practically the worst I've had to deal with.
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:15 pm
I was a ride operator at the pier in Santa Monica CA and we had a private event. It was a certain community that booked the park for the day.( I don't want to tell what kind of community so to not be racist) I could honestly say that this was the most rowdiest, rude and obnoxious private event I ever had to work on. I started the day off operating the baby airplane ride . and these where only for kids, no adults and there was a father who tried to sit in one of those tiny seats. I informed him that this ride is only for kids. he waved me off and repeatedly saying "Its okay its okay" I kept insisting to him in the most polite way that he cannot ride. He continued to struggle into the seat. I couldn't retailiate any more so I may as well had to wait till he finally realized he couldn't ride. Not to mention the kids. they all were sticking their hands out and the parents weren't helping. they were trying to touch their kids hands. almost every cycle I had to tell the kids to stop that but because of their parents encouraging them it almost seemed useless.
halfway through the day my supervisor came to me and said I had to go up to the roller coaster to replace the operator. when I got up there and got inside the booth my co-worker confessed that he couldn't take this anymore and he was about to burst in front of the guests. So I was up there with the loader and of course things stayed the same. there were so many kids that couldn't ride because of their heights and their parents insisting that its okay for them to go. One had an infant try ride on her LAP and infant probably no younger than a year or two on her lap on the roller coaster! it might not be a big roller coaster but it packs a punch. especially to an INFANT BABY! so of course we had to tell her that she couldn't let the baby ride. She insists that we just let her ride with her baby. of course we didn't let her do that. We held up the line so much because of other rule breaking like this that the people in line began complaining of how slow we are. it really got on my nerves.
at the end of the day all my co-workers and I could do was talk about our harsh time during this private event. one of them told a story about a woman who kept demanding for service and that she had the power to fire us just because her husband payed for all of this.
halfway through the day my supervisor came to me and said I had to go up to the roller coaster to replace the operator. when I got up there and got inside the booth my co-worker confessed that he couldn't take this anymore and he was about to burst in front of the guests. So I was up there with the loader and of course things stayed the same. there were so many kids that couldn't ride because of their heights and their parents insisting that its okay for them to go. One had an infant try ride on her LAP and infant probably no younger than a year or two on her lap on the roller coaster! it might not be a big roller coaster but it packs a punch. especially to an INFANT BABY! so of course we had to tell her that she couldn't let the baby ride. She insists that we just let her ride with her baby. of course we didn't let her do that. We held up the line so much because of other rule breaking like this that the people in line began complaining of how slow we are. it really got on my nerves.
at the end of the day all my co-workers and I could do was talk about our harsh time during this private event. one of them told a story about a woman who kept demanding for service and that she had the power to fire us just because her husband payed for all of this.
