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My first job was at a RS franchise... installing CB radios and 8-tracks, yes I'm that old... and my first soldering experience was with a 2-transistor radio that my dad helped me build... from RatShak. My first computer was a TRS-80 Model 1... Dad got it for me, it was expensive... but that became my career and opened doors for me. I'm sad to see it go, but it was run into the ground long ago. Sad.
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I saw the show the other night... the cards have been cut down, not sure how much that affects them since they're not available *anywhere* as a complete set. Plus pictures of Doubleday and Spalding... this thing's not going down in value anytime soon.
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Sorry, I hate listicle sites... here, I fixed that for you.

1.) First of all, when you work for Disney, you're not an employee. You're a cast member. From the characters, to the ride operators, to the janitors... they're all cast members.

2.) A cast member is never allowed to say "I don't know." If a guest asks a question that they don't know the answer to, they have to pick up a telephone and call an operator.

3.) All facial hair on cast members has to be fully grown in and neatly trimmed. They cannot shape their beards, and their mustache cannot extend over the lip or further than the corners of their mouth.

4.) Male and female cast members are not allowed to shave their eyebrows. Men's hair cannot extend over their ears or shirt collars. Women's hair has to be neatly brushed. Braids are allowed, but not beads.

5.) The cast members playing characters have to follow specific guidelines so that each autograph looks identical.. That way, no matter who is in the Mickey costume, the expeience is the same.

6.) There's a height requirement to be one of the characters. To play a princess, you need to be between 5'4" and 5'8".

7.) Women's fingernails cannot exceed a quarter of an inch past the fingertip, and nail polish is not allowed. Meanwhile, men's nails cannot go past their fingertip.

8.) Visisble tattoos, tongue piercings, and ear gauges are simply not allowed.

9.) Cast members who wear glasses can't wear frames that display logos or brands. Also, the color and the frame must be conventional.

10.) There's a reason the theme parks always look so clean. Everyone working there is told to pick up trash if they see it on the ground.

11.) When a cast member does see trash on the ground, they can't bend over. They have to pick it up in a scooping method.

12.) If you ask a cast member for directions, look at how they point. It's usually a gesture with the whole hand, or with two fingers. They never point with one finger, because in some cultrures it's considered offensive.

13.) If you work at Disney, you cannot talk about what you do on any social media platforms.

14.) Walt Disney only liked to be called "Walt", which is why you only see first names on the employee tags. Also, if two cast members who play a Disney character happen to have the same name, one of them gets to go by a new name to avoid confusion.

15.) If a guest throws up, cast members used to have to call it a "Protein Spill", now it's just "Code V".

16.) A cast member always stays in character. Any characters outside the Disney universe simply don't exist in the Disney parks, so don't ask Ursula the sea witch what she thinks about Hermione.
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