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

[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!

 

[Heppenheimer]

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

Try pairing it with Schweinshaxe.

 

[mkt]

In America it is common sense that a mask is not necessary when biking, running or simply hiking on a trail and no one is within 100yds of you or when immersed or doused in chlorinated water while in the sun. There is a time and place for everything.

Since when has America had common sense?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Since when has America had common sense?

...prior to 1968

 

[larryz]

Was? Entschuldigung, Wir sprechen hier kleine Englisch.

Ich habe das für dich behoben

 

[larryz]

Yeah...but Germans are generally more efficient/intelligent about things...

Until they get a wild hair up their skirts and invade Poland...

 

[networkpro]

Ich habe das für dich behoben

Es ist nicht nötig, das Problem zu beheben. Sarkasmus geht die meiste Zeit bei der Übersetzung verloren, insbesondere wenn Sie Doppelwortbedeutungen berücksichtigen.

 

[Miss Bella]

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

I think it's an unavoidable side effect of your sarcasm.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I think it's an unavoidable side effect of your sarcasm.

Tomato/potato