To this day, idiots and their spawn annoy the everlovin hell out of me.
My wife and I headed out to "Kings Dominion" park here outside of Richmond.
The line for one of the river-rapid rides was a bit long due to the humidity factor that day and everyone wanted the shady line and chance to get cooled down a bit.
So I observe, than become a part of some familys attempt to show the world they are complete jackasses. At the start of the line, we watched as some junior type and wee-bugger hollered out to someone else behind us prior to entering the line.
Me and the missus stroll forward for about ten minutes when the following takes place.
Take note- I'm 6'4 and roughly 2 ft wide at the shoulder, the line we're in has large wooden rails just a little over 2 feet wide.
My wife and I are shooting the breeze when we here a small commotion behind us and cries of "Scuse me! Let Me Through!" until it reaches my back.
An incredibly chunky-monkey man with scowling beard is braked neatly behind me:
"Scuse me, you need to let me through now."
"Ah.. I'm sorry sir, rules of the park indicate that line-cutting are grounds for getting thrown out of the park."
"LET ME THROUGH! I'm just trying to get to my kid!"
At this he waves a floppy arm in the general direction of the two earlier bozos who are now a good hundred yards in front of us.
"Sorry sir."
I shrugged and simply turned to face forward... Heh. I completely blocked the line entirely as their was no room on either side of me and I was taller than this guy by about a foot and a half.
Well, ol Captain Chuckles and his wife/daughter/female that was with him decided that the world is theirs for the taking and they proceeded to hop over the railing and walk alongside the line, bypassing everyone until they reached the other two companions of theirs. Of course, not to leave well enough alone, they did their best to assure me of their well-being by casting evil glares in my general direction every three minutes or so.
Of course I reported them to one of the employees running the ride when we finally got out of line. I think they were tossed out but I'm not sure.
Call me a bit of a grouch, but I'm sorry, the rules are everywhere in the park and quite explicit in what counts as line-cutting.
They are also their for good reasons.... At a "Six Flags" in Georgia about a month ago, a teen was decapitated by a "Batman: The Ride" roller-coaster when he hopped a chain-link fence in attempt to cut across the coaster line.
Annoyingly enough, this was similar to an earlier trip to "Busch Gardens" where some skeezy lady in front of us was calmly blowing smoke out her nose no more than five feet away from a "NO SMOKING" sign.
What happened in recent years to make people think that the world revolved around them and silly things like rules don't apply to them.
My wife and I headed out to "Kings Dominion" park here outside of Richmond.
The line for one of the river-rapid rides was a bit long due to the humidity factor that day and everyone wanted the shady line and chance to get cooled down a bit.
So I observe, than become a part of some familys attempt to show the world they are complete jackasses. At the start of the line, we watched as some junior type and wee-bugger hollered out to someone else behind us prior to entering the line.
Me and the missus stroll forward for about ten minutes when the following takes place.
Take note- I'm 6'4 and roughly 2 ft wide at the shoulder, the line we're in has large wooden rails just a little over 2 feet wide.
My wife and I are shooting the breeze when we here a small commotion behind us and cries of "Scuse me! Let Me Through!" until it reaches my back.
An incredibly chunky-monkey man with scowling beard is braked neatly behind me:
"Scuse me, you need to let me through now."
"Ah.. I'm sorry sir, rules of the park indicate that line-cutting are grounds for getting thrown out of the park."
"LET ME THROUGH! I'm just trying to get to my kid!"
At this he waves a floppy arm in the general direction of the two earlier bozos who are now a good hundred yards in front of us.
"Sorry sir."
I shrugged and simply turned to face forward... Heh. I completely blocked the line entirely as their was no room on either side of me and I was taller than this guy by about a foot and a half.
Well, ol Captain Chuckles and his wife/daughter/female that was with him decided that the world is theirs for the taking and they proceeded to hop over the railing and walk alongside the line, bypassing everyone until they reached the other two companions of theirs. Of course, not to leave well enough alone, they did their best to assure me of their well-being by casting evil glares in my general direction every three minutes or so.
Of course I reported them to one of the employees running the ride when we finally got out of line. I think they were tossed out but I'm not sure.
Call me a bit of a grouch, but I'm sorry, the rules are everywhere in the park and quite explicit in what counts as line-cutting.
They are also their for good reasons.... At a "Six Flags" in Georgia about a month ago, a teen was decapitated by a "Batman: The Ride" roller-coaster when he hopped a chain-link fence in attempt to cut across the coaster line.
Annoyingly enough, this was similar to an earlier trip to "Busch Gardens" where some skeezy lady in front of us was calmly blowing smoke out her nose no more than five feet away from a "NO SMOKING" sign.
What happened in recent years to make people think that the world revolved around them and silly things like rules don't apply to them.
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