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Disney Park Cast Member Swoops in to Stop Proposal
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I'm not ignoring the context, you assume and continue to assume that. There isn't anything weird about that.
Hey, you're right. They better just close the park entirely and bulldoze the thing. Then the problem will be fully solved.
They guy proposing in the video says to the cast member "She said.." and gestures towards someone off-screen which seems to indicate that a cast member said it was fine.
If that's the case, one would assume it only happened because someone said it was fine. Not that he hopped a fence, or ignored a sign, or even ignored park staff.
Why assume the guy is lying? People aren't robots and can make mistakes. The cast member in question also could've thought it was fine due to being a proposal and it being done quickly.
Man, I feel like some of you act as if he scaled the side of the castle and hung a giant banner that said "will you marry me?" He stood on a slightly elevated platform.
It didn't need this reaction from the cast member on camera.
What is shameful about this? What do you consider an acceptable proposal?
Why is this a bad thing, exactly? Could it not be something the woman in question may have expressed wanting previously?
Totally agree. Like ok I get it can't be up there… but grab the ring? no. Run in between the crying girlfriend and the guy laying his heart out? Hard no. 0% tact.
There's a better way.
Stand behind them, give a little supportive clap, tell them they gotta get down and usher them off stage.
Bc people break the rules all the time at Disney Parks thinking they're special. The rules are pretty strict at the parks. So my assumption is they wanted to be special and got caught.
I was at this park just last week and saw a proposal in this exact area. Nobody swooped in like that. It was one minute, everyone clapped and moved on.
At regular ole Disneyland I've seen a good half dozen proposals in front of the castle (and one at the Ferris Wheel in DCA) and guess what...not a big deal. It's done and over with quick.
At regular ole Disneyland I've seen a good half dozen proposals in front of the castle (and one at the Ferris Wheel in DCA) and guess what...not a big deal. It's done and over with quick.
Pretty good points, especially regarding fireworks/pyrotechnics.
Grabbing the ring might be shitty, but the public really are clueless about rules and safety, so it's slightly annoying when everyone is jumping down Cast Member throats, like dang, even if the CM is wrong, they still have a job to keep. It's selfish whichever perspective you want to look at it, but as much as the CM's attitude was a bit off, I'd rather that than something terrible happening because I was adamant to use an off-limit stage.
I also feel the CM taking the ring, running and stopping was a much more effective way of getting them to haul ass rather than "Oh, err, excuse me good patrons, but this area is off limits". Especially if it's a health and safety concern. It looks bad, yes, but it probably got the desired result far quicker and effectively.
Yeah I agree pretty much. I'm not a big fan of people making proposals all like "hey everyone look at us" but don't touch people's stuff.
Don't see the point if you know where they work and are they are also on camera.
I think both parties kinda suck here.
People shouldn't be going into off-limits areas thinking they are special but the way the guy handled it was really bad.
But who hasn't had a bad day at work and made a mistake? Seems uncalled for for the internet to call him a loser and god knows what else
People shouldn't be going into off-limits areas thinking they are special but the way the guy handled it was really bad.
But who hasn't had a bad day at work and made a mistake? Seems uncalled for for the internet to call him a loser and god knows what else
Feel bad for workers who are put in those shitty situations of having to enforce arbitrary rules established by their employer, but grabbing the ring? EH EH, that just ain't gonna cut it. He's gotta go.
This is in Disneyland Paris. Fuck the guy for running the moment and especially for taking the ring. He's 100% fired for that. From his perspective I think the issue is that they're on a stage that is for cast members and not the public. I think you can see there's a gate and green fence surrounding it that they must have jumped to get to it.
The cast member looks like a snitch bitch to me. The type of person that would tell the manager if you took an extra 5 minutes during your break or would listen into a conversation you're having about someone else.
Yep. That dude is so fired and will be probably have a serious black mark on any other job he applies to now with THIS as his reputation.
No lie, I'm not a violent dude by any stretch, I never harmed a fly (ok not totally true, I killed a bunch of flies, but you get my metaphor), but I would have clocked that guy so hard if he did that shit to me. Proposing to someone I love and taking a VERY expensive piece of property like a ring? Yeah you're ass is grass after that. Dude could have waited another 10 seconds, and it would have been fine to just be like, "hey congratulations you two! I do have to ask if you could step aside outside of the stage, but may you two have an incredible life together!". Just something like that after they hug and kiss.
And the attitude along with his unnecessary power tripping…yeah I'm surprised he didn't get punched in the face for that. Because it would have been totally justified.
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Agreed. The guy could have waited 30 seconds let them do their thing then politely ask them to leave the restricted area.
The bottom line is that common human decency dictates that, unless someone is in danger, a proposal is something that you do NOT interrupt.
Even if they managed to get to this restricted area, if you can't get them off before the knee goes down, you take the L and wait the fifteen seconds for them to finish. Kick them out of the park at that point, nobody would care, but you don't interrupt a proposal. Especially in such a physical way.
Even if they managed to get to this restricted area, if you can't get them off before the knee goes down, you take the L and wait the fifteen seconds for them to finish. Kick them out of the park at that point, nobody would care, but you don't interrupt a proposal. Especially in such a physical way.
Ayyy where did you work?
It can totally be a termination he's looking at, I agree. I've found disney to be very inconsistent in how they deal with terminations or discipline.
It was on ships which has all the same rules as parks and resorts but yea you are absolutely right they can be super inconsistent(not just with discipline lol) but usually when it involves guests it's a firm hand. This is Paris though and they have a different management overseeing them so who knows. I know people who have been blacklisted from parks and resorts but can still be hired in Paris for example.
Trying to have a proposal in one of the busiest spots in the world then mad because someone is recording it. I mean what the hell did they think?
Holy shit. Yes the guy shouldn't have taken the ring, but some of these takes about how the CM was a bitch/or he is an hourly employee so his job doesn't matter are just horrendous.
It's common human decency to not break the rules because you believe the rules don't apply to you. The guy took his job to far by grabbing the ring, but he was 100% in the right in trying to remove them.
The amount of entitlement being shown is insane.
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Some strong internet tough guy going on in this thread. What a happy bunch some of ya'll are.
No he wasn't lol. What fucking corporate training video shows you how to tackle a ring like it's about to shoot your mama before the cursed proposal takes place.
This wasn't his job at all.
You're absolutely right, but there are degrees.
Like I said, punish them to whatever extent you want to afterward. But unless someone is being hurt, just wait the ten seconds to let the proposal go through and then handle business.
The sane approach is to walk up and say "ok, ok, let's move along" as you usher them out. Not to act like the guy pulled out a gun.
I mean...surely not anything explicitly saying that of course, but a conflict between "Never EVER touch a guest's property" and "Never EVER let people on stage," like...I don't think it's really all that hard to imagine that causing a problem with a split second decision? Have you worked in a high pressure hospitality job before?
Perhaps he had to ruin the scene to avoid a snapshot doing the rounds in the Internet and Management using it against him? Maybe he was reprimanded for a similar incident? We know very little.
Yeah, both parties fucked up.
Getting to a place that's off limits for a proposal? Be ready for any consequences, including having the proposal be interrupted. You're not special.
As for the employee, grabbing the ring was a bad choice, but the couple looks like they would've ignored him if he tried to politely tell them to move.
Employee shouldn't be fired, just reprimanded.
Thinking it through, the couple probably did this for free shit. I wouldn't put it past some people.
Getting to a place that's off limits for a proposal? Be ready for any consequences, including having the proposal be interrupted. You're not special.
As for the employee, grabbing the ring was a bad choice, but the couple looks like they would've ignored him if he tried to politely tell them to move.
Employee shouldn't be fired, just reprimanded.
Thinking it through, the couple probably did this for free shit. I wouldn't put it past some people.
The couple had asked permission with another employee beforehand. They were not special; they were allowed.
Maybe the worker was suffering from a broken heart. Who hasn't run up and snatched a ring during a proposal??.
People who disagree with this are people I don't want to hangout with.
Not really. Disney parks have a department that handles engagement proposals which are pretty darn expensive and can be a special location that's off limits to regular guests. I'm sure the ring grabber got reprimanded or fired and the cast member who had no authority to give permission probably got the same thing.
If you aren't familiar with the exact reason for certain rules, you can't just decide that rules are not a big deal.
If the couple didn't actually have permission, the person who lied about having permission is the villain, no question. No other villainy comes close.
If the couple didn't actually have permission, the person who lied about having permission is the villain, no question. No other villainy comes close.
So apparently this stage may have had pyrotechnics attached with it. If something went wrong and those fireworks went off by chance, then Disney would see a lawsuit for the couple being injured. I've seen stages at Disney having fireworks come up from under the stage (see some of their Halloween shows) so it's not beyond a chance for such a thing to be true. If it is true, I can see why the employee wanted them off the stage. Can you see the Headlines? "Couple hurt in freak Disney firework accident."