It's time for another selection of BUPIX! Photos from the personal collection of GDB friend Bu, from his days in the 80s, when he worked as a balloon vendor, and in Guest Relations, AND as a Tour Guide. He has kindly provided some fun commentary to go with today's pictures, which makes them more fun. Here we go!
These photos are from another “Tour of Tears”…(as the TG’s called them) where we would follow a TG around, “in disguise” as guests, to make sure the TG’s were up to snuff. It wasn’t popular for a variety of reasons, so it didn’t last long. Looking back, it was just accountability, and if you were doing everything you were supposed to, there was no reason to be crying about it. But… we are human beings, so I understand the anxiety around it all. In retrospect, we should have made it more a “feedback session”…than a “three strikes you are out”. Two leads were on the tour to make sure there was agreement and objectivity.
Small World Leg People. I took this photo because I was a bit horrified. Come on ladies…really? That’s all I can say about that one.
Looks like we were in “Disneyland State Fair”… which sounds kind of tawdry, and it was in the most sanitized of ways… but kind of fun, and thematically worked fine on Main St. This was at the conclusion of the night… and the best thing about State Fair, is all the leftover food from the little stands in Town Square was given away. There’s Rosemarie and Holly… closing comp room person, and closing phone room person… I think I just stopped and said “LET ME TAKE YOUR PICTURE” (as I often did). Hence the snarly kind of looks.
In the next photo… looks like we took the long way to security and Cash Control….and decided on some “photo ops”… this one with Rosemarie on a scooter. She has an umbrella: perhaps it was raining (?). Rosemarie was a very pretty young and glamorous lady: the photos don’t do her justice. (Rosemarie has movie star hair and nails!).
You’ve seen Alexis and Kara in other photos… here they are at the Tour Gardens. That clock was a little Mickey clock to make sure Tours left on time. There are some of the new Tour Tags that Stacia Martin (some of you may know who that is) designed. I don’t think she got credit for that… and possibly zillions of other things she did art for as a Main St. Merchandise employee (at that time)… so I will give her credit now! She was and is an amazing artist and Disney Historian. She knows her stuff. Hello Stacia if you read this!
Next is Barbara, my co-hort on the Tour of Tears… we just look like a typical American couple… ha! I think we were anything but. Barbara’s family owned a lot of Orange County farmland… when it was Lima Beans. Barbara went on to a long Disney career as many did, and I often think “what if I stayed?” Well… my life would have been much less exciting for sure. No regrets at all, and I will say again that Disneyland was the best “College” of life that anyone could ever wish for. There are more things there that I’ve taken into my many many many versions of myself since then that are still valid and relevant. Not for everyone… but I suppose, not all jobs are.
THANK YOU, BU! As usual, seeing these photos makes me wish that I'd been able to work in some capacity at the park - I think that Bu was high enough up the ladder (as a TG) to enjoy himself a bit more, though I know he was also held to a high standard. Still, he got to work with a lot of pretty girls, and that's not a bad thing! I hope everyone has enjoyed today's pix... there are more to come.
19 comments:
Major-
We love Bupix-! The "Tour of Tears" - it makes me think of the Firesign Theater and their reference to the Trail of Tears Golf Course. I feel visually violated seeing those three pairs of bare legs-! (So much for being a 'family blog'-!) I suppose they were just taking advantage of some of that fine, Southern California 'liquid sunshine'.
Of course we know Stacia. She is most-deserving of all the compliments she receives. She is a true treasure.
Thanks Bu, and The Major.
1) Bu, I agree. What is with those gals putting their legs up on the boat?!? I bet they did it at all the other rides as well: Storybook Canal Boats, Jungle Cruise, Canoes! Feed 'em to the Swans, says I.
2) Judging from their "snarly kind of looks", it sounds like you acquired something of a 'nuisance' reputation... along with partaker of shenanigans. And yet, you also have that very proper, by-the-book side as well. "Is a puzzlement". ;-)
3) I wonder if Rosemarie wore her hair like that all the time? It seems kind of wild and out of control for a prim-and-proper TG. One expects Tour Guides to be more like Mary Poppins than Delilah. ;-)
4) In the Tour Garden photo, what are those (mostly) white things on the table next to the clock? (BTW, the full sized image is not coming up.)
5) Sounds like Barbara has an interesting story! Coming from a family that owned a lot of nearby farmland to becoming a Disney 'lifer'.
Thanks for sharing your photos with us, Bu. And thank you, Major.
A dollar for cotton candy!!?? What a gyp!!
When we went to cash control we had to call ahead and give our name and ID number and a code - as well as how much we were bringing over. We also had to go in teams - 2 castmembers per cart … one cart at a time. Management would always stress that we were to try and avoid guest interaction if possible and try to down play that we had a metal box dolly full of cash : LOTS OF CASH!! Most of the carts were plain painted a very dark green . HOWEVER two cash carts were painted by the signshop pictorial with Scrooge McDuck and piles of gold coins in all sides . We used to laugh that it was so important to not let guests know we had money in the box cart. Like they’d have no idea with Scrooge mcDuck and piles of coins on it!! When we got to cash control ( behind space mountain and mars) we had to both stand in front of the security camera , then pick up a phone receiver and give our names and the matching code . They would then auto-unlock the door .. we’d roll the cart in and stand infront of very very thick glass windows . A cash control employee would slide a double ended drawer open towards us then we’d give them the paperwork and another low door would open - we’d push the money filled cart into it and close the door . They would open it up on the other side and we’d wait while they counted everything to make sure it matched with what was called in when we headed over and that it was the correct amount as the deposit paperwork. When done they would fill the cart with change or other money if it was requested . Then they would call our destination that we were headed back and what the amount was in the cart ( if any) in a 8 hour shift we would do one of this cash control trips but on a busy day - sometimes more. Also as BU mentioned ANY DISCREPANCY - even a Penny would cause for the safe balance or deposit to be recounted . This was important for cash control security who could monitor repeating inconsistencies to identity a theft or loss trend . They could investigate and find out pretty easily if a castmember was stealing money .
As for the first pic, where were those girls raised? In a barn? Hopefully one of the dolls inside the attraction was running around with a chainsaw, to teach them all a lesson.
I bet the cotton candy back in those days was made fresh and not the stale compressed junk they sell today, in plastic bags and containers. While working at Knott's, I learned that the best cotton candy was when it was fresh out of the machine and was still warm and fluffy.
I remember Stacia Martin when she worked in the Disneyana Shop on Main St. (back when it was located on the west side of the street). The shop used to have free copies of "The Disneyana Collector" which was a newsletter from Groiler Enterprises Inc. of Danbury Connecticut. That company made a lot of Disney collector's plates, Christmas ornaments, and other limited addition items that were sold in the Disneyana Shop. One issue had a story on Stacia and her collection of Disney records. My friend and I asked her to autograph our copy of the newsletter. She did, and she also drew a little Mickey Mouse for each of us. I still have my copy!
Thanks for the behind-the-scenes pics, Bu and Major!
Thanks for the comments: I was surprised to see my photos this morning, so now: since I was IN the rabbit hole, I don't need to go down one. TM: the Cotton Candy WAS fresh...and I love cotton candy! There were also pretzels too: which also I love...and they weren't like a NYC pretzel...which generally tastes like cigarettes (really). I think it's the smoke from the chestnuts roasting, and wafting into the pretzel chamber. I first met Stacia in the Disneylana shop too as a high schooler...they had cool "real" things back then. I bought a few things, and even a cel of Madame Mim from the Rescuers. (long gone). Mike: things were much different at Cash Control in the 80's: I don't think there was even a door....there were "cages" that they all were behind...and a general note: they also wore a costume: which was this golden color....and I don't remember any girls working there. We basically turned in our bag, and that was it. City Hall didn't have much cash...but it all had to be accounted for. ODV: we had thousands every day....and the others around the park: they were literally carrying their bags of money: in a money bag...for all to see...then they made a policy that it had to be in a merchandise bag. I think when I worked at the main gate they came to get our cash and did "pick ups" to avoid having zillions of dollars out there. This was before credit cards were accepted so it was allllll cash. JB: Rosemarie did have big hair, and I think she still does. The 80's...and the girls got away with a lot. And yes: I was a bit of a nuisance with my camera, as I always got really bad shots of people...that were hilarious. Yes: I didn't look like shenanigans....but we all have our Yin and Yang. The white things on the clipboard were the days schedule and everyones assignments. I forgot what that form was called, but it was all done by hand before the day started. There's probably a schedule out there too: as Alexis was the master scheduler. And there could be ADO forms on there (Authorized Day Offs)...which you had to schedule though a form, and then Alexis would approve. I swear we had one Tour Guide who worked about 2 or 3 days a month, and the only reason she came in was to fill out her ADO's! and on those days she requested an ER (Early Release). I think eventually she figured out her work life was getting in the way of her life and finally went on to other things. And yes Major: many pretty girls....all around, all day long. I always attributed the Beach Boys song "Disney Girls" to the TG's...and certainly there was some film or something about the pretty girls at Disneyland in the 80's....later I found out it had nothing to do with the TG's....and was first recorded in '57: the year before there was such a thing as a Disneyland Tour Guide. Looking forward to other comments and questions!
I always enjoy these backstage glimpses, and the accompanying dialog. Thank you Bu!
Sounds like a great job, if you could stand the constant scrutiny. I can see why funny photos would help.
One small comment, I am shocked, SHOCKED to see a prosaic 55 gallon drum with the commodity lid used as a trash in the Tour Guide Garden! Of all places! I could see maybe backstage someplace in a mechanics bay, but a guest facing location? And a Premium one at that! It’s the trash can equivalent of an unbuttoned vest!
Thank you, Bu and Major, for these fun views behind the curtain.
JG
I love Bupix; they give us that slice of life/You Were There look at backstage!
Even on a slow-moving boat ride like it's a small world, you would think that sitting like that would be against the safety rules!
Rosemarie has the kind of hair I spent my youth feeling like a failure for not being able to achieve. I finally stopped trying perms the day my hair made out small-town hairdresser literally cry. I've just let it point straight to the Earth's core since then.
I mentioned my uncle yesterday - when the cotton candy stand at the mall closed, he brought my grandmother a bunch of cartons of the cotton candy mix. She used it to make a sort of Kool-Aid. It was not good.
Mike, that is hilarious about the Scrooge McDuck boxes! They night as well have been big sacks with dollar signs painted on them!
Nanook, while the Firesign Theater is legendary, I admit that I have never heard (or seen) them in any form. Isn’t Michael McKean a Firesign Theater alum? I’ve met Stacia twice, she was very nice.
JB, sometimes girls are going to be sassy. There’s nothing you can do! The snarly looks show definite annoyance, beyond just “let me take your picture”. Unless this was the tenth such request! I wonder if Rosemarie’s MTV hair was considered OK because it was so glamorous? She clearly spent a lot of time making it look so good, as opposed to somebody with messy out of control hair. Now we can see that the “white things” are strings for stacks of TG tags! Barbara must have lived quite the life (I assume she is still with us), I hope she is happy.
Mike Cozart, wow, whose idea was it to paint those cash carts with Scrooge McDuck?? It almost sounds like a joke that went too far. It’s funny, I know a few former CMs that had to deal with Cash Control, I suppose it makes sense, since the money that came in was the ultimate goal. Well, maybe not THE ultimate goal (that was providing fun and magic for families!), but one of the ultimate goals. Was there ever a backup at Cash Control? I mean, did people have to wait in a big line while other CMs got their haul counted? I would imagine it had to happen, and that would be very frustrating if you were wanting to end your shift and go home after a long day. Nowadays I assume that coin-counting machines and bill-counting machines (like they have at the bank) would be used.
TokyoMagic!, I’ve heard that a chainsaw doll is going to be added to IASW after the next holiday redo. I would never buy cotton candy that wasn’t made fresh right in front of me! I can’t imagine buying it in those plastic packages. Yuck. I went to an hours-long event with a bunch of Disneyland fans, and Stacia was among them. I’d made special tags for people, but I thought there’d only be a dozen, and then there were 30, so I didn’t have enough. So I just kept them to myself. However, Stacia asked if she could have some when I told her about them.
Bu, I’ve got to do more BUPIX posts! There are still photos that I’ve scanned that have not been used yet. I actually don’t remember cotton candy vendors at Disneyland, though I might have just not noticed them. If you’re not hungry, why would you pay attention to them? I thought maybe cotton candy would be one of those “no-nos”, like chewing gum. Though it doesn’t make sense, now that I think about it. I can’t remember where I read about this, but I do remember a CM claimed that he had been robbed of his cash as he headed to Cash Control. And of course it turned out to be a lie, he just wanted the money. He must have had someplace to stash it before he told somebody that he’d been robbed. A bathroom? A random maintenance closet? Picture-takers can be fun, but at a certain point it can be a bit much. But folks also want copies of those pictures later - I wonder how many CMs would otherwise have no pictures of themselves in the park, even if they worked there for years? Wow, must be nice to only work two or three ays a month. It really sounds like a case of “Why bother? Go live your life!”. THANKS BU!
JG, yeah, I have to admit that the “constant scrutiny” would get old. I am a generally honest person, and would hate feeling like I was always trying to cheat them. I once went to an Army-Navy Surplus store, and the owner just followed me around like a dog. I figure they must have just been robbed, but it was unpleasant, and I wound up leaving without buying anything.
Melissa (I still can’t get over it!), yeah, you’d think that somebody would have told those girls to put those legs back in the vehicle. I can only imagine how much time Rosemarie spent on her hair every morning, and while I respect it (and it looked great), I also think that she could have had a much simpler style and still looked good. However, it was the 80s, and she was surely influenced by various MTV bands! We used to have a toy cotton candy machine that really worked, it was so cool. You could even crush Life Savers or Jolly Ranchers and make cotton candy out of those, the cherry was delicious! Maybe I need another one of those machines.
BU: yeah I worked with people who remembered a time when the cash control process was a little more relaxed. Honestly I think the change was really because the park was doing way more money intake by the 90’s & 2000’s. Security became even MORE extreme after 9/11 backstage. Most buildings began to get the ID swipe locks and eveyone was suspicious of everyone. Disneyland had really changed . In the subject of 9/11 : there were two massive firings and lay-offs after .. the first happened very quickly : All Disney company employees had revised background checks … and hundreds of employees were fired … mostly because they had left off things like arrests , DUI’s, lied about pre ious jobs or school etc. there were people who had worked at Disneyland for years … but Disney went back and removed them because of these application discrepancies. The next loss of employees came after the attendance at Disneyland plummeted after the 9/11 attacks. It was drastic - so many managers and long time people all gone in a week. It was really noticeable and depressing to see so many great Disneyland employee “fixtures” disappear!
MAJOR: I don’t recall any lines or back ups at cash control but there were times you had to wait several minutes for the other people to exit the drop off lobby - but I think they were probably spacing the visits out with the password numbers we had to give them before they would unlock the door. It was all very serious … and felt like you were going to the principal’s office. Lol.
I wish I had a photograph of one of the two Scrooge McDuck cash dollys. Phototaking backstage was difficult- some people had cellphones but camera versions didn’t exist yet . I used to take lots of photos secretly and times like when we’d get tours of DCA construction… I lost many rolls of film because DL security confiscated it. When that happens you could contest it .. they would develop the film ( the cost deducted from your pay) then security would go through the pictures and decide which ones you could get back….. but if any of them had a Disneyland picture - even if it was taken on stage on your day off - security would keep
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Mike: that is pretty hard-core...I thought we were all hard core back then too...but it seems the paranoia was palpable. I get it, what a weird time that was, and being in NYC was even more surreal...even months and months after. Seems like a few years ago, and hard to believe that it was 25 years ago. As a boomer we have seen major life changing moments in life: the invention of the internet...911...Covid...those are all pretty significant...and there's more...like Disco, and Duran Duran. I wouldn't trade it. Melissa: there weren't the rules there are today...and I'm sure the RO (ride operator) just rolled their eyes when they saw those girls suntanning. Maybe they thought they were going to be outside on the entire voyage? Major: Barbara is still around with a lovely family and I saw her a few years ago: looking exactly the same...in fact: most of these tour guides look exactly the same. I do not look remotely close to that era...gratefully so...as an actor you go through more than a few revisions. Rosemary's hair arrived like that every day. And there were make up sessions in the phone room...I think I have photos of that too. Also: Cotton Candy was generally a no no...but not during the State Fair Promotion. I did have a rather career changing event at the "Human Cannonball" show....a Director asked me "Do you know how the cannonball works?" I answered "no"..."do I need to know?" He said, (sternly) it is your job to know everything about everything, whether or not it's under your work umbrella or not!" He wasn't someone I really got along with too well....but later in life I was glad for the lesson and it taught me to ask loads of questions about everything and keep my curiosity "alive": something that is still with me today. Thanks Bob...and thanks Major and everyone else. And JG: the trashcan: I think that was a 1960's bullet can relic...I remember it well...and loved the color choice and styling at the time, although I do agree with you that it's rather out of place in the Victorian Era Garden....it's as out of place as that small building that they put right in the middle of it. So horsey and out of scale. It's not a tree for heaven's sakes...talk about an unbuttoned vest..... But..."progress".....
When I was a kid, our outdoor trash cans were 50 gallon steel drums Dad brought home from the power plant. They were the only ones in the neighborhood that never got destroyed by the snow plow.
Bu, I was in high school too, back in those days of hanging out in the Disneyana Shop and talking to Stacia and Elda! I did buy a few things over the years that at the time I thought were so expensive. I remember the animation cells, but I just never could bring myself to spend the money on those. Now those prices they were charging are nothing for an actual cell used in a film. I remember they also sold those "Sericells" which looked nice, but I wouldn't want a replication of a cell. I would want the actual thing. I did finally get a cell (also from "The Rescuers"). I bought it in a comic book shop in Fullerton, and it was only $5! I posted that a few years ago in my "Rescuers" post.
In addition to cotton candy being a no-no (except during State Fair days), weren't Ferris Wheels also one of Walt's no-nos until "State Fair." And then of course with DCA, they churned out other no-nos, because they no longer cared what Walt thought.
Gee, Knott's was pretty relaxed about money back in the day. But then, they were more relaxed about everything when compared to Disney. I was a lead and I would have to go to the bank's money window in the morning to pick up all the money for all of the cash registers in our shop, plus money for the cash box (used when people ran out of one and five dollar bills, or needed additional rolls of coins. The bank window was located inside the park, on stage, just out in the open (next door to the entrance turnstiles), but the park was closed when we would pick up the money. And we didn't have to take anyone with us. At the end of the night, we would go back to that window and drop the money off, but we didn't have to wait for someone to count it, fortunately. But if your count was off, you would definitely here about it. The park was closed when we did this, too, but I think I remember seeing an occasional lingering guest who hadn't exited yet.
This had led me to remember how on our paper money, all of the heads of the presidents had to be facing up and the same direction. They were also supposed to be that way in your cash drawer throughout the day, but definitely in the banded stacks you turned into the bank. If they weren't, the bank would let you know about that, too. They even started complaining if just a small corner of a bill was folded over. Nowadays, I see that there is no such thing as keeping an orderly cash drawer and keeping the bills all facing upward, let alone with all of the heads pointing in the same direction, because whenever I get cash back, the bills are turned every which way! I still notice it, every single time I get change given back to me, and I still have to turn it all around and get it just the way that was drilled into me for years at Knott's. I do think the money can be counted quicker and more accurately that way, because there is no confusion about what is what.
One other though about Knott's and their money. They had people from the Knott's bank come around on busy days and collect any extra-large sums of money that we had accumulated from sales. We used to go to each cashiers' drawers and do what was called a "pull down" and take all of the 100s, 50s, and most of the 20 dollar bills. Those would go into a locked cabinet and when the "Bank Guys" came along, we would turn the money over to them. On a really busy day, they might come around twice. On slower off-season days, they might not come by at all. The "bank guys" would carry a canvas satchel for the money on the slower days, but it still must have gotten heavy from all the money pickups they were doing. On the busier days, they pushed a dolly that had a metal box welded to it. It was kind of obvious that they were carrying or wheeling around money, but maybe most guests didn't pay attention. Oh, and they were always followed around by a very tall and burly plainclothed guard.
I guess I also went down a rabbit hole.......a Knott's rabbit hole!
Reading all this security muckety-muck sorta takes the "magic" out of it, doesn't it. Best not to think about it too much, I suppose. Now I'm wondering if the Churro Mines under the Castle are a REAL thing! 8-\
"HOWEVER two cash carts were painted by the signshop pictorial with Scrooge McDuck and piles of gold coins in all sides."
LOL! I love that story, Mike.
When a couple of you mentioned the "State Fair" - you jarred my memory. My dad took pictures of it.....but I don't remember if I've shared them here?? [Old age.] I'll have to find some to get them scanned and posted, if we haven't already done so.
Melissa, I bet those "50 gallon steel drums" were tough for the raccoons to get into.
Thank you, Bu, Major and everyone, for all the fun comments and stories today.
Mike Cozart, my friend Mr. X was a popcorn vendor, and of course he would have to take his cash to Cash Control at the end of his shift. I’ll have to ask him if he has any good stories to share! As for security after 9-11, I was working at the Studio at the time, and boy did things change. Security would look under our cars for bombs (with mirrors) when we entered, and I used to drop my personal mail off in the mail room in the mornings. But then everyone worried about anthrax powder, and nobody was allowed in the mail room anymore. And when I worked at Nickelodeon, they did background checks for a different reason (one employee who was a creep, mainly), that was also very weird. Luckily I am a goody two-shoes, ha ha. As for backups at Cash Control, I figured that with the number of cast members probably ending their shifts at the same time, I could imagine a “traffic jam”. But I’m glad to know that this wasn’t an issue. It’s too bad you lost all those rolls of film - again, working at the Studio, I was told that bringing a camera was a no-no. So I only have two Polaroid photos of myself from some official events. And my ID pass of course, which they were supposed to take back, but nobody took it away when my time at Disney was over.
Bu, I was talking to my 29 year-old niece about 9-11, and she couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Of course by the time she was old enough to understand what was going on, most of that extreme caution was over. I’m sure your right about the ride operators regarding the girls on IASW, they probably thought it wasn’t worth the effort, particularly since that is a slow, safe ride. I’m glad to hear that Barbara is doing well! Ah, I remember the State Fair promotion, and it makes sense that cotton candy would be a treat sold for that occasion. I think I have a picture of the Human Cannonball, but I’m not 100% sure. What an odd thing! But classic, thanks to Bugs Bunny cartoons.
Melissa, ha, I would think that the trash collectors would complain about those heavy steel cans!
TokyoMagic!, I’m like you, I never wanted a Sericel. In fact I wound up with one or two just by accident, I didn’t value them at all. I know that reproductions of the Disneyland posters is a cottage industry now, but I have no interest in copies. But I realize that not everyone is able to get originals, either because they are hard to come by, or because they are pricey (and have become outrageous). Ha, they definitely don’t care what Walt thought, just look at your favorite animatronic. Considering how stingy Knott’s was about popcorn, you’d think that they would have been just as careful about cash as Disney was. One time years ago I was at Knott’s until late, I must have been one of the last guests out, it was very cool to walk through the darkened park with almost nobody else around. Part of me wanted to stay! I admit that I put bills in my wallet with all of the Presidents facing the same way, my friends think I’m crazy. It’s not like it’s hard work! I would assume that the use of real money has dwindled today, most folks just use their credit or debit cards. When I go to a fast food drive-thru, I think the folks at the counter get annoyed when I hand them a $20. Who spends $100 bills at Knott’s, especially back then? Showoffs? Even today I don’t spend those unless I have no choice, it just seems rude.
JB, it’s still a business, at the end of the day. And as many have pointed out, you probably don’t want to look behind the scenes as much as you think you do, because it’s all very corporate and boring.
Lou and Sue, I don’t think you’ve shared any photos of the State Fair event.
Of course several years ago Knott’s Berry Farm went completely cash-less. And completely top-less!
Nobody wears hats!! ( that’s the second time this week I used that joke!)
I don’t think Disneyland will ever go cash-less … but one snoring thing is the cheap-thrift guests you use the DL AP to get a free fortune from FORTUNE RED in New Orleans Square! They come up and have to do whatever to connect to the machine via their phones … then it throws the machine outta wack went going back to normal coin operation. Often cheating the cash paying guest out of their fortune! Another thing : Fortune Red can sit their and nobody uses it - then when myself or some friends show up with a bag of quarters to try and get the fortunes in sequence - some DL AP cluck-slave waddles up and gets their FREE fortune off their phone … then the machine shuts down!
I’m very analog .
SNORING = annoying
Mike, I meant to mention that part about Knott's going cashless a few years ago. Thanks! They do however, still accept cash outside at the Knot's Marketplace and Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant.
Major, you made a good point. You would think that Knott's would be a little more concerned about people turning in the money at the end of the night. If you had looked over at the Main Entrance on your way out of the park you might have seen a line of employees, all with tons of cash to turn in.
Not too many people gave us 100 or 50 dollar bills, but it did happen. It wasn't a big deal much later in the day, when there was a lot of cash in the drawer to given them change back. But occasionally, someone would do it right after we opened, and the cashiers were only given $99 to start the day. And only $60 of that was in bills and the rest was all in coins. Also, the cashiers had to have $100 and $50 dollar bills checked by a Lead or Supervisor. Some years after quitting and then going back for a visit, I noticed how the cashiers had a special marking pen that they would use to make a mark on all the $20 bills they were given. It was to check whether or not the bill was real. I guess management became concerned about employees accepting counterfeit money. I wonder if there had been an increase over the years in guests trying to pass them off, or if Knott's (or maybe it was Cedar Fair) just became more concerned about losing any money.
Mike, so I'm assuming that the free Fortune Red fortune is "virtual" and appears on the people's phones? Or does it spit out a physical card for them?
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