L... Let.... (Turn away)
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:54 am
I only saw one REALLY stupid guest trick on my most recent visit to Fl, which included Sea World, Discovery Cove, and Universal Studios. Oh, there were lots of stupid guests, but most of them were the well behaved kind.
So, in Discovery Cove you can feed the stingrays. It's cool if you like that sort of thing, and a FREAKING TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE if you happen to be a small child who is afraid of rays.
Like the boy standing next to me at feeding time was. He was incredibly afraid of the rays and they were swarming because they wanted to be fed. He couldn't escape because they were all around him. I felt really sorry for him.
Luckily, his helpful mother was right next to him, offering him words of encouragement like, "you will stay right here and feed the rays," and "stop being so scared."
I almost got involved. I turned to her and got "Let" out before my brain activated and I realized all I would do is make the situation worse and face her wrath. I turned the other way and didn't get involved. (The full sentence would have been "Let the boy leave the pool").
Actually fortunately, the boy's older brother led the boy away from the rays, yelling at his mom, "he's having a panic attack. I'm taking him out of the tank." WTG non-SG brother!
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I made a few SGTs myself, nothing quite so psyche damaging though. A while back, I used to publish games, and I wrote and published a game called PRAWN. It has a cool logo and I have a polo shirt with that logo on it.
I made the mistake of wearing it to Sea World, and at least three people asked me if I worked there as I wandered around the park. One of them said as one sentence, "Do you work here, no of course you don't" so that was nice. Lesson learned: watch what you wear.
I'll post my incredibly big SGT in a separate message if folks want to hear. It's not funny to me, but it's highly complementary toward the folks at Discovery Cove. (Which reminds me, I have a "thank you" e-mail I need to send to them).
So, in Discovery Cove you can feed the stingrays. It's cool if you like that sort of thing, and a FREAKING TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE if you happen to be a small child who is afraid of rays.
Like the boy standing next to me at feeding time was. He was incredibly afraid of the rays and they were swarming because they wanted to be fed. He couldn't escape because they were all around him. I felt really sorry for him.
Luckily, his helpful mother was right next to him, offering him words of encouragement like, "you will stay right here and feed the rays," and "stop being so scared."
I almost got involved. I turned to her and got "Let" out before my brain activated and I realized all I would do is make the situation worse and face her wrath. I turned the other way and didn't get involved. (The full sentence would have been "Let the boy leave the pool").
Actually fortunately, the boy's older brother led the boy away from the rays, yelling at his mom, "he's having a panic attack. I'm taking him out of the tank." WTG non-SG brother!
....
I made a few SGTs myself, nothing quite so psyche damaging though. A while back, I used to publish games, and I wrote and published a game called PRAWN. It has a cool logo and I have a polo shirt with that logo on it.
I made the mistake of wearing it to Sea World, and at least three people asked me if I worked there as I wandered around the park. One of them said as one sentence, "Do you work here, no of course you don't" so that was nice. Lesson learned: watch what you wear.
I'll post my incredibly big SGT in a separate message if folks want to hear. It's not funny to me, but it's highly complementary toward the folks at Discovery Cove. (Which reminds me, I have a "thank you" e-mail I need to send to them).