āMaāam why were you videoing someone elseās kid?ā
So since weāre still trying to get some traffic on this blog, I figured Iād start sharing some of my own ride op stories.
I work at several different rides in my park, and on this particular day I was at the bumper cars. Normally we only staff this ride with one operator, two if its going to be very busy. The second person usually just helps more the cars, since they have to be out of the way if they arenāt being used.
Now on this day it was rather busy and we really should have had two people there, but alas I was by myself. About thirty minutes into my shift my supervisor comes up to me and tells me that Iām going to be getting a trainee in about thirty minutes. So not only do I have to deal with a fairly long line, but now Iāve got to try to teach as well.
My trainee shows up about thirty minutes later as promised. She was, fortunately, really nice and learned very fast and weāre actually friends.
But that wasnāt my problem that day.
So naturally the bumper cars has a height requirement, but a lot of guests seem to think that anyone can ride since its a kiddie ride. Iāve had parents try to bring actual babies on the ride. Anyway, my trainee and I are checking kids heights, and since thereās two of us its pretty much impossible for both of us to miss a short kid. This lady comes up with her son, and heās too short by like a solid three inches. I tell her politely but firmly that her kid canāt ride.
Now normally this is when Iād expect to hearĀ āPlease?ā orĀ āBut he rode this other ride!ā but thatās not what I got. This lady straight up told me that I had let another kid on the ride that was even shorter than hers and that she had video evidence of it. Iām presuming that she did this to try to scare me but honestly at this point in my day I gave no fucks. I even told her that she could go to guest relations and tell them that I sent her. I never heard about it again so Iām assuming that either a) this video didnāt actually exist or b) guest relations told her that it didnāt matter because her kid still wasnāt tall enough.
Oh and to top the whole day off whoever was supposed to relieve me for my lunch never showed so I had to call my supervisor and have him relieve me.
-Mod J