"I hope you feel my Frustration" (Long)

[Amusement Gal]

Oi, haven't posted in a long time. Have a new addition to my already confusing elements of my stories, Priority Tickets! Seems they're a regular occurrence at the big parks, so we've taken a test run on them. You basically get to skip the line if you pay enough. The results are pretty smooth, but you (obviously) need to put in how many people it will cover, and that's where everything starts to suck. I'm also on a new ride, which I will call Decent Ride. Only things you need to know: it has doors, and we're supposed to close 'em.

ONWARD, HO~

What you say, now?

This isn't all at the same time, but all of the suck phrases I've heard so far.

SC: Varies to each story, but they all still suck!
Gal: C'est moi!
Father: Dur
Kids: There's groups of kids, so I'll put them as one for easier reading
NP: Nice/Normal people

#1

A large gaggle of kids come up to the other side; Father comes up and has a bunch of Priority Tickets. He has five who want to ride, and only shows me four.

Kids: OMG THIS RIDE IS SO COOL CAN I GET ON YET OMGOMG *spaz*
Father: Here's the tickets, *shows 4*.
Gal:Sir, I'll need to see another one then, because 4 tickets means only 4 people.
Father: Ugh! Fine, let me get it...(rifles through his bag, while the kids bounce around like they're on...well, I'd like to say sugar, but I doubt that) Not to be a jerk, but I hope you feel the frustration I do one day.

No, you are in fact being a jerk. I get twice the frustration every day just from dealing with NICE people.

#2

This one's easy. Just replace Kid with any other name and physical features! It's a fun game, I promise.

Kid: Can I go on with <relative who is on ride and actually waited in line>?
Gal: Sur--(Kid runs under the chain, right over to the ride where the relative is, and waits for me.)

This is doubly annoying if they left something on the ride previous and want to fetch it, right when we're about to start the ride. I DID NOT SAY YES, SO STOP IT. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN GET IT.

#3

Seriously, just attach a rolling blade on their backs and you can get THESE kids to mow your freaking lawn if you put candy on the other side. They're always so impatient that they toe the line of just barely getting on my side of the ride. Then, when they can get on, run over anyone else in their way. Think of the fat German kid in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Explaining this would fuel my rage

"Oh! A seat is open, can we have it!!?"

Dude, I know how to do my ing job. You're not even next in line! Why the hell would you point it out if you can't even get on yet? Usually we have people still getting into seats, so your point is ridiculous.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Can you close my door now? Please? Close my door!"

Do you know how many people I have to help on and close doors for? Let me tell you: quite a bit. Wait your fucking turn. Thank you.

"Wait, what? We have to sit in lap-wise? Ew. I'll wait."

Only guys do this. Hint: If you're brothers, you're not gay for sitting in each others' laps. If you sit any other way, your ass will get kicked to this next Sunday, so don't try messing with positions. High five to the guys that don't care!

"Can we ride again?!"

It's cute to a point since it's mostly kids who are enjoyed it, but the ones who really push it and ask why you have to wait in line are just stupid. If you all could ride again over and over, no one else would be able to ride. Negative points to the ones who stay in the car expecting to ride again. No.

SINCE MY CUSTOMERS ARE ALL DEAF, LET ME SPEAK IN CAPS LOCK FOR YOU

Don't sway your cars like a maniac. Don't slam down your fscking door. Don't try to carry a million souvenirs that you bought from our stores into the ride. Don't go barefoot on a ride that a million people have just ridden. And yet, they still try.

Priority Ticket Whinage and Crazy Bitch

Most people are pretty cool with the whole, 'skipping the line for a numeral sum', thing. You want to know why? It's hard to be cranky when you get on ASAP and don't have to wait in the summer heat for God knows how long. And yet, people still find ways to be grouchy. Let me regale you with some woes of misery and something-stuck-in-butt-itis.

#1 Multi-Suck SC, now in Raging Bitch flavor

So, she waits in the normal line (even though we have bright signage), expects, nay, knows she is going on the ride which is already filling up to the last car, and somehow wants me to fix it. You didn't read the signs, guys! Not my fault, you can wait on the next one. Now, one of her sons looks a wee bit short. Soon as the ride stops, I load them on, and fetch the height stick.

Gal: Oh, goodness! It seems your son is just a bit too short for this ride.
Mother: What?! This is ridiculous! He'll be safe on this ride!
Gal: I'm sorry, but we can't do that. The height requirement shows what height one has to be to be SAFE. We don't want to risk harm to your child.
Mother: But he WILL be safe! This is bullshit!
Gal: I'm sorry, but that's all I can do. If you'd like you can go on after your husband gets off--
Mother: No!
Father: I'll take him to the exit and wait. (They get off)
Son 2: Can I ride with my mommy? I'm scared.
Gal: No problem! I'll open up her door for you. (does so) Miss, he wants to ride with you, that okay?
Mother: Son, you're pissing me off! They pissing me off, she pissing me off, what the is going right today!

Alright then...At that point I just get the ride going. >_>; Abuse the people you don't know just fine, but don't take it out on your kids!

#2 Someone forgot their Midol this morning

Group of Priority Tickets comes in. I let the loader know so we can be more efficient. But oh noes! Someone took their sweet time finding a car, and missed out on their seat. I don't care if you paid a million dollars to get into this park and whatnot, I'm not yanking someone else out of their seat just so you can get in and be all mighty about shelling out a couple dollars more.

Woman: This is ridiculous! There are no cars left!
Gal: *thinking: Shit, this one's going to be fun to wait with, they already have their war face on* I'm sorry about that Miss, I'll get you onto the next ride if you'd like. A lot of people decided to not pair up in their seats this ride.
Woman: No, I'm not going to ride now! I paid money for all this! You guys aren't doing your job! This is bullshit!
Gal: Miss, I'm sorry, but we cannot control what people do. Some people split up, or stay together. We cannot read minds, so I'm sorry that this happened.
Woman: (Blabla snarble bitch)

NP, Normal Person, is near my area. He gives me a look of confusion and pity. I just give a small smile and bear with it. The ride is now over. She goes and gets her stuff she put up, and I unload people. She's still huffing and puffing, so I try to apologize.

Gal: I'm sorry--
Woman: Shut up. (snarls and walks away)
NP: Woah.
Me: *thinking: What the fuck? Usually you type of people get off on constant apologies.*

So I go help other people get out, and who do I find in the gaggle of friends? Yep, Woman. So you know what I did? Of course you do. I hammed it up so much they'd need a gallon of water to wash down the taste.

Gal: Have a GREAT day guys!!
Woman: HMPH! I'm going to complain about her, she made a funny face at me!

Indoor voice please

We already locked people into their seats and were about to finish up when this damn kid wouldn't stop yelling. We didn't know if it was to get our attention, so I asked.

Gal: Any particular reason you're shouting that loud?
Boy1: Yes! I'm gonna get out and *mumble mumble, points to front car*
Gal: (it's not uncommon for people to group up after they get nervous, so I open it up.) Here you go.
Boy1: (goes up to the car in front of him and says) HEY! I have something to tell you! *inane phrase and gets back in his car*
Boy2:
Gal: Really? That's it?

The other assistant then said she was trying to tell me that the other kid didn't even know him. He was trying to talk to him the entire time in line, and Boy2 had a look on his face like, 'God, why are you trying to talk to me, I don't even know you'. Besides, what the can't you tell someone who's in front of you with shouting?!

And that's it. Yay?

[Exaspera]

Good ones!

Sometimes I just don't get it, though. These people can obviously afford the ticket upgrades, and probably a lot more stuff there, yet they insist upon being absolutely miserable anyway!

[Amusement Gal]

Good ones!

Sometimes I just don't get it, though. These people can obviously afford the ticket upgrades, and probably a lot more stuff there, yet they insist upon being absolutely miserable anyway!

I know, right? Why go on vacation if you're gonna get upset over every little thing? At some point, I swear someone is going to complain that I'm too happy. I won't complain to that.

But it's always the small things that bring my day up. Like when someone comes in with a video-game T-shirt, the first thing I do is argue which game is better. The reactions are priceless!

[Jay 2K Winger]

"Can we ride again?!"

I've only done this once, when the (ex-)GF and I went with a friend of hers to Funtown Splashtown USA in Portland, Maine. By sheer happenstance, the Excalibur roller-coaster didn't have a whole lot of people waiting in line for it later in the day, so we went back to ride it a second time. After it was done, we noticed only a handful of people (not even a full load) were waiting. We got out, then asked the attendant, "Can we ride again?" Attendant said yes, so we hopped back in and rode it again.

[hinakiba777]

"Can we ride again?!"

I was at an amusement park riding the flume ride when I did this. It had started raining and most of the part shut down, but the flume was still going. The line become almost non-existent, and then totally non-existent. When there was no one in line I just rode in my log over and over non-stop. But there was a point where there were about 3 empty logs running, and only one group in line. So I asked if I could just stay on and they could get the next log. The girl said no.

So I ran around the whole ride until I was back at the entrance in time to to catch the empty log that was RIGHT behind the one I had just been riding in. This happened a few times. I didn't whine or complain because I didn't want to be an SC, but it seemed silly for me to get off the ride when there were empty slots coming up. *shrugs*

I really don't understand why people have to be such jerks to you Gal. Its a beautiful day and they are a the Amusement Park, they should be PSYCHED.

[Amusement Gal]

Well, obviously if there's no line, you guys can ride again. The thing is, our ride usually NEVER is lacking a line, so I didn't add that. Maybe when the park is open and everyone wants to get on Big Ride first, but after that, your shot at that isn't so great.

[octopi23]

At my home park (the same one I work in), there always seems to be a problem between the ride ops and me concerning freeseating. If my ride is over, the gates for guests on the next ride cycle to get on have closed, and there are still open seats, what's preventing me from taking one of the open ones? WTF, people, it helps our capacity, and is easily doable by anyone, so why the big fuss?