That's just a silly argument that doesn't address the point of what I was saying. Whether anyone did that or not (and I doubt hardly anyone ever would) they would be consciously misleading people to believe it is THEIR birthday. The problem is Disney cast members and others don't hardly do anything special for people who wear a birthday button because so many are dishonest about it really being their birthday,
Do you think it's silly? I don't. I think it's the key, the heart of the matter. I think it's fundamentally important to the whole discussion.
It does not say "it's my birthday". Period.
So you cannot say that a person wearing it is misleading anyone. Well, I don't think you should, anyway.
If everyone there were wearing a button because it was their actual birthday, CMs would be just as overwhelmed with the number of people as if everyone there was NOT celebrating their birthday that day but still wearing a button. It's like people who grump about seeing many people in ECVs who go the wrong direction; they think people are cheating, while I think "wow, Disney is such an easy vacation destination for those on wheels, of course we'll see many people there who use ECVs! awesome!" Disney has created a place where celebrating is wanted, accepted, and invited. Gosh, they created a whole community NAMED after celebrating things!
Disney did this to themselves on purpose. They had that year of birthdays being free. They changed the buttons. They give the buttons out willy nilly.
A CM in line once asked me if I had been on Peter Pan at
Disneyland before; I said yes, but this was our first time that visit. He gave us First Visit buttons. Say what? They WANT to give the buttons. I can only assume that it's fun for them; I doubt they get a kickback on the number of buttons they give. I took my friend for her bonafide first visit to WDW the other week, and CMs were completely happy for her and excited about it! If she had accepted every first visit button offered (it's possible that I was mentioning it a lot, LOL) she would have been loaded down with buttons from head to toe.
I think maybe I ran into different CMs than others do.
(Second note: I find it interesting how many people have posted that their kids intuit there is something wrong with wearing a button when it's not your birthday. But your son goes even farther than that. Kudos!)
You think kids are intuiting things.
I think that some kids are outgoing and like the possibility of attention, while others are not outgoing and don't want that chance. Same as adults. I don't think there's any intuiting happening at all. Just different personalities.
that i want that pin in my pics,or rather i want my memories to include the pin so we can look back and remember the time,,
so that didnt work out to well for them....
I know one thing I would hate to live with some of the posters that take a stand to the death ..a family argument much be so much fun. " my way or the highway ".
