallery/H6Mhp

Also, inbox me a story where something totally crazy happened to you! maybe it'll be a future post ;)