I need to give a little back story first. My daughter was turned on to pin trading from Scoop Sanderson. She met him when she was 4 and she had only 1 pin at the time. She waited patiently. Scoop told her he only trades pins with people he knows. She introduced herself all-be-it a little nervous. She and Scoop talked a little bit. After she was comfortable, she used her manners, and she was overwhelmed on trading her only pin. He told her she didn't have to trade if she didn't want to. Through interacting, he helped her find a pin she wanted. She was excited, thanked him, and gave him a giant hug. At that point Scoop proceeded to make a Main Street announcement letting everyone know how polite she was trading her pin with him. He proceeded to give her a special Stictch Pin Trader pin so she would have 2 pins now.
Fast-forward to now and we make every attempt to see Scoop each trip. We did see him on our last trip and it made my daughter's trip because we missed him the trip before. My wife met him for the first time. She wrote him a letter one of her teacher friends offered to deliver. The poor guy did not know Scoop, where to find him, or anything. Well, he was on Main Street last week during Spring Break looking lost. Scoop actually came up to him asking if he needed help. After he found out he was Scoop, he told him he had a letter for him from a friend. He gave my wife's thank you letter to him. Scoop (whether he really remembers or not) gave him a special pin to give to my wife. It wasn't expected or asked for. My wife is forever grateful.
These are the things and reasons we go back to WDW so often. We have more fun in our interactions with CMs than the rides. We stayed at POR. Every morning when he was there, my daughter would greet, hug, and chat with Birdie (sp?). If you do not know him, he is an elderly greeter at POR. The day we were leaving, my daughter went to talk to him. She said she was sad that she was leaving and would miss seeing him. She asked him to sign her autograph book. I can't tell you how special it made that amazing man feel. I could tell in his expression he was holding back tears. I don't think anyone had ever asked him to sign their autograph book. We are definitely making it a point to get to POR this trip to see if he is still there. I will call the resort to see if he is still there.
Fast-forward to now and we make every attempt to see Scoop each trip. We did see him on our last trip and it made my daughter's trip because we missed him the trip before. My wife met him for the first time. She wrote him a letter one of her teacher friends offered to deliver. The poor guy did not know Scoop, where to find him, or anything. Well, he was on Main Street last week during Spring Break looking lost. Scoop actually came up to him asking if he needed help. After he found out he was Scoop, he told him he had a letter for him from a friend. He gave my wife's thank you letter to him. Scoop (whether he really remembers or not) gave him a special pin to give to my wife. It wasn't expected or asked for. My wife is forever grateful.
These are the things and reasons we go back to WDW so often. We have more fun in our interactions with CMs than the rides. We stayed at POR. Every morning when he was there, my daughter would greet, hug, and chat with Birdie (sp?). If you do not know him, he is an elderly greeter at POR. The day we were leaving, my daughter went to talk to him. She said she was sad that she was leaving and would miss seeing him. She asked him to sign her autograph book. I can't tell you how special it made that amazing man feel. I could tell in his expression he was holding back tears. I don't think anyone had ever asked him to sign their autograph book. We are definitely making it a point to get to POR this trip to see if he is still there. I will call the resort to see if he is still there.
