On layoffs, very bad attendance, and Iger's legacy being one of disgrace

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Its 100% okay to be critical of the country you love and call home.

It’s actually patriotic to look for better ways and better people.

...aka: don’t swallow anyone’s BS...use your brain

 

[easyrowrdw]

We had the meal plan our last trip and tipped well everywhere we ate. But had we had one more person it would have been the forced 20%. For a buffet where the server comes once to bring a drink, that seems like a lot. And I was a waitress, so I am cognizant of what a terrible tip looks like.

I've never dined in a large group at Disney. They do automatic gratuities at the buffets?! That's absurd.

I'm deducting 20 percent from Iger's legacy. (Trying to stay on topic for @_caleb )

 

[GimpYancIent]

Yeah. If there's one thing us Americans are known for, it's common sense!

All about how you see things, I like how you express it.

 

[seabreezept813]

I've never dined in a large group at Disney. They do automatic gratuities at the buffets?! That's absurd.

I'm deducting 20 percent from Iger's legacy.

Yup, they do. Not a buffet, but you should have seen the tip we left at Narcoosees with 11 people. It was our wedding day and the service was outstanding, so zero complaints. But if I had to leave the same tip at Hollywood and Vine I’d be frustrated.

 

[HanSoloDolo]

So the thing about tipping...yeah it’s a broken system blah blah...what most people don’t realize is that a server actually loses money when you don’t tip. It’s not just a zero, the server Has to pay out the bartender, food runner, busser, etc. a percentage of the overall sale. So if your party of 20 who racks up a huge bill decides not to tip it can be a significant loss. I agree it’s not on the consumer to fix a systematic problem but understand what you doing.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I've never dined in a large group at Disney. They do automatic gratuities at the buffets?! That's absurd.

I'm deducting 20 percent from Iger's legacy. (Trying to stay on topic for @_caleb )

Parties greater than six...it’s been policy for decades.

 

[easyrowrdw]

Parties greater than six...it’s been policy for decades.

Yeah, but at buffets? You're getting your own food. What's that 20% for exactly? Getting more POG juice? Put in a drink station and cut out the middleman.

 

[Lilofan]

Yeah, but at buffets? You're getting your own food. What's that 20% for exactly? Getting more POG juice? Put in a drink station and cut out the middleman.

Probably for the waiter to make so many visits to the table to clear plates since many will overeat at the buffet and make multiple trips.

 

[networkpro]

Originally, this thread was about Bob Iger's legacy. I have a question for the fans who frequent this site. What is your overall opinion of Bob Iger's performance as CEO of The Walt Disney Company? Maybe give him a grade and the main reasons for that grade?

Spray tan. B. The business expanded and remained profitable.

Disney is more than just the parks.

 

[JoeCamel]

Yeah, but at buffets? You're getting your own food. What's that 20% for exactly? Getting more POG juice? Put in a drink station and cut out the middleman.

Then people would steal soda.......

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Yeah, but at buffets? You're getting your own food. What's that 20% for exactly? Getting more POG juice? Put in a drink station and cut out the middleman.

Probably for the waiter to make so many visits to the table to clear plates since many will overeat at the buffet and make multiple trips.

Servers see hyper gratuities for buffets as completely normal and have long been indoctrinated to them.

Periodically Disney will “realign” the staffing to Deny them access to these gratuities...high incomes are a bad precedent.

I don’t want to go further down the well...but there’s an ugly sorta history here.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I actually really like how the breakfast is done at Plaza Inn in Anaheim...it’s a hybrid model that eliminates the gratuity by paying at the door. Love it. Minimal, necessary service and really no turnover rush.

 

[Miss Bella]

Then why do you have disdain for your own people?

...anyway...sorry, 100% WASP...but I have some immediate family from Munchen and Munster...

...which sounds like a delightful fondue

Huh wasn't I the one that started the conversation about a Germany trip....just saying.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Huh wasn't I the one that started the conversation about a Germany trip....just saying.

Me neither...

...ARE WE GOING?!?

I’ll pack my lederhosen

 

[Miss Bella]

Me neither...

...ARE WE GOING?!?

I’ll pack my lederhosen

You never give up do you.

 

[networkpro]

Me neither...

...ARE WE GOING?!?

I’ll pack my lederhosen

Oktoberfest is canceled, but there's hope for Fasching in the Spring

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

You never give up do you.

It’s unfortunately an unavoidable side effect of a sense of humor and a willingness to engage in discussion without pretense.

It’s a curse

 

[Parker in NYC]

What about all those anti lockdown protests going on in Berlin? I don’t think Americans are the only ones over it.

Fair point. For the record, strike what I wrote as solely applying to Americans and give credit where it’s due to any idiot the world over.

 

[Heppenheimer]

Oktoberfest is canceled, but there's hope for Fasching in the Spring

Fasching is a lot of silly fun. It's like what you might get if the Disney Company were put in charge of Mardis Gras celebrations.

And unlike Oktoberfest, which is specifically a Munich event (with a few other imitators), Fasching is celebrated in most of the country, particularly in the more Catholic parts of the country, like Bavaria and the Rheinland.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Fasching is a lot of silly fun. It's like what you might get if the Disney Company were put in charge of Mardis Gras celebrations.

And unlike Oktoberfest, which is specifically a Munich event (with a few other imitators), Fasching is celebrated in most of the country, particularly in the more Catholic parts of the country, like Bavaria and the Rheinland.

Granted it is after, for Lent, but I do love a good smokey Rauchbier / Fastenbier!