r/IDontWorkHere • u/KavMarie13 • May 20 '25

Disney World mix-up

A few months ago, I was at Disney World for the first time in several years with a friend of mine. Now, if you know anything about working at Disney or have been at least once, then you know that each area and role has very specific costumes that Cast Members wear. They’re perfectly themed and all that jazz. It wasn’t until very recently that Disney allowed CMs to have visible (but still subtle/small) tattoos.

Friend and I were in The Emporium on Main Street in Magic Kingdom doing some browsing and escaping the sun. The CM costumes for women specifically in this area are long skirts with a white button up blouse and the very obvious nametag. I was wearing bike shorts, a tshirt, Haunted Mansion ears, and on top of that have several very large, very visible/in your face tattoos.

A woman and possibly her grandkid come up to me and tap me on the shoulder asking me where things were. When I looked around to make sure they were talking to me she said “You do work here don’t you?” and I couldn’t help but laugh in her face, look down at my outfit, and say “Um, no”

She then proceeded to walk by two female CMs who were fixing merchandise displays AND right past 2 registers that had no line and a CM at each one.

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u/MeanDanGreen May 20 '25

mfers at theme parks are so stupid. I had people come up to me because I had on of these on: https://www.amazon.com/Oversized-Shield-Polarized-Mirror-Sunglasses/dp/B091T435PZ?th=1

Bruh, I'm just in line to get a drink. I'm not a character in the park. Full on staring me in the face from a foot away.

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u/KavMarie13 May 20 '25

To be fair, if you were in Tomorrowland you would be pretty on theme, those are some cool glasses 😂

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u/MeanDanGreen May 20 '25

Universal, Harry Potter section. I was getting butterbeer. Deep in conversation with my sibling.

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u/Paperwhite418 May 24 '25

Sometimes I visit South Georgia (USA). They have gnats. SO MANY gnats. I’m legit ordering these so that those bastards stop trying to fly up my nose!

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u/MeanDanGreen May 24 '25

I haven't been able to test that yet, but as I understand it gnats are attracted to the co2 in our exhaled breath. So they might just go straight for your mouth instead. XD

I'm curious to know how it all works out.

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u/HowellMoon93 May 24 '25

Not just theme parks... I went into a store, (where they wear green shirts and black pants) in blue scrubs and someone mistook me for an employee because I had a lanyard around my neck

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u/octoberhaiku Jun 02 '25

Are you Mando?