Hilarious Magicband Incident

[Communicore]

So yesterday I was at Pop and the lady in front of me was using her Magicband to pay for her meals, and the thingie will not light up for some reason. The line was sort of long and the cashier got frustrated. After staring at the reader for about 10 seconds, he proceeded to shake the reader and then tried it, and still failed. He then blew on the reader, and then started to punch several numbers in succession.

The lady was also frustrated, so she told the cashier that she can pay cash, but the cashier still insisted on troubleshooting the issue. He asked the lady to remove the Magicband, and she complied. He took the Magicband and started to shake it and then tried it on the reader, and it still did not work.

Finally he wore the Magicband, and tried it again, and still did not work, and he was going to call the manager but the lady realized that she was holding everyone up and told him not to worry about it. She paid in cash and the cashier seemed extremely peeved.

I guess they are required to do everything possible to make sure the Magicband works. I'm glad they gave up as I was getting impatient!

 

[PUSH]

Band Together - Even when it's not gonna work.

 

[AintNoOtherMan]

I'm glad the magic band was able to enhance her stay

This is why we aren't testing the magic bands when we're going in October.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I like the idea of shaking it and that will make it work. I do that with electronics too!

 

[wogwog]

So yesterday I was at Pop and the lady in front of me was using her Magicband to pay for her meals, and the thingie will not light up for some reason. The line was sort of long and the cashier got frustrated. After staring at the reader for about 10 seconds, he proceeded to shake the reader and then tried it, and still failed. He then blew on the reader, and then started to punch several numbers in succession.

The lady was also frustrated, so she told the cashier that she can pay cash, but the cashier still insisted on troubleshooting the issue. He asked the lady to remove the Magicband, and she complied. He took the Magicband and started to shake it and then tried it on the reader, and it still did not work.

Finally he wore the Magicband, and tried it again, and still did not work, and he was going to call the manager but the lady realized that she was holding everyone up and told him not to worry about it. She paid in cash and the cashier seemed extremely peeved.

I guess they are required to do everything possible to make sure the Magicband works. I'm glad they gave up as I was getting impatient!

The extra effort may have been to try to save some paper work. I do not know how wide spread it is but an aquaintance that works an attraction is required to log every occasion on a form each time a band or device associated with the fast pass fails. She is fed up with all the extra paper work that just slows down the line for everyone else.

 

[copcarguyp71]

 

[merry68]

The extra effort may have been to try to save some paper work. I do not know how wide spread it is but an aquaintance that works an attraction is required to log every occasion on a form each time a band or device associated with the fast pass fails. She is fed up with all the extra paper work that just slows down the line for everyone else.

UGH. I am glad I am not part of the test group for our upcoming trip.

 

[Bob]

Shaking the band to make it work......interesting. Makes as much as sense as hitting an elevator button over and over and over to make it arrive quicker.

 

[RandomPrincess]

I'm sure smacking the reader will help too.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

He blew on the reader? Did he think Nintendo logic was really going to help him?

 

[PUSH]

He blew on the reader? Did he really think Nintendo logic was really going to help him?

He was hoping for Disney magic.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

He blew on the reader? Did he really think Nintendo logic was really going to help him?

This was exactly what I thought. I guess if it worked on our Nintendo games....

 

[Clamman73]

He blew on the reader? Did he think Nintendo logic was really going to help him?

That's a riot! The Magic Band reader is not a Super Mario Bros cartridge!

 

[Communicore]

He blew on the reader? Did he think Nintendo logic was really going to help him?

I know, that's what I thought as well!! I guess he grew up during that era!

 

[FettFan]

Quick, someone throw a strobe on it.

 

[Lynn1030]

Did he give the standard Comcast reply? "Are you sure the reader is plugged in?"

 

[GenerationX]

Maybe the MagicBand had decided the woman's meal choices were inappropriate, and as a service to her, tried to dissuade her from purchasing them (MagicBand Undocumented Feature #478).

 

[Hakunamatata]

He probably should have rebooted his system.

 

[englanddg]

So yesterday I was at Pop and the lady in front of me was using her Magicband to pay for her meals, and the thingie will not light up for some reason. The line was sort of long and the cashier got frustrated. After staring at the reader for about 10 seconds, he proceeded to shake the reader and then tried it, and still failed. He then blew on the reader, and then started to punch several numbers in succession.

The lady was also frustrated, so she told the cashier that she can pay cash, but the cashier still insisted on troubleshooting the issue. He asked the lady to remove the Magicband, and she complied. He took the Magicband and started to shake it and then tried it on the reader, and it still did not work.

Finally he wore the Magicband, and tried it again, and still did not work, and he was going to call the manager but the lady realized that she was holding everyone up and told him not to worry about it. She paid in cash and the cashier seemed extremely peeved.

I guess they are required to do everything possible to make sure the Magicband works. I'm glad they gave up as I was getting impatient!

That's odd. When I did the test I was specifically told to carry my Key to the World Card as well. And, there were a few places where the readers were not working, and I was immediately asked to present the KTTW or some other form of payment.

Sounds to me like just a cashier acting goofy.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]