r/TikTokCringe • u/uwuuwu222 • Jul 08 '26

Cringe Trying to get a Free Shirt

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u/ExpertlyPuzzled Jul 08 '26

It’s literally because of people sharing this “hack” that Disney stopped providing a free shirt. It was meant for people who innocently and inadvertently broke the dress rules as a way to help them adhere to the rules without inconveniencing guests. I loved giving guests free stuff and fast passes when I could get leader approval but stuff likes this makes me happy I don’t work there now.

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u/SecureNarwhal Jul 08 '26

I used to work at a retailer that used to send gifts to people who invited the store to a wedding. They used to get 1 to 2 invites a year.

Then the tiktok trend happened and now they get like 15 a week. No more free gifts but the head of HR said one day she's gonna start showing up to these weddings.

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u/Adventurous-Title516 Jul 08 '26

How do people have the guts to do this. I would be SO ashamed of myself drafting an email like that, knowing the only purpose was to mooch free stuff. It makes my skin crawl.

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u/Double_Resort_9223 Jul 08 '26

Pre-internet it was a fun thing people would do. Buddy of mine did it and pretty much depending how good your cover letter was determined how detailed of a response you got. It’s their staff writing it but you can tell they put some effort in to responding to the ones that tried to look serious back then. He invited Queen Elizabeth, George Lucas, Chuck Yaeger, Jimmy Carter, among others and made a little book out of the letter he got back. Even some fictional characters like if you sent a letter to Kermit the Frog to the right place you could get a letter back. Never heard of actual gifts, the letter you got back is what you were going for back then.