u/PowderFresh86

Hi, I'm back with another story from my time working at a very popular theme park in Florida. A magical rat planet of sorts. This situation happened when I worked for attractions. The attraction I worked for had three lines: Standby, Fast Pass, and Single Rider. During peak seasons standby could be anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours wait time. Fast Pass would be 30 minutes to an hour or hour and a half. Single Rider was always the fastest remaining at around 20-30 minutes even on busy days. Each ride held six people, three up front and three in the back. Single riders filled in empty seats when a group had less than three or six. It was customary to tell people as they enter and to announce multiple times throughout the hours that single riders would be separated. There were also signs throughout the lines that outlined the role of single riders as "seat fillers."

Entering the line was a form of unspoken contract that even if you were a group, you would NOT sit together. However, SO MANY acted as if they couldn't understand that! On one occasion during peak season a group came up through the single rider line. When it was time to fill their individual seats, they protested and demanded to sit together. Grouper, the person that places people on the ride denied this request as the rules dictate and because it wasn't fair to standby or fast pass guests. The group, especially one loud woman refused to move and be seated separately so management had to be called. As management approached a heated disagreement ensued.

He politely reminded them that multiple announcements had been made reminding single riders that they would be separated. The loud woman said they didn't hear any announcements. My manager then said a worker should have told them as they entered. The woman then argued no one did. This was obviously false. My manager, frustrated said "Well, there are signs throughout the single rider line stating that single riders will be separated." Y'all know what that wide back shrew said? She said, "Well, we can't read." Another bold face lie. Looked right at that man and just continued lying. The place was crowded and people were staring. The manager was quiet for a minute before apologizing and telling them they would still have to leave and enter standby.

Hi, I'm back with another story from my time working at a very popular theme park in Florida. A magical rat planet of sorts. To preface this, the attraction I worked for has a height requirement for safety purposes. The required height is 40 inches (102 cm) or taller. This requirement caused SO MANY disputes between workers and guests. Some guests were known to stuff their toddlers shoes to beat the requirement. Here I'll discuss two ridiculous incidents that happened a few weeks apart.

The first incident happened when I was Fast Pass line greeter. A family of five walked up. The mom was one of those irritating types with the mom cut, fanny pack, and crazed glare. She shows me their stack of fast passes and tries to walk on by holding the toddler by her leg opposite me. I stop her and insist I must measure the little guy first. She then argues immediately that he passed the height requirement for the ride across the park which is also 40 inches. I explain that I had zero way to verify that and would still need to measure her kiddo before allowing entrance. She reluctantly and gently pushed him towards me.

Well, he wasn't tall enough and I apologized to her and informed her that he wouldn't be able to ride and offered a rider switch. She became irate and insisted that he was tall enough for the other ride across the park, "BUT HE RODE OTHER RIDE'S NAME!" This went on for waaay too long before she declared red in the face that I had ruined their vacation. Everything was now completely destroyed. She even forced her toddler to cry by yelling at him that he couldn't ride because the mean lady wouldn't let him 😒. The kid was fine before then, just confused and quiet.

The second incident I was also a line greeter but one of the male coordinators was outside chatting with us. A dad walked up and shoved his toddler towards me to measure. The kid wasn't tall enough. Once again the ride across the park was brought up but the coordinator took control of the conversation this time. He and the man argued for a while becoming more and more heated. The man then proceeded to tell my coordinator that he didn't have a real job and that if he wanted real control he needed to get a real career. My coordinator wasn't having it and they had some words. I went on break.

Hi, I'm back with another story from my time working at a very popular theme park in Florida. A magical rat planet of sorts. To preface this, the attraction I worked for has a height requirement for safety purposes. The required height is 40 inches (102 cm) or taller. This requirement caused SO MANY disputes between workers and guests. Some guests were known to stuff their toddlers shoes to beat the requirement. Here I'll discuss two ridiculous incidents that happened a few weeks apart.

The first incident happened when I was Fast Pass line greeter. A family of five walked up. The mom was one of those irritating types with the mom cut, fanny pack, and crazed glare. She shows me their stack of fast passes and tries to walk on by holding the toddler by her leg opposite me. I stop her and insist I must measure the little guy first. She then argues immediately that he passed the height requirement for the ride across the park which is also 40 inches. I explain that I had zero way to verify that and would still need to measure her kiddo before allowing entrance. She reluctantly and gently pushed him towards me.

Well, he wasn't tall enough and I apologized to her and informed her that he wouldn't be able to ride and offered a rider switch. She became irate and insisted that he was tall enough for the other ride across the park, "BUT HE RODE OTHER RIDE'S NAME!" This went on for waaay too long before she declared red in the face that I had ruined their vacation. Everything was now completely destroyed. She even forced her toddler to cry by yelling at him that he couldn't ride because the mean lady wouldn't let him 😒. The kid was fine before then, just confused and quiet.

The second incident I was also a line greeter but one of the male coordinators was outside chatting with us. A dad walked up and shoved his toddler towards me to measure. The kid wasn't tall enough. Once again the ride across the park was brought up but the coordinator took control of the conversation this time. He and the man argued for a while becoming more and more heated. The man then proceeded to tell my coordinator that he didn't have a real job and that if he wanted real control he needed to get a real career. My coordinator wasn't having it and they had some words. I went on break.