PAC Introductions

For the non-Disney people out there, here is some inside info on some of the little things that go on behind the scenes. The first time you work a PAC (parade audience control) shift, or if you're wearing a red "earning your ears" tag, you have to stand up in the pre-parade meeting and tell the group three things: your name, where you're from, and your favorite Disney character. I'm sure all of my friends remember the first time they had to stand up.

Now I've worked for the Mouse two different times, about 15 years apart. So I thought I would have a little fun this time. By time they got to me most people weren't paying attention anymore so I stood up in the meeting and said:

"Hi, I'm Von. I live in a van down by the river and my favorite Disney character is Scooby Doo". Then I sat down really fast while the fake claps started and then stopped quickly. Wait, what? The ones who knew me already were expecting something like that so they made me do it again. This time I embellished it.

"Hi, my name is Larry "The Von" Blocker. I come from a small hamlet in Alabama on the western bank of the Chattahoochee River named Phenix City. The spelling on my name tag is correct. We do not use the "O" because we believe it symbolizes nothingness. My favorite Disney character, and my future wife, is the beautiful, the sexy, Maleficent."

I wasn't allowed to talk at any meetings after that...

 

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