Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Naughty T-Shirts and Walt Disney World

One fine day took an unexpected turn in the queue at the entrance into Epcot. It was one of those times when you just knew things were not going to go well.
I was working Epcot bag check, you know, checking people's bags as they enter the park. Back then, we were located up by the turnstiles, just before you put your index finger in the biometric scanner. Well, this couple of young ladies, a teen about I'd say sixteen or seventeen and her mother who was on a cell phone behind her.
As the teenage age girl approached me and put her bag on the table and opened it for inspection, it was hard not to notice three situations, shall we say. One, she was well endowed and well, perky. Two, she was bra-less and as they say, staring, and Three, she had a T-shirt on that was totally unacceptable for entry into the park. The T-Shirt was black and had script lettering that said: "I'm single, you're single lets FCUK."
These T-shirts are made as advertising for a British or European fragrance and clothing business called French Connection United Kingdom. Hence the initials FCUK. They are not allowed in the park because someone looking at could misread it.
I looked at the shirt and explained to the young lady that she could not enter the park wearing the shirt and, using the two finger point indicated the guest gift shop to the left and that she should tell them Security wouldn't let her into Epcot with the shirt she was wearing and they would give her a new shirt free of charge. Her mother then asked what the hold up was because she had been on the cell phone and had ended the conversation and was now interested in getting into the park.
The girl looked at he mother and said that I told her she couldn't wear the shirt in the park and that she had to take it off.
Which is NOT what I said. The mother said, "Then take it off then," it a beautiful British accent.
"What? Here, Now?" Teen said.
"Yeah" Mom said. She was looking straight at me while she said this.
I pointed the two finger point at Mom and said, "That is not what I said." and proceeded to call Main Gate 10 who patrols the front entrance area and I also requested a female security host as well.
They both arrived and explained the situation and Maingate 10, a male, took one look at teeny bopper and said "Go inside and take a break" and the female security host whose name is Nooshin, talked to the teen while checking the bags of the other guests and Main Gate 10 talked to Mom. I had a root beer in the break room inside.
About ten minutes later which seemed like hours, Main Gate 10 came in and told me what happened.
The mother tried to tell them that I was flirting with her daughter and told her to take her shirt off. The daughter with Nooshin told the truth and the guests on each side of the adjoining tables and the ones behind the mother told what really happened. As a result the mother and daughter were expelled from the park and were not allowed to return.
All because of an offensive shirt. A picture of one of the shirts is above. What a day.