The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
I'm sorry to hear that because MM was one of our favorite meals last trip. Guess that's another one I'll have to keep my eyes on the reviews:(
We find that one tends to be hit or miss unfortunately. It's better than the QS options at DHS, but nothing spectacular.

Prime Time is usually our place of choice at DHS. Another that has been steadily improving is SciFi. I know, it used to be bad. But I take my brother there every trip, and I gotta say, the experience is steadily improving.

And I like their spiked Oreo milkshakes. I do the dairy for that one. :D
 

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
Rant alert:

So I have this coworker who gets on my nerves. We used to sit near each other, and she tried to tell my manager that I was fooling around on my computer and phone all day instead of working. Which was just complete bs; I'm only on my phone if I'm taking a ten minute break or am at lunch, and the computer I'll occasionally use for something else, but only during lunch. Which I checked, and that was fine. She went and for some unknown reason, badmouthed me to my manager.

Anyway, my manager was suspicious, but her boss (who is also my boss) was having none of it. We did decide I should move areas. Which was good because she had such a horrible attitude, just in general about her job. She spent a good deal of time complaining about her job, which I think was setting a poor example for someone who is brand new in the workforce. We still have to work together because in order to make purchases for my managers, I have to use her company card because you have to have worked here six months to get one.

Today, she emails me and tells me she has an audit due and needs to know all of my purchases for the month. Even though I email her every time I make a purchase. Then, she tells me I wasn't getting enough information from the managers and needed to get additional information. Except she didn't ask for the information. She said it as if she were my boss and giving me a reprimand. Then she told me she needed a spreadsheet of all the purchases. And she demanded that she needed it today because she has an audit due tomorrow.

The way I see it, it's really not my fault the company won't issue me a card, so I'm doing her a favor by taking care of some of the purchases. I emailed her back and said, "I would be happy to take care of this for you, but I can't do it until the end of the day. You'll have it when you come in tomorrow." And CC'ed my manager so she could see what was going on. Then I went and told my manager "It's not fair for her to expect me to know to get this information when she never told me I needed it." My manager sided with me. I also don't understand why on earth this girl is completing her purchasing audit the day before it's due. It seems to me she could be completing a little bit of it each day and then not have a big mess the day before it was due. And I also don't understand why, if she wasn't working on it as she was going along, why she's doing it the day before. I have an audit report due tomorrow, and it was mostly done last week, with just a bit of additional information that I added today. But it still irritates me that this coworker somehow thinks she may tell me what to do instead of asking. She's not my superior; I'm not her subordinate, and even those who really could give a direct order like that ASK.

I really didn't have time to do what she wanted because with the quarter closing, I've had a ton of work to do (I didn't leave until almost 6 pm), but then at about 3 pm, I had two tasks, hers and another, that needed to be done by the end of the day, and I intentionally did the other one and left hers because she leaves at 4, so she wouldn't get it until the next day. :cautious:

But earlier today, I was IMing with a manager in France, and at the end of the conversation, she said, "It's always a pleasure working with you. You're doing a great job." She had no idea, but after the carp I was dealing with from my other coworker, I really needed that.
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
So I saw a quiz today. It was if you were a critter who resided freely at
Walt Disney World what critter would you be?

A Disney Duck
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A Disney Squirrel or
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A Disney Bunny ???
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What would you want to be?


I'd probably go for the Disney duck. Like this one:
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ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Rant alert:

So I have this coworker who gets on my nerves. We used to sit near each other, and she tried to tell my manager that I was fooling around on my computer and phone all day instead of working. Which was just complete bs; I'm only on my phone if I'm taking a ten minute break or am at lunch, and the computer I'll occasionally use for something else, but only during lunch. Which I checked, and that was fine. She went and for some unknown reason, badmouthed me to my manager.

Anyway, my manager was suspicious, but her boss (who is also my boss) was having none of it. We did decide I should move areas. Which was good because she had such a horrible attitude, just in general about her job. She spent a good deal of time complaining about her job, which I think was setting a poor example for someone who is brand new in the workforce. We still have to work together because in order to make purchases for my managers, I have to use her company card because you have to have worked here six months to get one.

Today, she emails me and tells me she has an audit due and needs to know all of my purchases for the month. Even though I email her every time I make a purchase. Then, she tells me I wasn't getting enough information from the managers and needed to get additional information. Except she didn't ask for the information. She said it as if she were my boss and giving me a reprimand. Then she told me she needed a spreadsheet of all the purchases. And she demanded that she needed it today because she has an audit due tomorrow.

The way I see it, it's really not my fault the company won't issue me a card, so I'm doing her a favor by taking care of some of the purchases. I emailed her back and said, "I would be happy to take care of this for you, but I can't do it until the end of the day. You'll have it when you come in tomorrow." And CC'ed my manager so she could see what was going on. Then I went and told my manager "It's not fair for her to expect me to know to get this information when she never told me I needed it." My manager sided with me. I also don't understand why on earth this girl is completing her purchasing audit the day before it's due. It seems to me she could be completing a little bit of it each day and then not have a big mess the day before it was due. And I also don't understand why, if she wasn't working on it as she was going along, why she's doing it the day before. I have an audit report due tomorrow, and it was mostly done last week, with just a bit of additional information that I added today. But it still irritates me that this coworker somehow thinks she may tell me what to do instead of asking. She's not my superior; I'm not her subordinate, and even those who really could give a direct order like that ASK.

I really didn't have time to do what she wanted because with the quarter closing, I've had a ton of work to do (I didn't leave until almost 6 pm), but then at about 3 pm, I had two tasks, hers and another, that needed to be done by the end of the day, and I intentionally did the other one and left hers because she leaves at 4, so she wouldn't get it until the next day. :cautious:

But earlier today, I was IMing with a manager in France, and at the end of the conversation, she said, "It's always a pleasure working with you. You're doing a great job." She had no idea, but after the carp I was dealing with from my other coworker, I really needed that.


She sounds like a pill. Good thinking to keep your manager in on the loop.
 

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
She sounds like a pill. Good thinking to keep your manager in on the loop.
I've nicknamed her "The Witch" (except when I use it, it's spelled with a B) and so when I come home and complain to my mother, I say, "So, know what the witch did today?" Mostly because I have a cousin that's got the same name and don't want my brother accidentally overhearing and getting the wrong idea.

She's also a princess. She got irritated when we shared a space because one day, I brought my manager from the agency that found me up to show her my work space, and we were there talking. My manager said to me later that she noticed she had an attitude problem. That's pretty bad when someone from outside of the company comes in and notices an employee's attitude. Today, I sent her a list, and she sent it back to me because she couldn't easily copy and paste it. I'm thinking, "Girl, I have better things to do than to make your life easy." She has no problem demanding things of others, but god forbid you ask her for anything. I've learned who to go to so I don't have to deal with her.
 

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Yeah, that's what I don't understand. Every kid is different...how can you put an age on something like that? There's no magic age at which it is now possible for a child to learn to read. And there is no age at which you can say "OK, now it's too late." You're ready when you're ready and for some kids that could be 3 and for others it could be 7. You meet the kid where they are. And really, they didn't keep her from learning to read until they were ready to teach it...she learned on her own anyway. So what good did it do to deny her the support and help? How did that make a difference? With DS, it was kind of funny, because his sister had already paved the way. He got into first grade and the first day, the teacher put up words on the board and asked the kids to find a particular sound....like "where is the ahhhh sound? Beginning, middle, or end of the word" and DS raised his hand and read the whole word. So then, for the next section, she asked him to read the instructions and he did. So they immediately put him into the advanced group. They were expecting it because of DD...he had the same teachers. So it worked out well for him.
I didn't like the hall thing either, but they told me she's the one who asked to go to the hall because it was too noisy in the classroom and she got distracted. Ok...but couldn't another option be found? Now she goes to the hall for Spanish while the other kids have their English lesson. They wanted her to have something to do while the other kids learn English, but she has no teacher and doesn't get to bring anything home. She has a CD and a book to follow along in...she doesn't get grades, there's no one to correct her if she makes a mistake...it's basically busy work, because she already speaks fluent English and they didn't know what to do with her. If she could bring it home, I could help her. I had Spanish for a year in junior high, and while I don't remember much, I at least know how to pronounce things and I still know some of the basics, plus I have 2 friends here from Mexico for anything I DON'T know. But she doesn't get anything to bring home...it's JUST so she has something to do for that block of time. So they send her to the hallway with a cd player.

My personal belief is we underestimate children's abilities in all sorts of ways. From the word No! Following directions from very little, if they are smart enough to disobey they are intelligent enough to listen to parents and teachers.
Problem is everyone has a different opinion on that magical age.

My DS learned to bite after being bitten at his daycare center. For a few days he was testing us, he was only 14 months old. But you could tell there was thought there and he grasped No! And when he'd take a nip he looked very still and quizzing. I was in the kitchen and he was in his Dads lap and out of the blue there was this blood curdling scream. He had bit his Dad in the shoulder and left teeth marks. Daddy bit him back. :eek: I don't know if I was more appalled or stunned. Two of them with bite marks. Neither of them ever bit again. :facepalm: Who says kids don't have a quick learning curve.

Me, with all my years watching other peoples children as statistics, I have never seen anything more true that the earlier the better is learning dual languages. Whatever happens in those little brains of theirs they seem to absorb multiple languages and are able with ease to differentiate what is being spoken at that moment. Impressive. :geek:
 

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
The grand march is that the kids line up with their dates or groups of friends and their names are announced and they would out to a certain point and pause for a moment. The grand march time is open to parents/community so that is a good time for parents to get pictures of their kids with the prom decorations as a backdrop. The class sponsoring the prom charges for people to view the Grand March, so they have money in their class fund for their senior trip and future reunions.

2+ weeks late :confused: :cyclops: ;), but, thanks for the explanation...! :)
 

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
One of the first things hubby and I talked about was how the dessert party location and other places like the California Grill wouldn't be good spots to watch anymore. Which even though I liked the new show, will be a shame. It was nice to watch Wishes from the back of Fantasyland and other locations and not feel like I was missing out on anything by not seeing the front of the castle. Who knows, maybe in a few years they will bring Wishes back as a special return.

I can't remember if I've answered this post already, but, on our last trip in Feb. of '16 for the Princess 5K we watched Wishes from the back of the castle in Fantasyland for the first time.
We were just finishing up a ride on 7DMT, as it started. We got off the ride and continued to watch from FL...it was AWESOMELY AMAZING...!!!!!!! :joyfull:
SonIL took GoPro video of it...! :)
 

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
A few pictures.

Stairway to nowhere at Saratoga.
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OK. This is where Disney is off their game. There are hundreds of useless spots throughout Disney World like this! What a great place to stick a resort smokers hide out. There is a sunken pit, once a smokers pit near space mountain and their restrooms. No need to go there, hidden away from everyone and that is what Disney eliminated? For the Cabana's from heck.
I wish I could be management. ;)
 

Cesar R M

Well-Known Member
Rant alert:

So I have this coworker who gets on my nerves. We used to sit near each other, and she tried to tell my manager that I was fooling around on my computer and phone all day instead of working. Which was just complete bs; I'm only on my phone if I'm taking a ten minute break or am at lunch, and the computer I'll occasionally use for something else, but only during lunch. Which I checked, and that was fine. She went and for some unknown reason, badmouthed me to my manager.

Anyway, my manager was suspicious, but her boss (who is also my boss) was having none of it. We did decide I should move areas. Which was good because she had such a horrible attitude, just in general about her job. She spent a good deal of time complaining about her job, which I think was setting a poor example for someone who is brand new in the workforce. We still have to work together because in order to make purchases for my managers, I have to use her company card because you have to have worked here six months to get one.

Today, she emails me and tells me she has an audit due and needs to know all of my purchases for the month. Even though I email her every time I make a purchase. Then, she tells me I wasn't getting enough information from the managers and needed to get additional information. Except she didn't ask for the information. She said it as if she were my boss and giving me a reprimand. Then she told me she needed a spreadsheet of all the purchases. And she demanded that she needed it today because she has an audit due tomorrow.

The way I see it, it's really not my fault the company won't issue me a card, so I'm doing her a favor by taking care of some of the purchases. I emailed her back and said, "I would be happy to take care of this for you, but I can't do it until the end of the day. You'll have it when you come in tomorrow." And CC'ed my manager so she could see what was going on. Then I went and told my manager "It's not fair for her to expect me to know to get this information when she never told me I needed it." My manager sided with me. I also don't understand why on earth this girl is completing her purchasing audit the day before it's due. It seems to me she could be completing a little bit of it each day and then not have a big mess the day before it was due. And I also don't understand why, if she wasn't working on it as she was going along, why she's doing it the day before. I have an audit report due tomorrow, and it was mostly done last week, with just a bit of additional information that I added today. But it still irritates me that this coworker somehow thinks she may tell me what to do instead of asking. She's not my superior; I'm not her subordinate, and even those who really could give a direct order like that ASK.

I really didn't have time to do what she wanted because with the quarter closing, I've had a ton of work to do (I didn't leave until almost 6 pm), but then at about 3 pm, I had two tasks, hers and another, that needed to be done by the end of the day, and I intentionally did the other one and left hers because she leaves at 4, so she wouldn't get it until the next day. :cautious:

But earlier today, I was IMing with a manager in France, and at the end of the conversation, she said, "It's always a pleasure working with you. You're doing a great job." She had no idea, but after the carp I was dealing with from my other coworker, I really needed that.
My only guess is that she feels like you're going to replace her or something. she fears your skills and that you're well liked by management.
She doesn't do her job, so she project her problems onto you (to try to get you fired? or try to make you on the bad side on the management so she recovers her status?).
She knows she isn't nearly as efficient as you, so she has to try to block you down with something (HER audits)
 

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
I wonder what Disney was thinking with the double decker busses in the WS as transportation. Indeed it gave your feet a nice break but kinda crazy. I wouldn't have wanted to be the CM that drove that bus. Same goes for transportation on Main Street. I love the horses, the trolley but again I wouldn't want to be navigating around guests, strollers and electric carts.

Me, I miss the fountains in all the parks. When they are need in of repair the chosen route is to fill them with dirt and plop plants in there. So many great ones lost. The worst repurposed fountain I've seen is outside Dinosaur in AK. Use to have low walls that you could rest or wait for family members to get off the attraction. That structure is beyond ugly now.

All the fountain repurposing at WDW has disappointed me, but, Muppet*Vision is still probably the most disappointing for me.

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Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
looks hella tasty! (the food)

How was the temps?

Cracker Barrel has awesome and very consistent home cooking with lots of substitutions which makes everyone happy. The atmosphere is the same state to state, as are the construction builds. As you travel the USA you will find the same everywhere, the prices consistent. They are normally situated along major highways that are traveled heavily. It is a safe bet to stop at while driving distances.

Our temps this week have been in the 70s though rain has been weird. Like I said it poured while we went to see the dolphin show. We missed it. It was very wet when we went outside at the conclusion but it must have poured given the big puddles. Blessed.
 

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