Knott's Berry Tales of Stupid Guest and Employees

SnoopyBeagle · Post by **SnoopyBeagle** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:07 pm

For any of you KBF employees and intelligent guests (endangered species). I am a Knott's employee and I am looking for your input. I am putting together a collection of stupidity, anything input about KBF is appreciated. I'll get the ball rolling:

I've been working seven months and am already a senior member of my staff!

We have the Pepsi logo and color on display in a bazillion places and people have the nerve to order coke and/or sprite.

I have an empty pretzel case next to me, so people ask for pretzels.

A Conversation Between a Supervisor and a stocker:
Stocker: "I like to finish what I start"
Supervisor: "You're not going to do that around me!"

Schedules are not posted until the day before it goes into affect, and that is if there is a schedule made!

There are soda machines ($3) next to shops that sell soda ($3.18)

Guest think the soda machines only cost $1 and complain when they don't get their soda for a dollar.

Food shops fail KBF inspections.

OC Health inspectors only come in the morning, before massive amounts of food are sitting out.

A Guest Asking For Directions From Wilderness to anything
Guest: Where are the Dippin Dots?
GSA: On the opposite end of the park.
Guest: Is that far?

The Calico Railroad Route is lined with dumpsters.

Boomerang is now PURPLE AND GREEN.

The Boardwalk buildings are now NEON ORANGE AND TURQUIOSE

KBF can afford a $16 million coaster, but an entire section of the park must share one mop, one broom, one dustpan, and can only use watered down handsoap as a cleaning solution.

Oil in fryers is rarely changed.

Shift Leads are more concerned with making the paperwork "cute" than actually doing their job.

There is a lot more but I'll leave that to you. AND I you can figure out who I am, you'll get a prize :lol:

KBF Ride Op · Post by **KBF Ride Op** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:59 pm

Well I used to work for the park almost 2 years ago as a ride op. I love the park, I still go all the time, but working conditions there blew. I had alot of fun doing it (sometimes) and miss doing it often. I think the worst part about the place is "seasonal" status they put you on forever. I dont know if the Disney parks do this also, but they told me when I hired on that I would be promoted to "part-time" in 3 months. Then that changed to 6 months. I worked there almost 8 months and still never got a promotion. I had nothing against me on my record or anything, they were just being stingey. Oh well though.

trojantuba · Post by **trojantuba** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:04 pm

I've been working seven months and am already a senior member of my staff!

I started off working at CDR...so thos people had been there forever..although I was made Host Shift Leader in about three months

We have the Pepsi logo and color on display in a bazillion places and people have the nerve to order coke and/or sprite.

You sell Pepsi now?

A Conversation Between a Supervisor and a stocker:
Stocker: "I like to finish what I start"
Supervisor: "You're not going to do that around me!"

One of the reasons I didn't last long in when I got "promoted" to park foods..I was to efficiant and I wanted stuff like ..you know..training

Schedules are not posted until the day before it goes into affect, and that is if there is a schedule made!

And that is a big IF... it was alwyas like a game of Russian Roullette..when do we get the bad news ?

There are soda machines ($3) next to shops that sell soda ($3.18 )

Good LORD!!!! Who do they think they are...Disneyland ?

Food shops fail KBF inspections.

What shop is this..I had the unique pleasure of working in Three Park Foods Locations. Grizzly Creek Lodge ( now Lucy's Lunch Box), Glider Diner( I still have nightmares) and Ghost Town Funnel( I realy used to like that stuff too)

OC Health inspectors only come in the morning, before massive amounts of food are sitting out.

In my day..we paid them off

The Calico Railroad Route is lined with dumpsters.

Sad...I was there in the transition from the Knott family to Ceader Fair...and it's been al down hill.

Boomerang is now PURPLE AND GREEN.

PUKE!!!! :? Is the Lakside Terrace Still there ?

The Boardwalk buildings are now NEON ORANGE AND TURQUIOSE

An East Coast Amusement Park Co. Trying to Run a Wet Coast Theme Park.

KBF can afford a $16 million coaster, but an entire section of the park must share one mop, one broom, one dustpan, and can only use watered down handsoap as a cleaning solution.

Duh!!

Oil in fryers is rarely changed.

When there is any oil at all

Shift Leads are more concerned with making the paperwork "cute" than actually doing their job.

I wanted to strangle those people

There is a lot more but I'll leave that to you. AND I you can figure out who I am, you'll get a prize

Same here

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Freak · Post by **Freak** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:24 am

Mmm more fine quality guests at Knott's today. Some kid wants to get out of the Wave Swinger. Well, the exit is right next to him, but noooo that's too easy! Kid ended up climbing over a fencing, falling over onto a bench and walking off like nothing happened.

Exit? Anyone?

Grumpy · Post by **Grumpy** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:34 pm

SnoopyBeagle wrote:KBF can afford a $16 million coaster, but an entire section of the park must share one mop, one broom, one dustpan, and can only use watered down handsoap as a cleaning solution.

Isn't Xcelerator also being permanently taken down, along w/ Superman @ Six Flags for some reason?

hulkcoaster · Post by **hulkcoaster** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:12 pm

Thatguy · Post by **Thatguy** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:53 am

they are closed pending an investigation on that type of restraint.

CujoSR · Post by **CujoSR** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:34 am

This is the report I found. As of right now Superman is still shutdown for the same reason.

From: MercuryNews.com

BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) - Knott's Berry Farm reopened its Xcelerator roller coaster with a modified restraint system to meet new state standards.

State investigators asked Knott's on June 1 to shut down its ride amid concerns about the safety of the T-shaped lap bar after a man was killed on a similar ride in Massachusetts.

An investigator from the Department of Occupational Safety and Health approved the ride's improvements Saturday, and it reopened in the early afternoon.

Hundreds of riders lined up for about 90 minutes to ride Xcelerator.

"There's not a lot of corkscrews, not a lot of loop-de-loops and not a lot of jagged movement," said Keon Lombard, 25, of Inglewood. "It's a sturdy ride."

Other fatal accidents have been attributed to the T-bar restraint, including one when an obese woman fell out of Knott's Perilous Plunge ride in 2001. Knott's spokeswoman Susan Tierney said a new shoulder harness was installed before that ride reopened.

Under the new system, an indicator beneath the Xcelerator's lap bar turns from red to green when a rider pulls down the bar. Side bars were doubled to 14 inches.

Grumpy · Post by **Grumpy** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:55 am

From: MercuryNews.com

BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) - Knott's Berry Farm reopened its Xcelerator roller coaster with a modified restraint system to meet new state standards.

State investigators asked Knott's on June 1 to shut down its ride amid concerns about the safety of the T-shaped lap bar after a man was killed on a similar ride in Massachusetts.

Well, I remember when they had the VertiGo attraction, (in place of Haunted Shack) and they tore it down, because the replica at Cedar Point cracked due to weather conditions that we do not get here in Southern California. No one was on the attraction when it happened. I'm sure they figured "Better safe than sorry."

An investigator from the Department of Occupational Safety and Health approved the ride's improvements Saturday, and it reopened in the early afternoon.

Wow, they passed a Safety and Health inspection! Next stop, food locations!

Hundreds of riders lined up for about 90 minutes to ride Xcelerator.

Since it's opening, the lines have either been terribly long (the queue in it's own is TERRIBLE ... good thing they have vending machines in the queue)

"There's not a lot of corkscrews, not a lot of loop-de-loops and not a lot of jagged movement," said Keon Lombard, 25, of Inglewood. "It's a sturdy ride."

I remember someone pointing out to me, that sometimes when a train goes over the top, the entire track (at that part) will sway ... how's that for sturdy! You would think that $16 million would be more sturdy than that!

Other fatal accidents have been attributed to the T-bar restraint, including one when an obese woman fell out of Knott's Perilous Plunge ride in 2001.

Hey ... if she hadn't moved the restraints below her abdomen, which felt more comfortable to her, then maybe she wouldn't have fallen.

Under the new system, an indicator beneath the Xcelerator's lap bar turns from red to green when a rider pulls down the bar. Side bars were doubled to 14 inches.

Well, at least they're allowing the intensity to stay. Unlike Perilous, which now has shoulder harnesses....

CujoSR · Post by **CujoSR** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:05 pm

Grumpy wrote:I remember someone pointing out to me, that sometimes when a train goes over the top, the entire track (at that part) will sway. . . how's that for sturdy! You would think that $16 million would be more sturdy than that!

Actually it's supposed to sway like that. It keeps pressure from building in the metal and snapping like a twig.

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