Rich moms hiring disabled guides to skip Disney World lines

blondieblue227

http://wtkr.com/2013/05/14/rich-manhatt ... rld-lines/


gotta get paid Yo! the disability unemployment rate is horrendous.

(who wants to be dependent on SSI anyway?)

read a full conversation i(ivy) participated in about this here: https://www.facebook.com/mark.burnhope/ ... 3782675829

peacefrompaul

Wow

hedonist

This kind of thing pisses me off to no end.

It's like (if I dare use an analogy) crying wolf about rape, about discrimination and the like. Taints the legitimacy of others, of those who aren't faking it or trying to find some damned loophole.

Great lessons you're teaching your children!

(And as far as the seemingly-biased labelling in the article as them being "rich Manhattan moms", forget their wealth or where they're from. Shitty behavior is shitty behavior. Grow the fuck up, assholes.)

Jason P

I just use a BB gun and make a security guard take me on rides when the park is closed to the public.

peacefrompaul

Jason P wrote:

I just use a BB gun and make a security guard take me on rides when the park is closed to the public.

hedonist

Jason P wrote:

I just use a BB gun and make a security guard take me on rides when the park is closed to the public.

Clark?!

hedonist

peacefrompaul wrote:

Jason P wrote:

I just use a BB gun and make a security guard take me on rides when the park is closed to the public.

Quick SOB :P

DM213518

Wow! :nono:

DM213518

:nono: to dishonesty to giving people jobs

Cosmo

But, that's okay. You see... in a sense, they are 'Creating Jobs'... and on top of that... they are hiring the handicapped... or at least hiring people to do the job of acting like they're handicapped.
...
So, they deserve all that they pay for and we should quit persecuting them.

catefrances

Cosmo wrote:

But, that's okay. You see... in a sense, they are 'Creating Jobs'... and on top of that... they are hiring the handicapped... or at least hiring people to do the job of acting like they're handicapped.
...
So, they deserve all that they pay for and we should quit persecuting them.

blondieblue227

which notion is more repulsive?

this story about Disney?
or
actually having to hire or work along side a person with a disability in your workplace?

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catefrances wrote:

Cosmo wrote:

But, that's okay. You see... in a sense, they are 'Creating Jobs'... and on top of that... they are hiring the handicapped... or at least hiring people to do the job of acting like they're handicapped.
...
So, they deserve all that they pay for and we should quit persecuting them.

Seems like a WIN/WIN to me!

hedonist

blondieblue227 wrote:

which notion is more repulsive?

this story about Disney?
or
actually having to hire or work along side a person with a disability in your workplace?

Repulsed by working with a disabled person? Why would that be?

Not sure what prompted this (somewhat odd) question, unless it was addressed in the article or responses here, and I missed it.

mysticweed

blondieblue227 wrote:

which notion is more repulsive?

this story about Disney?
or
actually having to hire or work along side a person with a disability in your workplace?

:wtf:
the disney story is repulsive
working with someone disabled? - hardly

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This thread is headed down a path of sarcasm and misunderstood sarcasm!

know1

I don't see anything wrong with it.

chadwick

i myself find disney land sad fucking bullshit. it is overrated, overpriced, & a cluster fuck. i am praying to the gods i never ever have to go there

Godfather.

know1 wrote:

I don't see anything wrong with it.

I agree you have to aplaud the creative thought put into this.

Godfather.

JonnyPistachio

chadwick wrote:

i myself find disney land sad fucking bullshit. it is overrated, overpriced, & a cluster fuck. i am praying to the gods i never ever have to go there

Ive got to agree for the most part. I liked it a few times as a kid, but its just too damned expensive. But last time I went I got hammered while I was there... Unsurprisingly, that made it bearable.

hedonist

JonnyPistachio wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i myself find disney land sad fucking bullshit. it is overrated, overpriced, & a cluster fuck. i am praying to the gods i never ever have to go there

Ive got to agree for the most part. I liked it a few times as a kid, but its just too damned expensive. But last time I went I got hammered while I was there... Unsurprisingly, that made it bearable.

I went there years back for one of those private night events - no lines, and we got stoned on many of the rides

I'm not sure if it's nostalgia speaking or times truly were different then, but the few occasions we went when I was a kid (early to mid-70s), it really was the magical kingdom! Nowhere near as expensive, either.

Idris

JonnyPistachio wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i myself find disney land sad fucking bullshit. it is overrated, overpriced, & a cluster fuck. i am praying to the gods i never ever have to go there

Ive got to agree for the most part. I liked it a few times as a kid, but its just too damned expensive. But last time I went I got hammered while I was there... Unsurprisingly, that made it bearable.

Ever smoke and J and check out Disney? It really is 'A Whole New World.'
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JimmyV

Are they paying these disabled guides well? Are visitors who are legitimately disabled having their access to the park infringed upon? If the answer to the first is yes and the answer to the second question is no then I guess I don't have a problem with this.

cincybearcat

hedonist wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i myself find disney land sad fucking bullshit. it is overrated, overpriced, & a cluster fuck. i am praying to the gods i never ever have to go there

Ive got to agree for the most part. I liked it a few times as a kid, but its just too damned expensive. But last time I went I got hammered while I was there... Unsurprisingly, that made it bearable.

I went there years back for one of those private night events - no lines, and we got stoned on many of the rides

I'm not sure if it's nostalgia speaking or times truly were different then, but the few occasions we went when I was a kid (early to mid-70s), it really was the magical kingdom! Nowhere near as expensive, either.

It is nostalgia. It is far more magical for todays youth. And it was damn expensive then too. But I find it to be worth it as they provide a family friendly, safe, wonderful vacation.

Cosmo

cincybearcat wrote:

hedonist wrote:

I went there years back for one of those private night events - no lines, and we got stoned on many of the rides
I'm not sure if it's nostalgia speaking or times truly were different then, but the few occasions we went when I was a kid (early to mid-70s), it really was the magical kingdom! Nowhere near as expensive, either.

It is nostalgia. It is far more magical for todays youth. And it was damn expensive then too. But I find it to be worth it as they provide a family friendly, safe, wonderful vacation.

...
I wish they would go back to the ticket book thing. That way, you could go to the park and not feel you have to ride every ride in order to feel like you got your money's worth. They could still sell 'Magic Passes' that give you unlimited ride access for the same price you pay today.. but, you would have an option to just pay park admission and buy tickets for rides you want to ride.
The term, 'E-Ticket Ride' would have meaning again.

chadwick

JonnyPistachio wrote:

chadwick wrote:

i myself find disney land sad fucking bullshit. it is overrated, overpriced, & a cluster fuck. i am praying to the gods i never ever have to go there

Ive got to agree for the most part. I liked it a few times as a kid, but its just too damned expensive. But last time I went I got hammered while I was there... Unsurprisingly, that made it bearable.

truth, sir. you speak truths.

bearable when drugged up & loaded = even one's very own beheading ... or walt disney's magical strokers land.

chadwick

i should move down there, get a wheel chair with the scooter america motor... you know, mobility commercials?

i already use a cane most of the time & i even have a walker from when i got out of the hospital this last time. i would fully charge wealthy fuckers to pretend they are my kin just to get in the front of the line from the special entrance way.

we all need paid. after 5 or 10 years i could retire nicely done

everyone should take full advantage of wealthy people willing to throw cash away

blondieblue227

on my repulsive employment comment....

it was directed towards the people who thought the disabled tour guides were wrong.

in my top post i mentioned disability unemployment and how bad it is.

if some think this act of what's going on at Disney is wrong, have they tried to open their bosses mind to hire a person with disability?

for the record, i think what's going on at Disney is wrong. even if they're being paid, it's exploiting the disability. (a lot of people with disabilities think this is ok because they're being paid)

but i still want to argue the fact, people are outraged about this but not about the disability unemployment rate or not outraged about the fact Disney isn't accessible to all?

BinauralJam

blondieblue227 wrote:

on my repulsive employment comment....

it was directed towards the people who thought the disabled tour guides were wrong.

in my top post i mentioned disability unemployment and how bad it is.

if some think this act of what's going on at Disney, have tried to open their bosses mind to hire a person with disability?

for the record, i think what's going on at Disney is wrong. even if they're being paid, it's exploiting the disability.
the park should be accessible to all.
but i still want to argue the fact, people are outraged about this but not about the disability unemployment rate (or why isn't Disney accessible to all)?

Disney is accessible to all, the disabled get preferental treatment, but if you are part of that group you get to go with that disabled person. My inlaws ride around in those scooters you can rent and go right to the front of the line, so it's nice for the wife and i to go to Disney with them and get right to the front of the line. And their not even disabled, there just old and fat.

blondieblue227

theme parks are not accessible to all.
if they were i could get my power chair through the lines and they wouldn't let me go first.

btw, going first is a thing of the past.
now you visit each ride, get a time based on the wait time and come back.
which is completely POINTLESS because to others it STILL seems like you're going first.


POLL: who thinks being fat or pregnant is a disability?

hedonist

blondieblue227 wrote:

POLL: who thinks being fat or pregnant is a disability?

I think either CAN be - at least temporarily - but not necessarily simply by virtue of either state (hope that makes sense).

As to the question in your other post about hiring...well, our company isn't But if we were, I can't see why we'd choose not to hire someone capable of the job and any activity it entails. Just as I believe no one qualified should be overlooked for a position by virtue of a disability, or race, or gender, etc...I also think no one should get preferential treatment simply BECAUSE of any those things.

Interesting thread!