May 18th, 2002


Sometimes I wonder if going through all the crap I go through is worth it. Disney pays the 
CPs about only $.40 an hour out of our entire paycheck (most of it comes from Kodak) so 
they're actually making money off of us, so you'd think we'd be treated with just as much 
respect at least as the other cast members. However, this is not the reality. We are abused 
here. And it's no secret at all. Managers even laugh and joke about it sometimes. It's true,
we are at the bottom of the barrel. However, the trick is to learn as much as possible as 
quickly as possible so that when it comes time for them to push us around, we can say right 
back that it's not supposed to be that way. Luckily, I was pretty quick, though I could have
been a little quicker I think.

Then there are days like when I come back out to work at the carts outside and I just stop 
and quickly realize where I really am. Exactly how many college students get this chance 
that I have? I look around me and suddenly see where my choices and hard work has gotten me.
*I* have gotten myself here. And believe me, living in Oregon there are not nearly as many 
opportunities to grab as there would be in California or Florida of course. And when I come 
back home I will have had this great experience that I can say I did and receive such great 
respect I deserve. So I keep my head up high and smile knowing how luckily and truly 
deserving of being here I am. It's as simple as that.