Stupid Guest Tricks

tiadalma wrote:I am terribly sorry that I did not make myself more clear (possibly by using a quote) but what I was referring to was the ridiculous notion that someone should stick a Mickey ICE CREAM bar in a kid's shoe.

Touchy much?

No,No,No,ice cream 'sandwichs'. The popsicle sticks sticking out the back of the munchkins shoes would be a dead give-away.

Yeti Chaser wrote:As was said in Forrest Gump "Stupid is as stupid gets" Any CM worth their salt sees through most of this. Shoes, out of our control, hair, not part of body height :D: Hopefully, Disney will have "words" with the author about the ride safety part. It would be Disney that gets sued, not the author of the book.

If anyone want's to put a letter together I'll make sure it get to the publisher. AND THAT THERE IS NOT SARCASIM.

leftcoaster wrote:Another wonderful idea is "wearing the ugliest, most hideous shoes with big heels."

Which is why us here at Knotts came up with the "Shoes that have a 1 inch or higher heel do not count in the height of the child." Hah, try and beat us now.

But anyway, I had a good one a few days ago. I was up at Xcelerator and had a child who was way below the height requirement by at least 2 or 3 inches. I informed him that he was too small to ride, and he went about his way to the exit. I thought nothing more of it and went back to work.

SUDDENLY.....

This angry parent comes walking up the exit ramp as I try to clear it and starts arguing with me. "Why cant he ride? He waited all this time! You need more signs! All these other small children are riding!"
So I fired back with the answers: "Hes too short to ride, you should have checked his height at the enterance -- which by the way is one of four height requirement signs we have on this attraction, and the difference between the small children on the train and your child is the children on the train meet the height requirement, as yours does not." (Of course, this was said in a nice, pleasant manner not to upset the guest.)

Apparently, this did not please the parent, and sent him into this mode where he was going to stand here and demand I put his child in danger or else he wouldnt leave. I told him that he could either exit the ramp on his own, or he could have security escort him down the ramp and out the park exit, and he suddenly had an urge to move down the ramp.

Anyways, the funny thing about this whole ordeal was the child took it way better than the parent. The kid was over it in a matter of seconds! Parents these days, I swear. Its so funny that when a child is strapped into a rollercoaster they want you to make sure theyre in as tight as they could possibly be, but if theyre too short, they demand you put them in the ride!

Main Streeter wrote:

Did you say something MS ? I can't see the text of your post. :p:

leftcoaster wrote:Did you say something MS ? I can't see the text of your post. :p:

What? Who me? Say something of interest? Never!! Simply will not happen.
You are sharp left. :D: :hi5: :p:

Main Streeter wrote:What? Who me? Say something of interest? Never!! Simply will not happen.
You are sharp left. :D: :hi5: :p:

Great minds think alike. :D:

Yeah, from my experience, 75% of the time, the kid doesn't care that he/she can't ride. It is only the parents who get pissed off about it.