While maybe I injected some sarcastic humor to my comment, I meant it in all seriousness. Generally a character is accompanied by other characters and always by attendents (or "Friends"). It's curious to me how it took the actual CM playing Minnie to force this man away/down to resolve the situation. I assume there was some kind of initial struggle/gentle shrugging off of this man before she actually shoved him away. I don't think the actions she described were her first course of action as I'm sure people inadvertently place their hands on places they shouldn't in relation to the CM inside the suit (it's the same principal that always gets CMs off the line when they're the ones being accused of groping as they can't feel exactly what they're touching.) I don't know, I don't know what the protocol is but I assume you don't have Minnies and Tiggers pushing everyone who places their hands on a breast or chest etc. as the first reaction.PirateFan31 wrote:This isn't a joke.Mr.ToadWildRider wrote:Where was Mickey when all this happened?
Where am I going with this? This guy was probably being persistent and left the Minnie CM no other choice but to forcibly shove him away. In that case where were the other CMs?
***EDIT: After posting I re-read the article and the CM apparently provided the following statement: "My first reaction I just pushed him down. I was doing everything I could to get his hands off my breasts," Duncan McGoldrick said." (emphasis added by me) So maybe I was quick to jump to the conclusion I had. So maybe there isn't a protocol (although knowing Disney I'm sure there is and pushing the guy down is probably not step 1 so maybe she didn't follow it, not blaming her for what she did though) or maybe this guy was just so clearly doing it intentionally that it just escalated that fast. Maybe there was a CM with Minnie (as I'm sure there had to be) but they didn't have time to react before Ms. Duncan McGoldrick already ended the assault.[/i]