Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Courtesy is a good thing, but I'm sick of some others shoving their nationality down my throat. Call my cell phone and you will hear the Star Spangled Banner, of course I will hear Be Our Guest.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Call my cell phone and you will hear the Star Spangled Banner >>> Am I expected to salute?
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 My boss always jokes that he can't stand up while he's driving. Salute not necessary, just remember this is America, so we can do what we do and say what we do.
Originally Posted By gaston lives yeah, as long as we don't offend anybody by being non-PC. Heck, this is America, that gives me the right...no...the DUTY to offend as many people as I can simply BECAUSE I can. "...and the rocket's red glare..."
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Somewhere I have a bumper sticker of Mickey giving bin laden the finger. My husband got it for me after we had to drive to Disney. We were suppose to FLY there Sept 17, 2001.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<Somewhere I have a bumper sticker of Mickey giving bin laden the finger.>> I don't think Walt would be too happy about that.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 "I don't think Walt would be too happy about that." I'm sure he wouldn't. I've never displayed it, we just agreed with the sentiment.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<Heck, this is America, that gives me the right...no...the DUTY to offend as many people as I can simply BECAUSE I can.>> And we wonder why some countries refer to us as "ugly Americans".
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <As for Disney getting to be non-American - it's an American company with global reach. If they want to become even more global, good for them, and good for those of us who are stockholders.< as long as global doesn't become the definition my company has -- a place for cheap white collar labor to replace American workers....under the guise of globalization.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >><As for Disney getting to be non-American - it's an American company with global reach. If they want to become even more global, good for them, and good for those of us who are stockholders.<< Actually most Fortune 500 companies disavow being "American". My own employer, which was founded in a famous garage in Silicon Valley, is on the record as being a "Global, not American" corporation. Ralph Nader sent a letter to the boards of the Fortune 500, asking them to open their shareholder meetings with a recitation of the pledge of allegiance. Only a handful agreed to do so. >>as long as global doesn't become the definition my company has -- a place for cheap white collar labor to replace American workers....under the guise of globalization. << A scary thought! Disney could bring in foreign CMs using the L-1 visa program (which I understand has no caps like the H1-B program). Anyway, I would guess that Disney is also busy offshoring a lot of back office work to the 3rd world. I expect that anything that isn't customer facing will eventually be offshored.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Anyway, I would guess that Disney is also busy offshoring a lot of back office work to the 3rd world. I expect that anything that isn't customer facing will eventually be offshored. >>> They certainly are not bashful about reducing costs in order to meet earnings growth targets whenever revenue growth doesn't do so. I can think of all sorts of things that could be offshored. For example, who's to say that the people monitoring all of the in-park security cameras aren't half way around the world? Bandwidth is cheap these days, and real-time video feeds could easily be sent elsewhere.
Originally Posted By gaston lives Hey, when I visited Europe, they did not go out of their way to show that they hated Americans. why should I treat them any differently? Why do I care if people think we're "Ugly Americans?" You have to consider the source. It's like this whole crappy PC movement...people can dish it out, but they can't take it. I don't care what other countries think about us, becuase when they're country is under attack financially or militarily, they all come crying to us to save their necks, then they talk smack about us when they are safe again. I'm proud to be an Ugly American...it's beats being a stiff necked European any day of the week.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<Hey, when I visited Europe, they did not go out of their way to show that they hated Americans. why should I treat them any differently? Why do I care if people think we're "Ugly Americans?">> You don't show your national pride by offending people. Ticking people off for the sake of ticking people off leads to more unrest in this world, no matter how minor. Maybe I'm strange, but I don't to upset or offend people unless its necessary. I don't try to tick people off just because I can. You need to remember that wherever you travel, you're a representative of your country. Your actions might affect the treatment of someone else down the line. WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Maybe I'm wrong in my thinking but I guess I never thought of Disney as just an American thing. Since going to the parks in the 60's as a child to today I viewed Disneyland (the main park I visit) as being a place that was internationally visited. There have always been foreign tourists so it seemed natural that instructions be given in different languages. I just don't see the big deal. It's kind of like being a host - you try to accomodate and be welcoming to your guests. Aye yi yi.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<I just don't see the big deal. It's kind of like being a host - you try to accomodate and be welcoming to your guests. Aye yi yi.>> I agree, Lisann22.
Originally Posted By gaston lives Let me clear somethign up: I have no problem with visitors from other countries. I really don't. It's kind of cool when I can speak French to people in EPCOT (like I did a few weeks ago) adn they can understand me. I don't mind accomodating them. I just hate it when they feel (not all of them are like this) that we need to to go out of our way for them when they treat us like poo poo. I have no issue with Spanish directions. It gets annoying, but I understand taht there are a ton of spanish spaeking guests at WDW. I just don't understand why they put their language first when the majority of your guests are from the USA.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Well, I normally don't dish up first when I invite people to eat in my home. I serve them first.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<I just don't understand why they put their language first when the majority of your guests are from the USA.>> It's called COURTESY - ever heard of it?
Originally Posted By gaston lives If it's that important, how come it only happens at one attraction then? Just cause some people show up from Vietnam doesnt' mean we put their language first. You serve the majority fo your guests first, then you serve the others. If I go to WDW Tokyo, I expect NOT to hear English first, but then again I guess Americans are rude people who don't care about other nationalities, right? The thing that really bothered me about it was when the first announcement was done, a LOT of Mexican/Spanish speaking people started cheering cause they were first. I was not the only American aroudn to say WTF?
